This Thursday, May 8, Olivier Marchal took the floor on Instagram to honor the memory of his father, who disappeared nine years ago Today. A message loaded with emotion, in which the director expresses all the love and the lack he still feels today.
May 8 is for many synonymous with a holiday, commemorating the end of the Second world War in Europe with the signing of capitulation of representatives of Germany. For Olivier Marchal, she has a completely different meaning. This Thursday, May 8, 2025, the director of 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) revealed to his nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram that his father, Pierre, had died on this special date. He took the opportunity to greet his memory for the first time publicly. “My daddy, he died on May 8“he wrote, accompanied by a black and white portrait of this old pastry chef. Before entrusting his emotion: “Today, I am particularly lacking. I cry slowly. I would like to entrust him with all my fears. My regrets. My mistakes. Share with him everything that allowed me to become. In a world that no longer looks like him.”
Olivier Marchal greets his father’s memory, who died 9 years ago
The one who will go on stage on May 14 on the scene of the Théâtre de l’Oeuvre for an interview-show named As close as possible by Olivier Marchal then continued his poignant tribute by commenting on the image that accompanied his text: “In this photo, he is happy, I know. He does not yet know what awaits him.“ Then to conclude overwhelmingly: “But I love it. From the depths of my heart … thank you, dad.“ The former Versailles judicial police have lost his father for nine years. His notice of death was published in the daily Southwest May 12, 2016. The religious ceremony had taken place the next day in the Saint-Vincent de la Teste-de-Buch church, next to Arcachon (Gironde), followed by cremation in family intimacy.
Olivier Marchal’s father died in 2016
Pierre Marchal, born in Blainville-sur-l’Eau, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, discovers the profession of pastry chef alongside his brother with whom he formed, had revealed the star of the series Purple rivers (2018 – 2022) at The East Republican. He gives her a taste for police literature that the young Olivier devours during his childhood and adolescence. Besides the boards, the filmmaker released his eighth film, Bastion 36to discover exclusively on Netflix since February 28.
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