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We know Josée Dayan for her outspokenness and his scorer handle who directed the most famous actors, like Gérard Depardieu, of which she is one of the supports in these moments troubled by her judicial files. The filmmaker reveals another facet of her personality by returning to the set of an episode of Captain Marleau Particularly strong: the one in which Emilie Dequenne delivers her ultimate performance. The Belgian actress who left us at the age of 43 from her rare cancer (a corticsurrenalm) had had the opportunity to shoot in front of Josée Dayan’s camera, delighted to find an artist whose work she admired (Rosetta, the wolf pact) and the temperament, after being swore together for a film festival in Angers. In TV 7 daysshe returns to their collaboration and especially the last weeks when everything has changed.
In the episode of Captaine Marleau Which will be broadcast on Friday May 9 on France 2, Emilie Dequenne embodies a Latin dance teacher involved in a murder case. For the purposes of its role, the one that went up the slope of the disease at the time had taken dance lessons for a fortnight. Josée Dayan remembers having however discreetly arranged his work plan “Without telling him, so that she does not get too tired and that she takes advantage of her scenes” : “I told him it’s good, you arrive at 2 p.m. and we turn“The actress Cesarized was certainly as relieved not to have to wear wigs and appear as she was on the screen, recalls the director.
The regret of Josée Dayan vis-à-vis Emilie Dequenne
The experience leaves a sweet memory to Josée Dayan but also a regret: that this episode is its last appearance on the screen. “”I know that she had another current project, but that she could not go to the end. After the shooting, she had gone to rest in Corsica [où elle possède une maison avec son mari Michel Ferracci, ndlr] And we had kept in touch by sending ourselves a few texts. I told him that the assembly was advancing well.“It is unfortunately at this moment that the filmmaker learns that “The disease has regained the upper hand“.
The rest is a return to the hospital, the unconditional support of her husband, also actor, Michel Ferracci and his only daughter Milla Savarese, born from a previous relationship, as well as all his loved ones. Then a terrible announcement, March 16, 2025, which plunged the world of French -speaking cinema in infinite sadness. Remains the power of its performance that we can appreciate in particular this Friday in Captain Marleau.
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