In an interview with Télé-Loisirs, director Josée Dayan remembered the shooting of the episode of Captain Marleau With Émilie Dequenne, who will be broadcast this Friday, May 9, 2025 on France 2.
It is most certainly the TV event of the week and, in a doubt, its diffusion will moisten many eyes. This Friday, May 9, 2025, France 2 broadcasts the unprecedented survey of Captain Marleau With the late Emilie Dequenne, who died on March 16 from cancer, at the age of barely 43. An episode that marks the latest appearance of the actress who received the interpretation prize in Cannes in 1999 for her very first role in the unforgettable Rosetta Dardenne brothers, who had also won the golden palm on the Croisette. A final appearance that holds a special place in the heart of Josée Dayan, the director of Marleauas she told Télé-Loisirs in an interview …
Captain Marleau : “It was like a rebirth for her”Josée Dayan remembers the shooting of the series with the late Émilie Dequenne
Questioned by Télé-Loisirs, therefore, the director recognizes it: this chapter of Marleau is special, first of all for the presence of Émilie Dequenne. “She is really bright. She is really this great actress that she was. With this episode, she had the opportunity to be both playful, in emotion and in anger. It is a beautiful fan for her. She is magnificent in this character.” Then Josée Dayan returns to the circumstances of the actress’s participation in her series: “It is special because it is the first film that she made after a year and a half of horrible treatments for her cancer. At that time, she was in remission. It was summer, there was dance, music. There was something cheerful around her. It was like a rebirth for her. She had also told me that she would shoot another film in September in Brittany …”
Captain Marleau : “Her husband told me, this episode of the series brought her immense joy …”Josée Dayan remembers the late Emilie Dequenne emotion
This film in Brittany, Émilie Dequenne could not shoot it. The relapse of his cancer having led to his death a few months later … this episode of Captain Marleau is therefore its last appearance on the screen, which adds an undeniable dimension additional to its service. “It is obviously very moving to have made your last film”admits Josée Dayan, who reveals that the experience was happy for the actress, “I know that having made this film brought her immense joy. She told me, her agent told me and Son mari (Michel Ferracci, NDLR) Also … I am happy to have participated at this time in his life. “ An emotional episode with a large actress, to see this Friday, May 9, 2025 on France 2, from 9:05 p.m. …
