“He leaves us the memory of a very good man”summarizes Denise Canton. The owner of the legendary dance hall Le Luna Park in Le Teil remembers Michel Blanc very well, who died this Friday at the age of 72. The actor had filmed in Drôme and Ardèche for the film by Isabelle Mergault “I find you very beautiful“, in 2005. Denise Canton hosted the film crew for five days in her establishment. “We really liked him, a normal man who doesn’t worry. I made thrushes for them to eat, everyone was very happy!” She was very sad when she learned of the actor’s death “It saddens me a lot. We are really losing a great actor. I look at the photos from the shoot, it’s already a long way away,” sshe cries.
“Discreet but friendly”
At the time 250 extras from the region appeared in this filmscenes in Valence, Teil and Pont-de-Barret. Maurice Cadenet was contacted because he was the president of the Teil pétanque club. He was to star in a scene with the film’s lead actress.“It was quite funny, I had to teach him pétanque. But I was cut during editing so for a laugh I told myself that it was because Michel Blanc was jealous,” he jokes. Maurice Cadenet remembers an actor: “a little offbeat compared to the roles, always funny and jovial, in his films. He was in fact a rather discreet man”explains this former extra, who remembers “excellent memories.”
