Known for playing the main character in the film White Horsehair At only eleven years old, Alain Emery died on May 22. He left the world of cinema a few years after his debut to work in restaurants.
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He had made his debut in what the New York Times considers it “Greatest children’s film of all time”. Wednesday May 22, Alain Emery died at the age of 83 in Arles, report our colleagues from Free Midday. It was in the 1950s that the actor was revealed to the general public after his mother registered him for a casting to play the role of Falco in White Horsehair by director Albert Lamorisse. Filmed in 1952, this 47-minute film depicts the meeting between Crin Blanc, a wild horse from the Camargue that is difficult to tame, and Falco, a young fisherman with a similar character who will form a beautiful friendship.
Alain Emery: “I was not chosen for my acting skills”
Palme d’Or for short film at the Cannes Film Festival in 1953, White Horsehair was Alain Emery’s first experience in front of the camera. “They liked my appearance. They asked me if I knew how to ride a horse, I answered the truth, which was to say no, and I added that I wanted to learn and that It didn’t scare me.”he confided in 2020 in an interview with Free Midday. He admitted in particular not to have been “chosen for [ses] acting qualities”and that, despite this experience which could have launched a career full of success in the cinema, he never considered himself as such.
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Alain Emery had converted to catering
After starring in a television series called IndiansAlain Emery put an end to his short acting career to turn to the world of catering. “Unmissable figure” from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, where he was born, Alain Emery had a restaurant, worked as a caterer then as a wine broker in Marseille, one of his long-time friends tells Free Midday. “I send my sincere condolences to his wife Marie, his daughter and the members of his family”, wrote on Instagram Aldo Bastié, the director of the Château de Tarascon (Bouches-du-Rhône). Very involved in the defense of Provençal culture, he adds that Alain Emery “joined Folco at Paradise of the Guardians”.
Article written in collaboration with 6Médias.
