“A time very close” by Dominique Besnehard, Samuel Benchetrit – who celebrates his 51st birthday this Wednesday June 26 – decided to make the godfather of his son Jules, born from his story with Marie Trintignant (died in 2003 at the hands of her companion Bertrand Cantat). This is what we learned in an article from our colleagues at Teleramadating from last May.
Dominique Besnehard is a very influential man. Because for those who don’t know it, it has become one of the greatest French artistic agents, representing for two decades numerous actors, actresses and directors within the Artmedia agency. While taking care of Véronique Genest’s career, he “becomes the ambassador from their beginnings of François Ozon, Cédric Kahn or Xavier Beauvois“, specifies the magazine in particular.
Dominique Besnehard helped Samuel Benchetrit a lot, as the latter explained, always Telerama : “I remember Dominique accompanying me to visit producers, insist that they finance my film, vouch for it. He had a long arm, but maintained his biceps. And when it worked, we owed him a lot.”
Samuel Benchetrit raised his son Jules alone
To return more precisely to Jules, the young man followed in his parents’ footsteps, since he decided to pursue the activity of an actor. His father always pushed him to achieve his dreams and he allowed him to act in many films such as Chez Gino in 2011, Asphalt in 2015 and This music doesn’t play for anyone in 2021.
He was only 5 years old when his mother died. But his father Samuel was always there for him. Last year, Samuel Benchetrit spoke in particular about the JDD Magazine on this habit that he has kept since he took care of Jules: “Having raised my son alone, I learned to get up very early to work before taking him to school. This framework has stayed with me. I get up around 4 or 5 a.m. and work for three or four hours straight. It’s a time when we are still close to dreams. There is a certain melancholy.” It’s hard to see that this professional pace is working for him!
