In By your siderebroadcast this Monday, December 16, 2024 on TF1, Jarry plays Anthony, a son taking care of his father, played by Didier Bourdon. For this fiction inspired by his life, Jarry did not choose his partner at random.
TF1 will rebroadcast the poignant TV film this Monday, December 16, 2024 from 9:10 p.m. By your sideinspired by Jarry's life. The latter, who participated in the project as an author but also an actor, chose to tell his complex relationship with his father whom he accompanied until his last moments of life. To play the roles of Anthony and his father Marcel, the actor and comedian did not hesitate for long. He asked a long-time friend, Didier Bourdon, to play the role of his father alongside him.
By your side : The disturbing resemblance between Didier Bourdon and Jarry's father
When Jarry asked his friend to play his father, Didier Bourdon expressed his apprehension to him. But once the script was read, the ex-Inconnus didn't hesitate for long. “When he said yes for the role of my father, it was an extremely strong emotion and I love him with all my heart“, explained Jarry. It was all the stronger that “Didier Bourdon physically resembles my father 85%“, clarified the comedian. “I hesitated to put a photo of my father at the end of the film, but I told myself it was too disturbing“, added Jarry.
By your side : Jarry and Didier Bourdon have been friends for 12 years
Jarry indeed encountered Didier Bourdon for the first time during the filming of the film Bambooproduced and carried by Didier Bourdon and released in 2009.”The first time I met Didier was in 2009 and when I walked into the room and saw him, I really almost broke in two because it was so shocking.“, Jarry told us. And added “with Didier Bourdonit's a crazy story, he's the one who got me started in the profession twelve years ago“. This complicity with the city only makes the complex interpretation of their characters even stronger. A fiction to discover this evening on TF1!
