“It’s very important, it’s the last thing he participated in”: a Splendid project in collaboration with Michel Blanc soon to be revealed

It's already been a month since Michel Blanc disappeared… But before passing away, the actor already had a project in the works with the Splendid troupe in which he was able to participate. A book should be released at the end of November to mark the comedy troupe's 50th anniversary, in which the members all comment together on photos from their careers.

“Ironically…”

“There is a book coming out, it’s very important, it’s the last thing he was involved in”declared this Friday, November 8, Gérard Jugnot on the Télématin set. “It’s Thierry (Lhermitte, Editor’s note) who organized this for the benefit of medical research, ironically…”

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Rare photos from personal collections

This work called The Splendid on the Splendid, we had so much fun will contain “rare photos, from their personal collections”warned the publisher, Le Cherche midi. “We all took out our old, somewhat personal photos and everyone, with the journalist Jean-Pierre Lavoignat, responded to these photos. It made a pretty wonderful book that I found beautiful” added Gérard Jugnot.

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Through the pages of this book, all the members of the comedy troupe played the game. Including Michel Blanc. “In this book, everyone spoke and gave their point of view. I had already done that on my part, and there, everyone did it, Michel, among others. It's quite touching […] We thought we would celebrate this little book with joy and unfortunately, that will not be the case. This will remain.”he commented, referring to the recent disappearance of the actor.

The actor back on display in 2025

Furthermore, Michel Blanc will be showing in two films next year: The Backpackera comedy directed by Philippe Mechelen (Les Tuche), inspired by the famous travel guide and The Cachea feature film directed by the Swiss Lionel Baier, which is none other than the adaptation of the novel by Christophe Boltanski, awarded the Prix Femina in 2015, in which the author, nephew of the visual artist Christian Boltanski and the sociologist Luc Boltanski traces the history of his family.