It's been more than a month since Michel Blanc left us. It was last October 3, at the age of 72 and following anaphylactic shock. During his funeral, his partner Ramatoulaye Diop was attached to Jean-Paul Rouve, a great friend of the actor. “Damn Michel, what have you done to us? Because of you we end up like idiots with dark glasses and handkerchiefs in a church.“, declared with great emotion the star of Tuchesduring the ceremony.
On the set ofAs an asidein a new issue broadcast this Tuesday, November 12 on Canal+, he was asked to react to an extract from his film Memoriesin which Michel Blanc plays. “When Michel left, they showed the film. I couldn't (watch it, editor's note)…I can't do it (…) It was the first time I worked with him, we became friends there, then we played together, Michel directed me in his film (See How We Dance, 2018). What we hadn't done together yet was write. We both had this desire. It's annoying…It's bad not being able to call him. I can't delete his number…“
Michel Blanc told by his friend Jean-Paul Rouve
Upsetting confidences from Jean-Paul Rouve, who added this: “When you had him on the phone, you had to have 1 hour to spare! Because he could talk to you about his floor problems and uninteresting stuff for a really long time.” As a reminder, Michel Blanc lived in an apartment located in the historic Marais district of Paris, near rue de Turenne, where brasseries and cafes teem. One of his favorite places was the restaurant Ma Bourgognelocated on Place des Vosges, where he often came to relax, alone.
“His obsession was the works. There was always noise in his house.”, recalled Jean-Paul Rouve in the show C l'Hebdo on France 5. Some even go so far as to say that “Michel was born to be an architect”, as specified by our colleagues at‘AD Magazine.
As a reminder, he will have left his mark on French cinema and theater, notably with the Splendid troupe, and through his character in Les Bronzés, namely Jean-Claude Dusse.
