The years pass but the pain remains. It is indeed with great tenderness and emotion that Michèle Bernier returns, in Ciné Télé Revueon the death of his mother Odile Vaudelle at the age of 51. “I often think about what my mother would say, what she would do and then I hear her laugh… It boosts me “, admits the actress who was only 29 years old when the woman with whom she had a very close relationship passed away. “We had a lot of difficulty not being together. She was a very present mother (…) she had her heart on her sleeve”.
Michèle Bernier on her mother’s suicide
Qualified as “soleil” by her daughter, Odile Vaudelle was battling depression at the time of her death. “She hid her discomfort”specifies Michèle Bernier before confiding in the suicide of the one who “gave her the joy of being a mother“. “My father called me at 6 a.m. to tell me he had found her… It was a difficult time in their lives. You know, people who end their lives are neither cowardly nor weak . We don’t make this decision because we don’t have the courage to face life!slips the actress, emphasizing that the decision to kill oneself is taken when the person “arrives at a stage of intense lucidity”. Like many people faced with such a tragedy, Michèle Bernier feels guilty, as she explains to our colleagues. And this even if “she couldn’t see the signs” because she had already left the family nest. “And we never imagine that this will happen. We tell ourselves that things will be better tomorrow…”
Michèle Bernier in shock after the death of her mother
Losing her mother in such circumstances upset Michèle Bernier. She describes herself thus:like a zombie” during this period. “It’s so violent that we don’t realize what’s happening (…) We were as if drained, incapable of reacting.”. After the denial of reality, Michèle Bernier was confronted with the fear of seeing “his father is sinking too. This drama, she continues, “made him lose his carefreeness”. “I promised myself not to put my loved ones through this (…) If you feel in danger, you have to express it, take care of yourself and not sweep things under the rug.”she concludes.
