Alain Delon in Douchy: “Cinema session, apple pudding…”, his estate once again a haven of family happiness

Alain Delon in Douchy: “Cinema session, apple pudding…”, his estate once again a haven of family happiness

Alain Delon’s long and rich life ended on August 18, 2024. Then aged 88 and suffering from a slowly developing lymphoma, the actor took his last breath in his home in Douchy in Loiret, a place he had acquired in 1971 with his partner at the time Mireille Darc and which he made his cocoon until the end of his days. It is also there that he rests, not far from his dogs, a wish he had expressed for a long time. In this building which was transformed after its purchase, the hero of Mr. Klein shared countless memories. Paris Match looks back on several of them, including his experience with the mother of his two youngest children.

Having had a difficult and unstable childhood, Alain Delon was keen to become a solid landowner. This was the case with the Brûlerie estate in the commune, now called Douchy-Montcorbon. Although his breakup with Mireille Darc dealt a blow to this image of a sweet home, he remained keen to make his property a place to recharge his batteries and it would gain in importance with his relationship from 1987 to 2001 with the Dutch model Rosalie Van Breemen: “The house once again becomes the setting for family happiness. Anouchka and Alain-Fabien were born in Gien, around forty kilometers from Douchy, in 1990 and 1994.”

What was life like in Douchy at that time? Paris Match immerses us in their routine: “For a while, the children were educated at the local school. Every weekend, a projectionist was brought in to watch the great classics of cinema in the room of the indoor swimming pool transformed into a dark room. And On Sunday evening, the patriarch, who never cooks, prepares his Delon-style apple pudding..”

Alain Delon with his children in Douchy, complicated stays over time…

Anouchka Delon, the star’s beloved daughter, has a house dedicated to her on the property and she is the only one, however she rarely comes. As the Samurai As she gets older, Lino’s mother – born from her relationship with Julien Dereims – travels back and forth to Switzerland.

Alain-Fabien Delon had moved there to be closer to his weakened father, turning the page on their complex relationship. A situation that was nevertheless sometimes delicate.I’m all alone most of the time trying to fix up a property where everything is broken, where the electricity doesn’t work“, confided the thirty-year-old to Paris Match.

As for the eldest of the siblings, Anthony Delon, even if he has painful memories in this area where, as a teenager, he had to go around the lake at night, or feed his father’s mastiffs in their kennel, he has returned more and more often to support the patriarch. He also has his own room in the house. A place marked by its history but the last page is that of a sibling group that has reunited there. Three children each with their own experiences, but who were united to carry their father’s coffin to the tomb located in the Douchy chapel, for his eternal rest.

Find the full article in the Paris Match magazine of August 29, 2024