Camille Cottin speaks emotionally about the death of her father in C à vous: “I accompanied him until the end” (VIDEO)

Pedro Almodovar will make his return on January 8 with The Room Next Door which follows “two friends who find themselves in troubling circumstances after losing touch when one becomes a successful novelist and the other a war reporter”. Came to present this film Tuesday evening in C to you (France 5) with Julianne Moore, one of his main actresses, the Spanish filmmaker was entitled to a beautiful statement from Camille Cottin.

Camille Cottin’s touching confession about the death of her father

Invited to promote the Appointmenther play which will be performed next January at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Camille Cottin was full of praise for Pedro Almodovar’s film which she was able to see in preview. “You talk about death with this character (…) who says that the little time he has left must be lived with joy. That overwhelmed me”launched the actress who became known around the world thanks to the series Ten percent. If Camille Cottin was so touched by this film, it is because this subject particularly concerns her. “I accompanied our father, there were several brothers and sisters, in the apartment until the end. I know what it’s like to be in a house, to choose where you’re going to take the person so they can go. What do we exchange during these moments? What do we do with this precious time? It really upset me. Cancer is a reality that many of us share”she concluded by saluting a film “deep, beautiful and poetic” carried by “actresses (Tilda Swinton and Julanne Moore, editor) magnificent”.

Camille Cottin on the death of her father

It is in October 2022, during his passage in The Papotin Meetings (France 2), that Camille Cottin announced the death of her father after a question that made her cry. “Is your father still alive?”one of the speakers asked after seeing the emotion of the actress when she read a poem about the mourning of parents. “To answer you, my father is no longer alive. I lost my dad in January. Nine months ago. He was sick.”she explained, describing her death “unacceptable”. “My father was in sixth grade. He was a painter, designer. He could get up a little whenever he wanted, he lived at night, he drew, he didn’t really tidy up. It was a happy mess. And at my mother’s house, it was much more structured”she confided a little earlier in the conversation about her late father.