Benoît Magimel remembers the death of his father

Benoît Magimel with an open heart. Featured in the new issue of Papotin meetings offered this Saturday, May 4 on France 2, the French actor did not dodge the intimate questions asked by the atypical journalists in the editorial office. Thus, after having mentioned his “demons“interiors, his fears and his tumultuous childhood, the actor with two Césars for Best Actor won consecutively in 2022 and 2023, returned, with emotion, to the death of his father, suffering from a stomach illness.

“I lost my father not long ago“: Benoît Magimel evokes the death of his father in The Papotin Meetings

Questioned by one of the journalists from Papotin, Benoît Magimel actually did not have much time to develop this very intimate subject. “I lost my father not long ago“, he began to say, visibly ready to talk about the death of his father. Then, after clarifying that the latter had not left following a heart attack, he was unable to than give a short answer.He died of another illness, a stomach illness. He liked to eat“, he continued, quickly cut off by his interlocutor. “He really is a glutton“, then pronounced in the manner most innocent in the world, the author of the question.

“We missed each other a little” : Benoît Magimel did not always have good relations with his father

In 2023, Benoît Magimel dedicated his César for Best Actor won thanks to his performance in Pacifiction – Torments on the Islands, to his father. “I dedicate it to my father this Caesar, and to all those I love”, he declared to his colleagues present in the room. A few days later, during an interview given to Nathalie Lévy in As an aside on Canal+, the forty-year-old gave more details concerning his relationship with his father. “We kind of missed each other the first part of my life. When you become a father yourself, when you get older, you simply begin to understand and see things differently.” he had said. Raised by his mother, his relationship with his father figure had been rather difficult. “I met my father, it’s been a few years now, we met again in fact. Today, we have a magnificent report”, he concluded, specifying that his little dedication had really touched his dad.