Josiane Balasko, Gérard Jugnot, Patrice Leconte… The actor’s accomplices and partners expressed their sorrow after the announcement of the actor’s death.
The actor and director Michel Blanc, figure of Splendid, died on the night of Thursday to Friday October 4 at the age of 72, following a heart attack. The world of culture immediately expressed its sorrow.
The first to express their grief were the sidekicks of Splendid and Bronzés. “Fuck Michel… What did you do to us…”wrote Gérard Jugnot overnight on social networks. “Michel my friend my brother my partner”, reacted for her part the actress Josiane Balasko, another figure of this flagship troupe of the 1970s.
Moved, Patrice Leconte, the director of Tanned, spoke at the microphone of RTL: «I can’t imagine he’s no longer here. I’m wondering how this is possible. What I’m going to miss is him, who he was.” he declared.
The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati followed suit: “Michel Blanc has left us. This morning the pain is immense, commensurate with his talent. In front of the camera of Bertrand Blier, Robert Altman or Pierre Schoeller, Michel Blanc will have amazed us with the variety of his acting, but also by his talents as a director with films like Walk in the shade or Very tired. Cinema, the world of culture and all French people will not forget it. she posted on Twitter.
Comedian Pierre-Antoine Damecour praised the full extent of his talent: “The comic power of this character was infinite, like the power of Michel Blanc to make us laugh and cry. Thank you for everything artist, you were Splendid”
“Michael! I don’t believe it! Collapsed,” posted on Instagram Bruno Moynot, the famous Zedko Preskovic of Santa Claus is trash offering “hand-rolled doubitchous under the armpits» to his neighbors.
“He was a friend. He was very identified with the Splendid, but (…) he had extraordinary acting colors, he had a second degree, he had great emotion, he had great sensitivity outside of the funny roles. He had this sort of quality of being tragically funny. remembers with emotion the actor and director Jean-Michel Ribes, on BFMTV.
“(…)His kindness and talent impressed me so much during my first film shoot, I was 18 years old, I played his son. I knew I wanted to be an actor thanks to this kind of encounter”wrote Pierre Niney in a vibrant tribute on X.
