On October 3, Michel Blanc left us suddenly at the age of 72. The actor died of a heart attack after suffering from anaphylactic shock, a serious form of allergy, which led to the formation of angioedema in Michel Blanc. The actor's death particularly upset Gérard Jugnot, who couldn't believe it: “Damn Michel… What have you done to us…“, he wrote on Instagram, before testifying at the microphone of RTL of his admiration for the one he met “in 4th grade during a German class“ : “It's a massive blow. He was the French Woody Allen, he had an absolutely brilliant sense of dialogue.“
This Thursday, November 7, Gérard Jugnot was present on the set of Telematin on France 2 to present the film We should have gone to Greecewhere it will be showing from November 13 in cinemas. During the interview, Flavie Flament spoke of the disappearance of Michel Blanc. Gérard Jugnot then took the opportunity to return to the numerous tributes received by his friend, which did not fail to challenge him: “There was just one little thing that bothered me, which was that we talked a lot about Jean-Claude Dusse, who was really his creation, it was he who wrote it, who designed it . He assumed it, but he did lots of other things that were much deeper… Finally, I don't like the word profound because comedy is deep, there is a mask. But let's say it's a little more cultural, and again I don't like those words… It's like auteur films and commercial films, there are no commercial films without being arthouse films. In comedy, we make auteur films.“
Gérard Jugnot pays tribute to Michel Blanc in Telematin
Subsequently, Gérard Jugnot took the opportunity to rejoice in the popular success which continues for the many Splendid films despite the passing years: “What also pleases me is to see that the films we made a very long time ago still exist. While many films which had received honors at the time have fallen into oblivion. It's a little satisfaction. There's no revenge, but it's still nice.“
Always moved when the name of Michel Blanc is mentioned, Gérard Jugnot then remembered his relationship with the actor: “I met him in fourth grade. We didn't see each other much anymore, from time to time.“Despite the distance, the two men quickly regained their complicity as soon as they found themselves with the Splendid troupe:”We saw each other not long ago for the cover for Paris Match. We laughed a lot. When we met again, we picked up the story where we left off.”
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