The public service channel is programming a wonderful documentary on the extraordinary life of the artist. Signed Mireille Dumas, The thousand and one lives of Line Renaud is a mine of archives, some of which are unpublished.
The actress, singer and former magazine leader – who has a career spanning almost 70 years! – confided in front of the camera to Mireille Dumas in The Thousand and One Lives of Line Renaud. Resolutely optimistic, the film is in the image of Line Renaud, who still has the beautiful frank gaze and the adorable dimples of her youth. She tells us about her crazy trajectory, from her childhood in the North, to the years of shows in Las Vegas, through her career as a singer and actress, without forgetting her unfailing commitment against AIDS.
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The three women in his life
From the age of seven, Line told her mother “ithere is something better elsewhere», as guided by the presentiment of his incredible destiny. At the time, she was carried by the affection of her mother, her grandmother and her great-grandmother: “at home we didn’t have much to eat but we were happy because there was a lot of love“, she told us. “The three women in my life, she says in the documentary, I have always seen them with their sleeves rolled up, carrying on the day-to-day. So when you’re raised like that, it’s not Zola, it’s strength. They taught me the job, they gave me confidence. My mother always said: come on, you have to look ahead. I feel like I’m following in their footsteps, I have their strength, their energy. Life is a fight.»
A marriage beyond physical love
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The film also tells a story of encounter, that of Line and her husband Loulou Gaste, who discovered her when she was sixteen. He threw at her looking at her, “you, you are made to sing happiness“. He goes further by having the idea of transforming it into “singer who moves wellwho dances and plays comedy. “JI was very pretty, but I didn’t know it…says Line Renaud to Mireille Dumas.
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Without taboo, with confounding honesty, the artist explains to Mireille Dumas that she had a lover when she was a reviewer in Las Vegas in the 1960s. It was Nate Jacobson, the boss of the Caesars Palace. It doesn’t matter, between Loulou and her, love and union are “abeyond physical love“, she says, between”mutual respect and admiration». «What I’m most proud of is having accompanied Loulou to the end and the way I was able to help her leave. And the same with my mother. Those are probably the two things I’ve been most successful with. They built my life and I helped them finish theirs. What they did for me, I know I gave back to them until their dying day. That’s my pride, it’s not my career.»
Sidaction, the fight continues
The documentary also evokes Line Renaud’s fierce fight against AIDS. It was she who had the idea of organizing a large-scale gala after seeing the annual one presided over by her friend. Liz Taylor, in 1985. The following year, she mobilized the entertainment world in France, supported by Bernadette Chirac and Dalida, among others. The goal: to raise funds and help research. Today, at 93, her fight continues as vice-president of Sidaction which starts today until Sunday. Tomorrow, France 2 will broadcast “Lhe stars sing for Sidactionat 8:45 p.m., with singer Vincent Niclo as master of ceremonies.
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