Sixteen years ago, on October 13, 2008, the actor and singer Guillaume Depardieu, the son of Gérard Depardieu, left us at the age of 37 after contracting pneumonia and an infection due to staphylococcus aureus. If the actor awarded the César for male breakthrough in 1996 dated actress Clotilde Courau, he was married to Elise Ventre until 2006. She died in 2020, leaving their daughter Louise, born in 2001, an orphan. But Julie Depardieu‘s brother also had a more little-known love story with actress and director Laetitia Dosch.
In an interview with Rebecca Manzoni on France Inter broadcast on September 6, the 44-year-old actress is starring in her own film The dog’s trialdelivered a few words about their relationship during a discussion on its relationship with the profession of actress. “I met Guillaume Depardieu, with whom I lived for two years, and he was the one who told me ‘you’re totally chooseable, go for it!’. He didn’t inspire me, but he gave me heart and guts, and also high standards, because he was someone who loved his job immensely.” she confided in the show Totemic. During an interview with Paris Match Switzerland on September 18, she described her meeting with the late actor as “magnificent”, “a great moment of my life”. “I admire him, he is a fantastic being, very unique and very honest. I was very lucky to have met him in his private life”she delivered.
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The difficult mourning of Julie Depardieu, Guillaume’s sister
In November 2023, on the show 1 hour with… on RFMactress Julie Depardieu confided in the difficult mourning she endured after the death of her brother Guillaume Depardieu in 2008. “I hope he’s okay where he is. I believe in it now. Before I didn’t believe in anything. I’m sure he’s better”she confided with tenderness to Bernard Montiel’s microphone. Believing in life after death allowed him to overcome his grief. “In fact, I was very, very depressed when he died. And it’s true that I dreamed about it very quickly”she admitted during this moving exchange, before continuing: “I say to myself: ‘But he looks good! Better than in this life'”.
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