It was almost thirty years ago… In 1995, Elie Semoun became a father for the first time to little Antoine., born from his relationship with Annie Florence Jeannesson. If the actor and comedian makes spectators laugh, he has experienced months of anxiety. Sunday March 31, 2024, in the columns of the Sunday Tribunehe indeed indicated: “Antoine is a great miracle of life. He was born at 5 and a half months and weighed 750 grams”. While his son was diagnosed with Asperger’s autism, the one who lost his mother at the age of 11 said he had difficulty accepting his difference. “I was even in denial for a long time”, he assured. Thus, although it would have been preferable to send Antoine to a specialized school, Elie Semoun preferred to enroll him in a public school. “I was wrong, because he had a different vision of life than his comrades“estimated the star of the film Ducobu goes greenin theaters from Wednesday April 3, 2024. Despite everything, at 28 years old, Antoine has found his calling and is more fulfilled than ever.
Elie Semoun: “Antoine has crazy talent”
During this interview, the actor assured that his son “exhibits and sells his paintings without any difficulty“. “Antoine has crazy talent and is my greatest pride”, he added. Friday February 17, 2023, in the columns of Here isElie Semoun admitted: “I was exasperated by his inaction, I think that above all I was very worried for him and that I did not know how to express it in any other way”. Today, Antoine is a fulfilled young man and assures that painting gives meaning to his life. “I have never been able to find the words, I do not have the formulas, these thousand and one ways of acting on a daily basis which seem banal to you but which, for me, are a mystery, an impossible thing. I don’t have the codes, it’s not a posture, a desire to stand out, I don’t understand them. This way of being was difficult for me for a long time, I suffered mockery and jokes, I isolated myself even more. I walled myself in solitude”wrote Antoine, who calls himself Andy Santori, on his site, before adding: “When I encountered color, at the museum, it immediately colored my life”.