Poignant confidences… On October 13, 2008, Guillaume Depardieu died at the age of 37 from pneumonia contracted during the filming of the film Icard’s childhood In Romania. Fifteen years after the actor’s death, it’s on the microphone of Bernard Montiel, in the show 1 hour with…on RFMwhich Julie Depardieu spoke on Saturday November 18, 2023. “I hope he’s okay where he is. I believe in it now. Before I didn’t believe in anything. I’m sure it’s better.”she confided before revealing that she believed in the afterlife. “In fact, I was very, very depressed when he died. And it’s true that I dreamed about it very quickly. When people said that, I said: ‘Yes, because it suits him well’ But, I swear to you, the dream seemed so true! I say to myself: ‘But he looks so good! Better than in this life'”.
Julie Depardieu: “He is super smiling and he is eternally beautiful”
Curious, it was while he knew Guillaume Depardieu well that Gérard Montiel asked Philippe’s partner Katerine if she saw him. To which she replied yes. “I see him, he’s with lots of people, he’s super smiley and he’s eternally handsome. He’s the best he’s ever been. You know, it’s not because we don’t see them that they don’t exist.“she exclaimed before adding: “See you in the afterlife, you’ll see. We’ll have a blast. I’m sure it’s great and it’s better than here”. Sunday January 20, 2022, it was Gérard Depardieu who spoke of the tragic disappearance of his son. “I don’t know grief: my son Guillaume is within me, as are Jean Carmet, Maurice Pialat, François Truffaut or Barbara. If absence weighs us down, it is because of the void it leaves. I make sure to fill it out by telling myself that Guillaume would have liked this or that thing“he revealed in the columns of Sunday Newspaper. In May 2016, for the Parisianthe actor had already assured: “Guillaume, unfortunately, did not live long enough. But I had, we had our share of love and problems. But now, every time I think of him or he comes back to me, it ‘is in a picture of peace and harmony’.
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