In an intimacy revealed to the Parisian, Line Renaud shares her wishes for a peaceful and dignified departure, without pain, also specifying the farewells planned for her loved ones.
At the dawn of her 95th birthday, Line Renaud continues her incessant battle for the right to a dignified death, resolutely getting involved in the debate around the bill on the end of life. In parallel, October 11viewers will be able to discover her in a poignant TV film, “Le Prochain Voyage”, on the screens of France 2.
Playing Jacqueline, an elderly woman determined to conclude her life alongside her great love, Richard, played by Jean Sorel, she immerses us in a poignant story of choice and love. The work, an adaptation of the play “Les Amants du Lutetia” by Laurent Baffie and inspired by real events, offers us a reflection on voluntary death as a lover. For Line Renaud, this role resonates with her own struggle: “It’s about the end of life. Faced with intolerable suffering, we have to know how to say stop. Our characters, who loved each other intensely, choose to leave hand in hand”she confides to Le Parisien.
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“I did that”: Line’s premeditated farewell
His motivations for participating in this TV film go beyond the professional and delve into his personal experience, remembering the painful loss of his companion Loulou Gasté, lost in 1995 to dying bone cancer. “I don’t want to go through what I saw with loved ones. Their end of life made me understand,” she expresses. The actress, iconic godmother of Johnny Hallyday, therefore envisages her own end with pragmatic precision. “It’s not complicated. It involves taking two pills, one to fall asleep and the other, well… It is essential not to involve those around me, thus avoiding any accusation to them regard”, she reveals, making sure to leave them a clear message: “I will leave a note: I did this.”
Line Renaud thus reveals her last wish, not with melancholy, but with quiet and determined assurance. Her fight for a dignified death, her story with Loulou, and her role in the TV movie are woven into a powerful story, reflecting a woman determined to echo her voice in debates about the end of life and to testify with authenticity through his art.