Patrick Bruel, in La Baule, June 24, 2021. AFP
LE FIGARO INFO – The performer, born in Algeria in 1959, arrived this Wednesday 1er February in Algeria. After a visit to Tlemcen, the city of his childhood, he will visit Algiers.
“The plane will land soon, you hide your tears in a smile. How old was I ? Barely three years. And here we are both in Tlemcen. » I will be back, song featured on his latest album, Once againreleased in November 2022 was prescient.
Patrick Bruel arrived this Wednesday 1er February in Algeria, where he left a hidden piece of heart for five days with her mother, Augusta. Both are going to visit their native land, Tlemcen, in western Algeria.
This is where the performer with millions of records sold and multiple awards, also a comedian and a great poker player, was born on May 14, 1959. Patrick Bruel, who is still called Patrick Benguigui, will only stay there for three years.
While I was writing this song (Je reviens), I received a phone call informing me that the Algerian authorities wanted me to come back to Algeria and what is more with my mother. It was a sign for me
Patrick Bruel
Patrick Bruel.
In 1962, when Algeria gained independence, he moved with his mother to Argenteuil, in the suburbs of Paris. Until today, Patrick Bruel had never returned to Algeria.
In November 2022, he testified on RTL: “ While I was writing this song (Je reviens), I received a phone call informing me that the Algerian authorities wanted me to come back to Algeria and what is more with my mother. It was a sign for me. So we are preparing this trip that I fantasized about, that I imagined. I hope to make it real in the coming weeks. French, Jews, Berbers. It’s nice. »
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During a meeting with the readers of the Parisian in November 2022, Patrick Bruel claimed that parents and grandparents had always raised him “ in the love of Algeria, without words of hatred or revenge about his country of birth “.
After the visit to Tlemcen, which will notably include a return to the neighborhood and the school of his childhood, Patrick Bruel will come to visit Algiers.
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