2024 - The Alpe d'Huez Festival in mourning: a tribute planned this evening for Gaspard Ulliel

This Wednesday, January 19, the Alpe d’Huez Festival will pay a poignant tribute to Gaspard Ulliel, who died suddenly at the age of 37. Explanations.

The world of cinema is in mourning. One of the best actors of his generation has just left us. Gaspard Ulliel died on Wednesday January 19, when he was only 37 years old. An announcement almost difficult to believe as it is brutal. The day before, Tuesday January 18, the actor had a skiing accident in Savoie, which earned him an emergency helicopter flight. Suffering from a head trauma, his vital prognosis was engaged. Which makes this news no less brutal. More than just an actor, his loved ones are losing a man who was the embodiment of “benevolence and kindness. beauty and talent“, as confided moved Pierre Niney via his Twitter account. Tributes are on the rise. Personalities from the big screen, as well as from the small, and even from politics, all have their tender thoughts for this man who left much too soon, and father of a five-year-old boy.

The Alpe d’Huez Festival – whose president, Michèle Laroque is positive for covid – don’t escape this wave of immense sadness. This gathering which highlights comedies and which has been held since Monday January 17 and until Sunday 23 will therefore organize a tribute to Gaspard Ulliel, as revealed by BFMTV journalist Claire Fleury, who is present on site. “For now, everyone is silent. Everyone is in shock. It really is the best word. When the information fell, some faces closed, other people simply burst into tears. Everyone’s a little stunned“, she reports.

A minute of applause for Gaspard Ulliel

And to explain:The organization of the Festival is in the process of organizing a tribute which should take place this evening, just before the screening of Jérôme Commandeur’s film [Irréductible, dont la sortie est prévue pour le 29 juin]”. The director general of the Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frémaux having “been invited to this evening, could speak, he who hosted the actor three times in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival. We also plan tonight, not a minute of silence, but a minute of applause to pay tribute to the 37-year-old actor“, specifies the culture journalist of the continuous news channel. Difficult after that to have the heart to celebrate.

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The day before, Tuesday January 18, Gaspard Ulliel had had a skiing accident in Savoie

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Gaspard Ulliel was then hospitalized urgently, suffering from a head trauma

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The vital prognosis of Gaspard Ulliel was engaged

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Unfortunately, Gaspard Ulliel did not survive his injuries

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A tribute will be paid to him this Wednesday, January 19 at the Alpe d’Huez Festival, which runs until Sunday, January 23.

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This should take place “just before the screening of Jérôme Commandeur’s film”, announces BFMTV

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“The director general of the Cannes Film Festival, Thierry Frémaux was invited to this evening, so he could speak, he who hosted the actor three times in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival”, continues the chain.

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“We are also planning this evening, not a minute of silence, but a minute of applause to pay tribute to the 37-year-old actor”, concludes the chain