the causes of his death revealed

Since yesterday, the world of the seventh art mourns one of its own. And for good reason, the director Jean-Marc Vallée, to whom “Big Little Lies” or “Dallas Buyers Club” owed, died on December 25 at the age of 58. The announcement of his death was unveiled this Tuesday, December 28 and it took a few hours to find out what happened to him. His agent indicated to Los Angeles Times that he succumbed to a “heart failure “ in his Quebec chalet.

According to the american site Deadline, Jean-Marc Vallée was found lifeless on December 26 by his friends. He was known to have a healthy lifestyle. “He did not drink alcohol and practiced the Wim Hof ​​fitness method”, says one of his relatives. Contacted by VAT News, his ex-companion and mother of his children, the novelist Chantal Cadieux, informed that he had just written a screenplay that he was to shoot soon. “He had plans on the table. He was in a very good professional period ”, adding that he “Was passionate”. “He plunged body and soul into his projects. He gave himself fully ”. According to information given to him by the police, he died of natural causes. “They will look a little more, because Jean-Marc was a famous personality and he was young”, she confides.

The actresses of “Big Little Lies” in mourning

Upon the announcement of his disappearance, several personalities who worked alongside him paid tribute to him on social networks. And the actresses of “Big Little Lies” did not hide their sadness like Reese Witherspoon: “My heart is broken. My friend. I love you. I will always remember you as the sun goes down, looking for the light that goes out, on an Oregon mountain, on a Monterey beach, t ‘ensuring that we experience a moment of magic in this life “.

For her part, Laura Dern saluted the memory of one of the “The most brilliant and pure dream artists”, adding to have “Lost (a) beloved friend”. “Our hearts are broken “, she says. Finally, Nicole Kidman said to herself “Upset” by this loss. “He was at the center of my creative universe and I cannot express how much he meant to me. Jean-Marc was not only the source of some of the most rewarding professional experiences of my career, but the friendship, kindness and love he has bestowed on me are a strength that will never leave me “.