A documentary retracing the life of Patrick Dewaere was broadcast on France 5 on October 21. In it, his daughter Lola Dewaere spoke and made shocking revelations.
The facts date back to July 1982 when Patrick Dewaere decides to end his life by shooting himself in the mouth. A death that greatly upset his fans but also Lola Dewaere, his daughter. A documentary retracing the life of the talented actor was broadcast on France 5 on October 21. This was titled Patrick Dewaere, my hero and it was an opportunity for Lola Deweare to tell her father’s story. The young woman speaks directly to him, trying to highlight what pushed him to end it. First of all, it evokes the actor’s terrible childhood. “I had heard terrible things about your childhood”, she explains first before adding: “Before your mother died, I demanded that she tell me everything. Mado refused. But I left him no choice. I took her between four eyes, and she ends up confessing everything to me“. Revelations that have turned Lola Dewaere upside down since she will learn a terrible secret. Raised by his stepfather, Georges Collignon in a family of six, Patrick Dewaere was the victim of sexual assault. “During your childhood, you suffered repeated sexual touching and rape. You have endured monstrous acts for years that have screwed you up forever”continued Lola Dewaere.
In this documentary, Lola Dewaere connects the confidences. If his grandmother revealed to him the deepest secrets of his father, she also assures that this one had the same desires. “She wanted to kill herself with you in her womb. Then abort you. All your life you felt rejected“revealed the daughter of Patrick Dewaere before adding: “Scared in your stomach, you suffered this incest with no doubt already the desire to end it“. Subsequently, Lola Dewaere adds that her father was the “prey to a pedophile who regularly abused you“also stating that he has”keep it all buried” deep inside him all his life. A secret that destroyed him especially since he could not count on the support of his mother. Mado was aware of these terrible facts but she never mentioned them and she preferred to push her son to chain the castings. “We had become a cattle fair”, declared Patrick Dewaere, then specifying: “My mother, she really is one of the most atrocious things that can exist!“. Moreover, Mado hid his father’s identity from his son and did not hesitate to invent a huge lie. “After your death, she said everywhere that my mother was responsible for your suicide”deplores Lola Deweare, addressing her father before indicating: “But that was to hide the truth. This terrible truth, too heavy to bear.
Patrick Deweare: what revelations have been made regarding his suicide?
Many revelations are linked in this documentary, especially concerning his suicide. On July 12, 1982, Patrick Dewaere was in his cellar and he let off steam on cardboard targets with his .22 long rifle, offered by his friend Coluche a few months earlier. A few minutes later, he receives a phone call which, according to Lola Dewaere, was the “too much pain“. She explains : “Mom called you. You talked to each other, she told you that she couldn’t take drugs anymore, all that… And then you guessed about her and Coluche”remembered the actress before adding: “The lies, your childhood, the violence of life… You took a rifle, you sat on your bed, facing the mirror, you slipped the barrel into your mouth“. A very disturbing memory for Lola Dewaere who specifies: “You looked at yourself one last time…“, she concludes. Subsequently, she indicates that she only knows her father’s voice through his films since she has no memory of him.