This Tuesday, July 19, a last tribute was paid to Charlotte Valandrey during her funeral in Brittany. Her daughter Tara had very tender words for her mother.
A week after the disappearance of Charlotte Valandrey, who died on July 13, the relatives of the actress gathered to say goodbye to her. The ceremony took place in the Breton town of Pléneuf-Val-André, where the actress of Tomorrow belongs to us was from. Her attachment to her town was strong, she had also borrowed the name of this town to make it her artist name.
The funeral was intimate and very sober. Aude, Charlotte Valandrey’s sister who accompanied her until her last breath, shared a few words. But it was above all the intervention of Tara Lecaisne, the daughter of Charlotte Valandrey, who moved the audience. The 21-year-old girl spoke for the first time about her mother. “He is the strongest person I know, with the greatest rage to live”shared Tara Lecaisne about her mother whom she nicknamed “Mouna”. A very tender nickname, like the special relationship she had with Charlotte Valandrey.
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Charlotte Valandrey has repeatedly spoken of her daughter’s maturity and her admiration for the independent young woman she has become. “Tara is both a very independent young girl – she had to, because for years she had a mother who was not in very good shape by her side – and very childish. She doesn’t really want to ask questions about her future, for example. She takes time to grow,” explained Charlotte Valandrey in an interview with the Express.
Tara Lecaisne, who shared her mother’s difficult life, spoke during the funeral of the relief to which her mother was finally entitled. “His freedom has finally been returned to him, his fight is finally over”. Charlotte Valandrey had been battling the HIV virus since she was 17. She had been contaminated by a famous rocker in the 80s.
Being a mother was initially difficult for Charlotte Valandrey. She lived in fear of becoming attached to her daughter and losing her to illness. But time allowed them to weave a beautiful relationship. “In 2000, I was a mother, you gave me back my life. May these words forever fill our silences”, wrote Charlotte Valandrey in a letter entitled Do not forget to love me and intended for her daughter Tara.
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