The famous French actor Thierry Lhermitte suffers from a very embarrassing syndrome on a daily basis and which is nevertheless relatively unknown.
For several years, Thierry Lhermitte has been performing comedies that would be described as “second zone”. A rather calm end to his career for the immense French actor, an unconditional member of the Bronzés troupe. This year, we saw him in particular in the second opus of Happy retirement alongside Michèle Laroque, as well as in the feature film Men on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown with Ramzy Bedia and François-Xavier Demaison.
Aged 69, Thierry Lhermitte has suffered for many years from a little-known disease called prosopagnosia. VSThis rare disease is characterized by a difficulty in remembering the faces of people you meet. The actor was diagnosed fourteen years ago with this disorder, which earned him some awkward moments. “When for the third time, I introduce myself to someone who has already told me ten minutes before, ‘I’ve seen you before’, it’s horrible“, he told our colleagues from the Internet.
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How to fight this syndrome?
In order to fight against this disease and to try to circumvent it, the people reached appeal to their memory. Patients with prosopagnosia try to retain other characteristics such as gait, style of dress, voice, smell or handshake… A difficult challenge, especially for Thierry Lhermitte who meets a lot of different people in his job.