The sacred monster of French cinema has been returning to his job since mid-April under the direction of Fanny Ardant.
They shoot together a film entitled “She watched without seeing anything” on the Azores archipelago, in Portugal.
Last March, the actress and director came to testify in favor of her old friend during her trial in Paris.
Gérard Depardieu back on a set! While the sacred monster of French cinema will experience the verdict of his trial for sexual assault on May 13, the magazine Here is Unveils shots taken in mid-April on the Azores archipelago, in Portugal, on the set of a film by Fanny Ardant entitled She looked without seeing anything. In black suit and white shirt, the 76 -year -old actor appears alongside the actress and director.
While the production confirmed this filming to AFP this Friday, we learn a little more on a Facebook post of the local tourism agency Fact Azores, published in all discretion on March 17. In filming from April 14 to May 24, the film is presented as “A drama that explores the themes of love, memory and redemption”.
Gérard Depardieu, photographed during a reading of the scenario, gives the reply to a cast of Portuguese actors: Ricardo Pereira, Paulo Pires, Rapoesto Pipê, Ana Padrao, Victoria Guerra or Anabela Moreira. Part of the shooting takes place on the island of São Miguel, another in the parish of Porto Formoso.
Fanny Ardant and Gérard Depardieu are longtime collaborators and friends. They worked together for the first time on The woman next doorthe classic of François Truffaut in 1981. Later on Colonel Chabert by Yves Angelo in 1994 or Nathalie from Anne Fontaine in 2000.
In 2016, Fanny Ardant gave Gérard Depardieu the main role of third film film, Stalin’s couch. They met in 2021 on the set of Jean Becker’s feature film, Green shutterstwo of whom have filed a complaint against the actor for sexual assault.
Fanny Ardant on March 26 at the Paris Criminal CourtI know we can say no to Gérard
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On March 26, during the trial, she was one of the rare personalities who came to testify in her favor at the helm. “Me, Fanny Ardant, I have never attended a gesture that I would have found shocking” For her part, she said. “I am a woman myself, I experienced things like that, I swung slaps, insults. I know that we can say no to Gérard”.
During his hyper-mediatized trial, Gérard Depardieu himself had mentioned the support of the actress. “Today, I haven’t worked for three years. The daughter of Fanny Ardant was spit on it, because her mother supports me”he said, believing that the metoo movement had become “a terror”.
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