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Patrick DewaereActor
Date of Birth: 26.01.1947
Country:  France |
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Biography of Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere, one of the most popular actors in French cinema, was born in January 1947 in Brittany, in the north of France, in the small town of Saint-Brieuc, into a large family of hereditary actors: his mother was a well-known theater actress and his father was a tenor. This circumstance played a decisive role in young Patrick finding himself on the theatrical stage.
Founding the Café de la Gare Theater
The year 1968 became one of the most significant in his life. Dewaere became acquainted with Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, and Coluche, young theater actors who were still relatively unknown at the time, just like him. The young people founded their own theater, which they named "Café de la Gare." Here, they had to be playwrights, directors, and performers all at once. The "Cinéblues," as they were affectionately called by the Parisians, made themselves heard.
Success in Film
Patrick Dewaere achieved tremendous success when he was selected from among 50 candidates to star in the film "Going Places" by young director Bertrand Blier. Together with Gérard Depardieu, they played, in Dewaere's words, "two friends who do not want to vegetate in life but want to take something from it, which, however, implies bending the law a little bit." "We had to play two street guys - truthfully, without affectation and theatrical pretense."
He left a lasting impression on Soviet audiences with films such as "Adieu, Poulet" by Pierre Granier-Deferre, "The Investigator Known as 'Sheriff'" by Yves Boisset, "Headbutt" by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and "A Thousand Billion Dollars." The film "F... like Farber" by Maurice Dugowson, released in our country as "He Wanted to Live," also became memorable. The character of André Fragman, created by Dewaere in this film, can rightfully be called the best in his creative biography.
Tragic End
Patrick Dewaere was once called the "actor of the future" by the patriarch of French cinema, director Claude Sautet. In his last film, "Paradise for All" by Alain Jessua, Dewaere played the role of an insurance agent who, in a moment of despair, attempted to end his own life. His next role was supposed to be Marcel Cerdan in Claude Lelouch's film "Edith and Marcel," which is well known to our viewers. At the end of July 1982, when preparations for the shooting of this film were in full swing, news of Patrick Dewaere's tragic death came.
