Wednesday November 30, 2022, Pierre Arditi and Yvan Attal were invited on the set of C à vous. For the occasion, the 77-year-old actor returned to his special relationship with his father, Georges Arditi.
Pierre Arditi and Yvan Attal will star in the film Master(s) from Wednesday 7 December. Directed by Bruno Chiche, the feature film focuses on the Dumar family, where the men are conductors from father to son. While François (Pierre Arditi) learns that he has been chosen to lead La Scala, his greatest dream, his son Denis (Yvan Attal), at first happy for him, becomes disillusioned when he learns that it is actually him who was chosen to go to Milan. A real duel will then oppose father and sonwho share a complex relationship.
If he has the role of head of the family in the film Master(s)Pierre Arditi also experienced a special relationship with his own father, Georges Arditi. Guest on Wednesday November 30 on the set of It’s up to youhe confided in Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine on a moving moment in his life.
Pierre Arditi: “I was admirably brought up”.
On France 5, Pierre Arditi was full of praise for his father, who died in January 2012 at the age of 97. He thus explained that he had lived a happy childhood with his father, his mother Yvonne Leblicq, as well as his sister, Catherine Arditi. He was also marked by the artistic fiber very present in his family and which had repercussions in the choice of his career.
The husband of Évelyne Bouix thus received a special education, Georges Artidi wishing to inculcate certain values in him. Faced with Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, he thus remembered about her appearance : “My father didn’t look like the others (…) He explained to me that the main thing was elsewhere, that it wasn’t there that it was happening. There was never any money in my house, there was always everything else. I was raised admirably“.
The actor still upset by a letter from his father
Aged 77 today, Pierre Arditi retains some important memories of his father. He revealed that he had in his possession a writing belonging to him, which had a special place in his home. “He sent me a letter one day, which is pinned in front of my desk, which I see every day, where it was marked ‘My son, what are you becoming? We see you there, we see you there, you do this, you do a variety show…‘” he reported.
In the letter, the painter explained to his son that he was going astray wanting to be on all fronts. “The letter was terrible. I’m at the limit…” he remembered, tears in the eyeson the set of It’s up to youbefore continuing:This letter, I keep it because he was right. I was getting lost. My father taught me to have the courage not to lose myself too much. What I ended up doing, thanks to him“. A beautiful mark of love for the one who raised him.
Source: www.closermag.fr