despite theimmense notoriety of the comicthe family tried to offer themselves rare breaks of normality. The actor thus did brief public appearances to protect his wife and two boys from media fervor. For Marius Colucci, his father’s unique trajectory can be explained firstly by his modest and a damaged life journey. “He was a small immigrant of Italian origin who manages to live with her sick mother et sa grande sÅ“ur”he recalls. The national icon had also confided in the past having lost his own father at the age of three and completed fourteen failed apprenticeships before to beg then to start in cabarets.
“A child who had nothing” : the portrait of a man who wants to take revenge on life
This childhood, marked by the lack and the difficulties, forged the explosive personality of the actor. His son analyzed this particular psychology which pushed the artist to live each moment with intensity out of the ordinary. THE visceral need to enjoy existence actually hid a deep youthful wound that the star tried to mask with derision.
Marius Colucci thus paints the portrait of a man inhabited by a permanent urgency to live. “My father is a child who had nothing, who wants revenge for this and who wants to have it all”remembers the star’s son. This absolute quest for lightness has become his best weapon for hide your flaws. “He has the genius and intelligence to make everything fun. Because when you laugh at something, you can never cry about it again“he adds.
“A loving dad” : the memory of a present head of family
Behind the provocations on stage, and the frantic pace of life of the founder of the Restos du Cœurabove all there was a man hiding profondément attaché à sa progéniture. The actor managed to maintain a real gentleness as soon as he found the calm of his home. His younger brother keeps in memory precious moments shared far from the cameras and the hustle and bustle of the sets.
“He was a loving dadwho adored his children, who loved playing with them”says Marius Colucci. This family happiness nevertheless had to be combined with the overloaded schedule of one of the biggest stars of the time. His children rememberun parent très occupéwho led multiple professional projects at the same time and spent a lot of time in the middle of a happy group of friends. This double facet draws the nuanced portrait ofa man who marked his era both through his artistic talent and his human generosity.


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