For over 50 years, Gérard Depardieu stood as an imposing number in French movie theater, a titan understood for his regulating physical visibility, reaction, perceptiveness and impressive flexibility.
A bon vivant that got over a speech obstacle and a rough young people, Depardieu increased to importance in the 1970s and turned into one of France’s the majority of respected and well-known stars, depicting a huge selection of personalities, from unpredictable outsiders to deeply reflective numbers.
In the last few years, nevertheless, Depardieu’s remarkable job has been overshadowed by numerous accusations of misbehavior. He has actually been charged openly or in protests by greater than 20 ladies, yet until now only a sexual assault case has actually continued to court. A few other were gone down due to an absence of proof or the law of constraints.
In March, the Paris public district attorney asked for an 18-month put on hold jail sentence over allegations that he sexually attacked 2 ladies on a movie collection. A choice is anticipated on Tuesday.
Below is a timeline of essential minutes in Depardieu’s fluctuate:
Dec. 27, 1948: Birthed in Châteauroux, in a moderate household of 6 youngsters. His young people is turbulent. Depardieu lives near to an American armed forces base and massages shoulders with small-time ruffians, contraband all type of products.
1960s: Depardieu shows up in Paris. He takes acting courses and uncovers all the wonderful standards of literary works while undertaking treatment to fix his speech problems.
1967: Depardieu makes his display launching in the brief movie “Le Beatnik et le Minet” and shows up in his initial stage play.
1972: Attributes in “Nathalie Granger,” routed by Marguerite Duras.
1974: First success in France with “Les Valseuses,” (” Going Places”), Bertrand Blier’s timeless farce concerning 2 roaming goons.
1980s: Depardieu comes to be one of the most desired French star. Maurice Pialat casts him in “Loulou,” the extremely well-known “Cops,” for which he won an acting reward at the 1985 Venice Movie Celebration, and “Under Satan’s Sunlight,” an intriguing story concerning a monk’s experience with the adversary which won Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1987. Depardieu celebrities in numerous hits: “The Female Next Door,” “Jean de Florette,” “The Last City,” “Danton,” “The Return of Martin Guerre. ″
1991: Depardieu gets an election for the very best star Oscar for his efficiency in “Cyrano de Bergerac.” However debate takes place after Time publication lugs an affirmation by Depardieu that he participated in a rape as a 9-year-old. The flick experiences a bloody nose at the Oscars. Depardieu unconditionally rejects claiming he participated in rape. “It’s shocking at 9 years of ages or at any type of age,” he informed the French paper Le Monde. “Yes, one can claim I had sex-related experiences when I was extremely young, yet a rape, never ever. I value ladies excessive.”
1990s: Depardieu’s job is untouched in France. He stars in Jean-Luc Godard’s “Hélas put moi.” At the same time, Depardieu strengthens his appeal with mass target markets with the Astérix && Obélix movie collection.
1998: Depardieu collapses his motorbike. His blood-alcohol limitation is 5 times the lawful degree. He gets away with leg and face injuries. The event was just one of numerous experiences with the regulation for Depardieu, that additionally ordered headings when he peed in the aisle of an aircraft prior to departure on a Paris to Dublin trip, and when he was restrained for presumably driving intoxicated on his mobility scooter.
1999: Depardieu goes back to the French phase for the very first time in 13 years as a guilt-ravaged emperor in a murder-mystery.
2000: Depardieu goes through effective coronary bypass.
Oct. 13, 2008: Fatality of his kid Guillaume Depardieu.
2013: After competing with his indigenous nation over tax obligations, Depardieu is given Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin.
2014: Depardieu plays the leading function in “Invite to New York City,” the movie influenced by the life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the previous supervisor of the International Monetary Fund that was charged in 2011 of sexually attacking a resort house maid.
2018: District attorneys in Paris open up an initial examination after star Charlotte Arnould charged Depardieu of raping her at his home. That instance is still energetic, and in August 2024 district attorneys asked for that it most likely to test.
2023: His wax figure is eliminated from Paris’ most well-known wax gallery adhering to adverse responses from site visitors over accusations concerning his conduct with ladies. The choice to eliminate the number from the Grevin Gallery complied with a television docudrama revealing him continuously making salacious statements and motions throughout a 2018 journey to North Korea.
2025: Depardieu takes place test in Paris on fees of sexually attacking 2 ladies on a motion picture collection. He is charged of having actually searched a 54-year-old collection cabinet and a 34-year-old aide throughout shooting in 2021 of “Les Volets Verts.”
