For over 50 years, Gérard Depardieu stood as an imposing number in French movie theater, a titan recognized for his regulating physical existence, impulse, perceptiveness and exceptional convenience.
A bon vivant that got rid of a speech obstacle and a rough young people, Depardieu climbed to prestige in the 1970s and turned into one of France’s the majority of respected and well-known stars, depicting a substantial range of personalities, from unpredictable outsiders to deeply reflective numbers.
Over the last few years, nevertheless, Depardieu’s remarkable job has been overshadowed by numerous claims of misbehavior. He has actually been implicated openly or in protests by greater than 20 ladies, yet thus far 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 restrictions.
In March, the Paris public district attorney asked for an 18-month put on hold jail sentence over complaints that he sexually attacked 2 ladies on a movie collection. A choice is anticipated on Tuesday.
Right here is a timeline of essential minutes in Depardieu’s fluctuate:
Dec. 27, 1948: Birthed in Châteauroux, in a moderate family members of 6 kids. His young people is turbulent. Depardieu lives near an American army base and scrubs shoulders with small-time hooligans, contraband all type of items.
1960s: Depardieu gets here in Paris. He takes acting courses and uncovers all the terrific standards of literary works while undertaking treatment to remedy 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,” guided by Marguerite Duras.
1974: First success in France with “Les Valseuses,” (” Going Places”), Bertrand Blier’s timeless farce regarding 2 roaming criminals.
1980s: Depardieu ends up being 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 regarding a monk’s experience with the adversary which won Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1987. Depardieu celebrities in lots of hits: “The Lady 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.” Yet debate takes place after Time publication brings an affirmation by Depardieu that he participated in a rape as a 9-year-old. The motion picture endures a bloody nose at the Oscars. Depardieu unconditionally refutes claiming he participated in rape. “It’s horrendous at 9 years of ages or at any kind 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 appreciate ladies way too much.”
1990s: Depardieu’s job is untouched in France. He stars in Jean-Luc Godard’s “Hélas put moi.” At the same time, Depardieu enhances his appeal with mass target markets with the Astérix && Obélix movie collection.
1998: Depardieu collapses his bike. His blood-alcohol restriction is 5 times the lawful degree. He runs away with leg and face injuries. The case was just one of numerous experiences with the regulation for Depardieu, that likewise ordered headings when he peed in the aisle of an airplane prior to launch on a Paris to Dublin trip, and when he was apprehended for supposedly 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 duty in “Invite to New York City,” the movie motivated by the life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the previous supervisor of the International Monetary Fund that was implicated in 2011 of sexually attacking a resort housemaid.
2018: District attorneys in Paris open up an initial examination after star Charlotte Arnould implicated Depardieu of raping her at his home. That situation 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 renowned wax gallery complying with adverse responses from site visitors over claims regarding his conduct with ladies. The choice to get rid of the number from the Grevin Gallery complied with a television docudrama revealing him repetitively making salacious comments 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 film collection. He is implicated of having actually searched a 54-year-old collection cabinet and a 34-year-old aide throughout shooting in 2021 of “Les Volets Verts.”
