There are friendships that mark a life. In the 1970s, fate brought two men together: Coluche chose Gérard Lanvin to play in his film You will not have Alsace and Lorraine… never to leave it again. Or almost. Following this collaboration, the actor settled squarely with his colleague and his wife, Véronique Colucci, to continue the work, drive, tour the country, write sketches. An experiment “magnificent” which he agreed to discuss with Nathalie Lévy on the set of the show As an asideMonday April 4, 2022, on Canal+.
We all lived together in this house on Gazan Street
“With Michel it was very strong, there was more than friendship, explained Gérard Lanvin. We were like two brothers, what. I saw Marius being born [le second fils de Coluche, NDLR.]. With Véronique, we all lived together in this house on rue Gazan. I had great moments in this house. I opened the door to Mick Jagger, or Jack Nicholson. I knew Wolinski, Reiser and Choron well. Today, it’s depressing not to have those friends anymore…” This artistic collocation finally ended after seven years, Gérard Lanvin fleeing the terrible addictions of Coluche.
It wasn’t my story anymore
“I had to leave because at one point he got stoned and it was more my story“, he noted. It is ultimately a “fucking truck” which will have separated their paths forever. On June 19, 1986, Coluche got on his Honda 1100 VFC to go to Opio, from Cannes, and died in a road accident. A tragedy that still haunts the man who drove around this bend.”I didn’t see him, he came out. I saw him when he typed thereremembered Albert Ardisson in his testimony. What else do you want me to tell you? He was going fast, very fast. I can’t tell you anything else. It’s unfortunate, what do you want me to tell you…“