Here’s a surprise at the end of the year! Born on April 19, 1971 in Casablanca into a Moroccan Jewish family, Gad Elmaleh has often addressed religious issues, in his shows as in his films. Moreover, his latest feature film “Reste un peu” reveals his conversion to Catholicism in the face of his own parents who will try to dissuade him. But, this Friday, December 23, on the eve of Christmas, the actor really surprised by sharing pictures of his private audience with Pope Francis, at the Vatican. The latter even dedicated the poster of his film to him, which he had seen and appreciated. On his account, we can read in caption: “Today, December 23, 2022, I had the honor and the immense joy of meeting Pope Francis at the Vatican. A moment that will remain etched in my heart and my memory… After showing him images of ‘Reste un peu’, we discussed brotherhood between peoples and interreligious dialogue. I was very touched by this great, simple, humble and radiant man. A great inspiration whatever our religion. A moment of sharing, love and humor. Happy holidays to everyone.”
“An endearing, radiant, funny man”
And the comments under this post are more than complimentary: “Thank you Gad! Christmas should be a time of peace, of love, of tolerance. You are an example.” ; “Proud of you Gad” or even “Wonderful”, “Joy”…Exclusively for our colleagues from “Figaro”, Gad Elmaleh confided: “It’s a lot of emotions. There is the spiritual figure, he represents the “Church, but there is the man… An endearing, radiant, funny man. We talked about deep subjects, we laughed a lot too. It was not an appointment but a meeting. I had prepared but in front of him, it all fell apart. I let myself be guided by the heart because I was connected to someone who has a heart and who speaks to the heart. There are people you meet who nourish the ” apprehension, stress. He, on the contrary, he simply soothes it, by his language which is that of the heart.” An exceptional and truly surprising meeting on the part of a “sacred” actor!
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