Gérard Depardieu in “Robuste”, a tailor-made role

On Wednesday March 2, the new film starring Gérard Depardieu, “Robuste”, is released in theaters. The film tells the story of two people who were not meant to meet. On one side, there is Aïssa, a wrestler and security guard, and on the other, Georges, an aging and somewhat embittered star. Gérard Depardieu tenderly defends this film, the first feature film by his friend Constance Meyer. “What I wanted was that somewhere, this film should also be the meeting of two actors that I wanted to see meet in the image and that both bring to the same level, in the same dosage, a little of themselves“, says the director.

A mirror role for the actor who never loved himself physically. “I’m not a fan of myself, what I’m asked to say, I say“, confides Gerard Depardieu. The director was able to see the weariness of the actor who has played almost everything with 250 films to his credit. The luminous Deborah Lukumuenaactress giving the reply to Georges in the film, brings tenderness to their meeting.