Fruit of the union between a famous actress and a director, Jules Benchetrit was naturally predestined to marry a film career. The young man, now 24, is the son of Samuel Benchetrit and Marie Trintignant. He also took his first steps on the big screen under the direction of his dad in 2008, in the comedy At Gino’s. After appearances in feature films An encounter and Asphaltthe one who is now the son-in-law of Vanessa Paradis landed his first major role in At fingertips, broadcast last August on France 2. Raised alone by his father, Jules Benchetrit has very few memories of his mother. When he was five years old, Marie Trintignant died under the blows of Bertrand Cantat, his companion at the time and singer of the group Noir Désir.
“My father raised me alone, he was very young (30, editor’s note), it was a bit of a mess. He did very well, but people don’t know what our troubles have been“, he explained on this subject in the columns of Gala men in 2019. “”It was he who taught me to behave well, to dress well, to create a good image. Education is essential for him“, he confided about his illustrious dad who rebuilt his life later with the actress Anna Mouglalis.
New consecration for Jules Benchetrit, he has just been chosen to be in the casting of the mini-series devoted to Brigitte Bardot in which he will play Sami Frey, unforgettable David in César and Rosalie and who was one of the star’s lovers . The parents of the famous actress will be played by Géraldine Pailhas and Hippolyte Girardot while Victor Belmondo will play Roger Vadim.
On May 16, Jules Benchetrit paid tribute to his missing mother by posting a superb photo of her in black and white which reveals the resemblance between mother and son. A few days later, the young man posed proudly on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet alongside his father and Vanessa Paradis.
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