There are friendships that mark a life. In the 1970s, fate brought together two men: Coluche chose Gérard Lanvin to play in his film You will not have Alsace and Lorraine... never to leave him 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. A “magnificent” experience that he agreed to discuss with Nathalie Lévy on the set of the show En Aparté, Monday 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 [the second son of Coluche, Ed. ]. With Véronique, we all lived together in this house on Gazan Street. I had great moments in this house. I opened the door to Mick Jagger, or Jack Nicholson. I knew Wolinski well, Reiser and Choron. Today, it's depressing not to have these friends anymore..." This artistic collocation finally ended after seven years, Gérard Lanvin fleeing the terrible addictions of Coluche.
It was no longer my story"I had to leave because at one point he got stoned and it was no longer my story," he noted. It's finally a "fucking truck" that will have separated their paths forever. On June 19, 1986, Coluche rode his Honda 1100 VFC to Opio, from Cannes, and died in a road accident. A tragedy that still haunts the man who drove that bend. "I did not see him, he came out. I saw him when he hit there, remembered 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..."
