STEPHANE DE SACUTIN / AFP
The actress, director and partner of actress Jean-Pierre Bakry received an honorary award at the 49th César ceremony this Friday, February 23rd. The trophy was received by comedian Jamel Debbouz, with whom he starred in his film Tell me about the rainin 2008
She is the only woman in French cinema who has won six Césars. “One as an actress, another as a director, and then four as a screenwriter,” recalls Jamel Debuz at the Olympia Stage this Friday, February 23. The comedienne was responsible for presenting Agnes Jauy with the 49th César honor for her lifetime career. The one who starred in the movie he made Tell me about the rainReleased in 2008, Jean-Pierre Bakry gave a moving speech to pay tribute to this “woman he so admires”. “I don’t know who’s going to be more excited … Him getting it or me handing it to him,” he said.
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Jamel Debubose then recalled his first meeting with Agnes Jaoui, at home in her apartment in Paris, when she was still living with Jean-Pierre Bakry. The latter warned him. “You’ll see, Agnes is a bit distant at first glance, but in 4-5 years she will adore you. That was true. Agnes Jaoui is not easily won over, but when she loves you, it’s for life,” breathes Melissa Theuriou’s husband. And continue. “I admire his career. He does everything, sings, dances, directs and even plays the ukulele. The comedienne emphasized the modesty of the filmmaker, today’s seven Caesars, who hides them in the small pants of his apartment. “There is no show sign at home, no sign of success.” What lesson?
Fight against inequalities
It is clear that Jamel Debuz also emphasized the loyalty of the actress and director against all violence and inequality. “I have always seen Agnes Jauy persistently defend the most vulnerable, trying to turn the tables on humiliation and ordinary racism. Thank you Agnes, my parents felt it very much.” And let me say more. “Agnes Jauy raised me in the truest sense of the word. I gained height next to him. I was much younger than that. I was one meter away from meeting him.” A powerful speech in front of a key stakeholder who could not hide his great emotion. The latter approached the stage with tears in his eyes, thanking the audience, Jamel, Jean-Pierre Bakry, who died in 2021, before laughingly pulling out his famous… ukulele.
Source: Le Figaro
