At Michel Galabru, my teacher of 93 years … – Le Figaro

The young Yannis Ezziadi, 24, told the Le Figaro courses taught for three years by the actor who died January 4th. Today cry a “generous teacher” and a “crazy actor by profession.”

Affected by the disappearance of Professor Galabru, died January 4, the student Yannis Ezziadi evokes for Le Figaro this special relationship he had with the 93 year-old actor. From 2009 to 2012, he remembers having lived intense rehearsals alongside an exceptional man he considers “the greatest French actor.”

“I always wanted to be actor and I was kicked out of school at 16. At that time, I asked Galabru to become his student. Despite my age, he finally agreed to take me, “recalls the young man.

” I then remember a crazy actor. He was generous, simple and, so far, he was able to spend five hours repeating a single reply. With him, the courts had no end. Frequently stopped to almost religiously listen to his stories and his confessions, “says Yannis Ezziadi, particularly moved by the death of his mentor.

This is precisely the madness and the generosity of the actor the student lingers. “Even at 92, he put his guts on stage. He was a child despite his age. He continued to have ambitious projects and crazy ideas. A mad guy! It was incredible. He told me he would give me a tent to play The Scapin , he wanted to tour throughout France in a caravan. Can you imagine? He rented the theater with his money for his students. ” Meet its promises, the young man is embarrassed, he wonders how it is possible. “Actually, it’s our society today is too reasonable,” says the actor grass.

The last meeting between the student and the teacher in October 2015. C is at this time that Michel Galabru disappears boards, too weak and affected by the successive deaths of his brother and his wife. “Before going to see, I expressed to Michel Fau a project I had in mind. He told me to go for it. Quickly, I went Galabru. I then asked him if he would agree to stage with me Monologues Alan Bennett. For this, he had to dress up and become a woman. Believe it or not, he did not hesitate a single second, and accepted, “recalled Yannis Ezziadi.

That was before the disappearance of the actor. “With the death of Michel Galabru, it is the dream of my life that disappears,” says Yannis Ezziadi who do not yet realize he lost the man he hoped to obtain pride.