Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere
Born	Patrick Jean Marie Henri Bourdeaux.[1] 26 January 1947 Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, France
Died	16 July 1982 (aged 35) Paris, France
Other names	Patrick Maurin

Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, son of French actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin (1941-1996), Yves-Marie Maurin (1944-2009), Dominique Maurin (b. 1949), Jean-Francois Maurin (b. 1957) and Marie-Veronique Maurin (b. 1960), all became actors, with varying degrees of success.

Career

Dewaere attended the Cours Hattemer, a private school.^[2] He was a promising and popular French actor in the late 1960s and 1970s. In 1968, he joined Café de la Gare, the troupe of performers which also included such future stars as Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. After initially appearing under the pseudonym Patrick Maurin, he finally opted for Dewaere, which was his grandmother's maiden name. Onscreen from 1971 in various bit parts, Dewaere made the breakthrough with his first major role in Bertrand Blier's anarchic comedy Les Valseuses (1974) where he and Depardieu starred as two young delinquents. He teamed up again with Depardieu in Blier's Oscar-winning comedy Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978). Despite Dewaere's obvious talent for comedy, he was often successfully cast as a fragile, neurotic individual. Shortly after the release of Paradis Pour Tous (1982), a black comedy where his character committed suicide, the actor shot himself in his house,^[3] possibly due to drug abuse^[4]

The actor was the subject of the French documentary Patrick Dewaere, which was shown at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.^[5]

Legacy

• The Patrick Dewaere Award was established in France in 1983.
• Raphaël, a French singer, wrote a song in his honour, "Chanson pour Patrick Dewaere", which appeared on Raphaël's 2005 album Caravane.

Family

For eleven years Dewaere was married to French actress Sotha. In early 1970s, Patrick Dewaere became companion of French actress Miou-Miou until they broke-up in 1976.^[6] They had one daughter. He committed suicide in 1982 by shooting himself with a rifle in Paris; he was 35 years old. He was survived by his wife and two daughters (one of whom was from a prior relationship).

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1956	Je reviendrai à Kandara[7]	the little boy	Victor Vicas	credited as Patrick Maurin
1965	Paris brûle-t-il ?	uncredited	René Clément	playing a young resistance fighter who gets executed
1971	Les Mariés de l'an II	a volunteer	Jean-Paul Rappeneau	the film was entered into the 1971 Cannes Film Festival
1973	Themroc	a police officer	Claude Faraldo	the film received a prize at the 1973 International Film Festival of Avoriaz
1974	Les Valseuses	Pierrot	Bertrand Blier	the 3rd highest grossing film of the year 1974 in France
	Lily aime-moi	Gaston	Maurice Dugowson	nominated for best film at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival
1975	Catherine et Compagnie	François	Michel Boisrond	English title: "Catherine & Co."[8]
	Adieu poulet	Lefevre	Pierre Granier-Deferre	the film was nominated for two Césars (editing and best supporting actor)
1976	La Meilleure façon de marcher	Marc	Claude Miller	winner of the César Award for Best Cinematography in 1975
	F... comme Fairbanks	André	Maurice Dugowson	also credited as co-composer of the music
	Marcia trionfale	Lt. Baio	Marco Bellocchio	English title: "Victory March"
1977	Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff	Jean-Marie Fayard	Yves Boisset
	La stanza del vescovo	Marco Maffei	Dino Risi	adapted from the novel of the same name by Piero Chiara
1978	La Clé sur la porte	Philippe	Yves Boisset	based on the novel of the same name
	Préparez vos mouchoirs	Stéphane	Bertrand Blier	Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards
1979	Traffic Jam	the young man	Luigi Comencini	entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival
	Coup de tête	François Perrin	Jean-Jacques Annaud	César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Jean Bouise
	Série noire	Franck Poupart	Alain Corneau	entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival
	Paco l'infaillible	Pocapena	Didier Haudepin
1980	Un mauvais fils	Bruno Calgagni	Claude Sautet	César Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jacques Dufilho
1981	Psy	Marc	Philippe de Broca	film score by Mort Shuman
	Plein sud	Serge Laine	Luc Béraud	released as "Heart Of Desire" in the USA[9]
	Beau-Père	Rémi	Bertrand Blier	entered into the 1981 Cannes Film Festival
	Hotel America	Gilles Tisserand	André Téchiné	playing Catherine Deneuve's lover
1982	Mille milliards de dollars	Paul Kerjean	Henri Verneuil	International title: A Thousand Billion Dollars[10]
	Paradis pour tous	Alain Durieux	Alain Jessua	Patrick Dewaere's last film

References

1. Official "Acte de décès" N°2081 (death) recorded the 16th of july 1982 from "État civil de la mairie de Paris, 14e arrondissement" official copy established the 18th of january 2010
2. "Quelques Anciens Celebres". Hattemer. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
3. German, Yuri. "Patrick Dewaere". All Movie Guide. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
4. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.culture.french/40ga-1qhxYU/-EaAejmiEwYJ
5. "Festival de Cannes: Patrick Dewaere". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
6. http://www.puretrend.com/article/miou-miou-coluche-patrick-dewaere-julien-clerc-les-hommes-de-sa-vie_a104953/1
7. "Je reviendrai à Kandara". Retrieved 2012-09-30.
8. "Catherine & Co.". Retrieved 2012-09-30.
9. "Heat of Desire". Retrieved 2012-09-30.
10. "Mille milliards de dollars". Retrieved 2012-09-30.

External links

• Patrick Dewaere at the Internet Movie Database
• Photo
• Miou-Miou et les hommes de sa vie