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Death at 82 of Philippe Nahon, unforgettable mouth of French cinema

2020-04-19T16:04:22.181Z


Great second role, theater actor, he had earned his stripes of badass at Jean-Pierre Melville and, more recently, in the films of Gaspar Noé or Mathieu Kassovitz.


Philippe Nahon had a thick voice and a hell of a piss, pierced with a disturbing blue look. After his beginnings in the 60s with Jean-Pierre Melville, in Le Doulos where he plays the accomplice of Serge Reggiani, this former Parisian titi burns the boards playing Brecht or Shakespeare.

Soon, he became one of the big supporting roles in cinema and television, which tore his physique from a boxer. At the turn of the 1990s, his career took on another dimension. He becomes the darling of generation filmmakers. Gaspar Noé first of all, which gives him an unforgettable role as a butcher in Seul contre tous . A dirty guy whose apron he puts on with formidable realism.

We will then find him with Mathieu Kassovitz in La haine , where he embodies an atrabilaire police chief. Before appearing in Le Pacte des loups by Christophe Gans ( Le pacte des loups ), Calvary by Fabrice du Welz, Haute Tension by Alexandre Aja and even in front of the camera by Luc Besson, Jacques Audiard or Steven Spielberg (in Cheval de guerre ).

"While being extremely upright, he could play twisted and complicated roles and make them endearing," remembers Gaspar Noé, for whom "working with him was like going on vacation with a friend" .

Mathieu Kassovitz praised "the actor of cinema lovers and an outstanding actor". Albert Dupontel, who had played with him in Irréversible (by Gaspar Noé), " a rare actor, of an extraordinary sensitivity and sincerity (...) gone into the infinite, his true dimension ".

Accustomed to the roles of bastards and bandits, he could also reveal a beautiful comic potential. This was particularly the case in the Kaamelott series , in which he interpreted the unforgettable Goustan. Father of Léodagan and former king of Carmelide, Goustan is a cruel and bloodthirsty being, always quick to go to war. We do not remake ourselves ... With age, this bellicose attitude changes into a tendency to verbally insult his interlocutors.

Mathieu Kassovitz praised "the comedian of cinema lovers and an outstanding actor", Albert Dupontel, who had played with him in "Irréversible", "a rare actor, of an extraordinary sensitivity and sincerity (. ..) gone into infinity, its true dimension ". "He became the actor of a generation and I am happy to have crossed his path", remembered the Belgian director Fabrice Du Welz, who had directed him in "Calvaire" (2004).

After the announcement of his death by our colleagues from Liberation , the director of Kaamelott, Alexandre Astier, confirmed on his Twitter account, the disappearance of the actor. I learn with great sorrow the disappearance of Philippe Nahon. All my thoughts to hers. Damn, it's sad ...  "he wrote, without giving further details on the circumstances of his death this Sunday, April 19.

Source: lefigaro

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