Gad Elmaleh was received in private audience by Pope Francis on Friday December 23 at the Vatican for his film
Reste un peu
.
He tells exclusively to
Figaro.
LE FIGARO.
- What was your first impression?
Gad Elmaleh.
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It's a lot of emotions.
There is the spiritual figure, he represents the Church, but there is the man… An endearing, radiant, funny man.
We talked about deep topics, we laughed a lot too.
It was not a date but a meeting.
I had prepared but in front of him, everything fell apart.
I let myself be guided by the heart because I was connected to someone who has a heart and who speaks to the heart.
There are people you meet who feed the apprehension, the stress.
He, on the contrary, quite simply appeases her, by his language which is that of the heart.
What did you talk about?
I start at the end because it upset me.
He said to me,
"Pray for me because I don't do an easy job."
He, pope, asks me that, humbly...
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