He is the singer of peace and fraternity.
Enrico Macias is the portrait of Isabelle Ithurburu this Saturday February 24 in “50' inside
”
.
He receives the TF1 program in his Parisian apartment,
“the nest of a patriarch who has seen his children and grandchildren grow up”
.
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With his wife Susy, he had a love affair for around fifty years until his death in 2008.
“When she left, I walked on one leg.
I no longer had my second leg.
It was a great tragedy but something magnificent happened.
She died in my arms.
Since then, when I am sick, I am no longer afraid of dying
,” he confides this evening.
“Love is the only energy of humanity
,” believes the singer.
I believe that there will be people of good will who will change things, not through violence, but through fraternity
Enrico Macias in “50’inside”
At the age of 23, he was forced to leave his native Algeria.
A feeling of
“permanent frustration”
which inhabits the 85-year-old artist.
This is why he has always been the spokesperson for the uprooted.
The sad news in Ukraine and Gaza particularly affects Enrico Macias:
“If the good Lord gave me this chance to sing, it is to bring people together.
Otherwise I sing in front of a mirror and it’s over
. ”
“Right now it’s difficult. I suffer a lot when there is no peace. I don't understand how people can suffer like this and my heart goes out to them. With all my heart that bleeds with them. I believe that there will be people of good will who will change things, not through violence, but through fraternity. For territorial reasons, are we going to kill people? No
,” says Enrico Macias.