What will be Michel Blanc's last film?

The actor and director had starred in two feature films this year, which will be released on screens next year.

It had been a few years since the director Michel Blanc had left his camera in the closet. See how we dancereleased in 2018 (a sort of sequel toKiss whoever you want) will remain as the last feature film signed Michel Blanc. But the actor, who died Thursday evening at the age of 72, continued to play comedy. He had appeared on screen in a few films in recent times. We remember his funny score as Jeff Tuche's sinister brother-in-law in Les Tuches 4 (2020) and her touching role opposite Louane in Marie-Line and her judge (2023).

And this year, Michel Blanc had continued his acting career by filming two feature films which were released posthumously.

He will first play the leading role of The Cacheadaptation of the eponymous novel by Christophe Boltanski, playing the grandfather of a 10-year-old boy, Christophe, who experiences the events of May 68 hiding at his grandparents' house, surrounded by his uncles and his great-grandfather. mother. Liliane Rovere And William Lebghil will also be in the casting.

Lionel Baierwho directed Michel Blanc In The Cache, admits to our colleagues at France Info: “It's special since I see him every day because I'm currently editing the film in which he filmed from mid-March to the end of last April (…) I think of him every day because he really accomplished an exceptional job, a job of great precision with all his generosity.”

The Cache does not yet have a release date, but the director evokes a sort of “in the first quarter of 2025 since we are in the process of completing the assembly.”

The very last appearance of Michel Blanc will therefore be in The Backpackera comedy by Philippe Mechelen, which will be released a few days later, on April 2, 2025

Michel Blanc was able to meet his friend from the Splendid there, Christian Clavierwhile the leading role will be played by Hakim Jemiliwho had started alongside him in Doctor? in 2019. “We are losing one of the greatest actors/directors of French cinema and one of the classiest guys too” is sorry Hakim Jemili on the networks. “You will remain forever in my memory! Michel for the record: I was lucky enough to have made my first film with you (Doctor) and I was also lucky enough to have made your last film this year …”