Depardieu wants to make a film … about French and Soviet soldiers – rmf24.pl

I used one of the greatest actors of French cinema. Today a friend of presidents Lukashenko and Putin. Gerard Depardieu is going to shoot a new movie. As he writes, “Hollywood Reporter” actor, who owns and French and Russian citizenship, he wants to direct a film about the French squadron that fought during the Second World War at the side of Soviet pilots.

Gerard Depardieu in an interview with Catherine Sobiechowską-Szuchta. Archive photo

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His plans Gerard Depardieu revealed Belarusian television viewers. As the saying – quoted by the “Hollywood Reporter” – “The film will be consistent with historical truth.”

The film with the working title Normandie-Nieman will be based on testimonies of people who participated in these events, from Charles de Gaulle inclusive. De Gaulle described it well in his memoirs – actor said during his recent visit to Minsk, Belarus. will restore the truth about those events, I will show you the real story of this aviation regiment – says Depardieu. He added that in his opinion, history is often distorted, because some people are ignorant.

Meanwhile, the Security Service of Ukraine has banned Gerard Depardieu entry into Ukraine for five years. The decision was made based on the recommendation of the Ukrainian ministry of culture. At the beginning of July, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Culture Vyacheslav Kyryłenko reported that the SBU transferred prepared by social organizations list containing the names of 567 foreign representatives from the world of culture who “may pose a threat to national security”. The French daily “Le Figaro” wrote that it is a person considered to be close to the Russian government. On the list were, among others, Serbian director Emir Kusturica, American filmmaker Oliver Stone and actor Steven Seagal action film. Interfax-Ukraine reported that prohibited will be showing films Depardieu and “other audiovisual works”. According to “Le Figaro” will be a persona non grata in the Ukrainian media.

During the last Cannes Film Festival actor confessed at a press conference that shreds in Russia, often seen out with Putin, “and very fond of him” . Depardieu moved out of France to not pay 75-percent tax for the very wealthy. Two years ago he got Russian citizenship. In Latvia, in August 2014 years said: I love Russia and Ukraine, which is part of Russia.

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