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A the man of the woods, that talks to the birds. And he lives in a splendid natural cave. Gerard Depardieu has just finished filming Mirka among the Dolomites. An ogre physically but sensual, he is well-suited to the character of the film, halfway between fable and life. Now he has already flown to France where he is working to his new creation. And meanwhile from September 27 we will see him on the small screen: The Count of Monte Cristo on Channel 5. A restlessness that pushes him to never stay himself, because the only form of liberty that he knows is the camera.
Let's meet him a few kilometers from St. Martin of Castrozza. His leg still hurts, a reminder of that ugly accident when he fell asleep while driving a motorbike. He doesn't feel like speaking, the interviews bother him, or simply annoys him. Then he surrenders. On one condition: "First I eat in peace" (more than in peace, goes through two plates of pasta, with bulimic release). Then he goes to the cave in the woods. He lays down on a pallet, lights up a cigarette.
Do you like fables?
"Yes, very, above all Perrault and La Fontaine."
Do you tell fables?
"I like to invent them for the children."
And for the women?
"No, the women don't believe in anything anymore. at least not with me."
Do you believe in fables?
"No, a sense of reality emerges always."
Is a sense of reality strong in you?
"Yes, unfortunately. But all thing considered it is better to look reality in the face and to use your imagination for other things."
In the fìlm Asterix you played Obelix.
"I had a good time, it is more difficult to make the audience laugh than to make them cry."
What else is difficult?
"To tell love stories. They are totally banal. Apart from the sagas like Gone with the Wind."
And Titanic?
"That is a beautiful love story too. The key of the success of that film is the youth. All the boys always look for love. And there they are able to identify."
Does the cinema know how to tell about sex?
"Sex cannot be told. Desire, yes. I find insane that Bellocchio made a film that shows an oral relationship. Art doesn't have anything to do with carnal knowledge."
Is Last tango in Paris still a symbol?
"No, Mary Schneider has been burnt-out for 10 years."
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