“The desire to end it …”: Lola Dewaere without filter on the sexual assaults suffered by her father Patrick – Closer France

A documentary retracing the life of Patrick Dewaere was broadcast on France 5 on October 21. In it, his daughter Lola Dewaere spoke and made shocking revelations. The facts date back to July 1982 when Patrick Dewaere decides to end his life by shooting himself in the mouth. A death that greatly upset his fans but also Lola Dewaere, his daughter. A documentary retracing the life of the talented actor was broadcast on France 5 on October 21. This one was entitled Patrick Dewaere, my hero and it was an opportunity for Lola Deweare to tell the story of her father. The young woman speaks directly to him, trying to highlight what pushed him to end it. First of all, it evokes the actor’s terrible childhood. “I had heard terrible things about your childhood”, she explains first before adding: “Before your mother died, I demanded that she tell me everything. Mado refused But I left her no choice. I took her between four eyes, and she ended up confessing everything to me. Revelations that have turned Lola Dewaere upside down since she will learn a terrible secret. Raised by his stepfather, Georges Collignon in a family of six, Patrick Dewaere was the victim of sexual assault. “During your childhood, you suffered repeated sexual touching and rape. You endured monstrous acts for years that screwed you up forever,” continued Lola Dewaere. In this documentary, Lola Dewaere connects the confidences. If his grandmother revealed to him the deepest secrets of his father, she also assures that this one had the same desires. “She wanted to kill herself with you in her womb. Then abort you. incest with no doubt already the desire to end it”. Subsequently, Lola Dewaere adds that her father was the “prey of a pedophile who regularly abused you” also specifying that he “kept it all buried” deep inside him all his life. A secret that destroyed him especially since he could not count on the support of his mother. Mado was aware of these terrible facts but she never mentioned them and she preferred to push her son to chain the castings. “We had become a cattle fair,” said Patrick Dewaere, then adding: “My mother, it’s really one of the most atrocious things that can exist!”. Moreover, Mado hid his father’s identity from his son and did not hesitate to invent a huge lie. “After your death, she told everywhere that my mother was responsible for your suicide”, laments Lola Deweare, addressing her father before indicating: “But that was to hide the truth. This terrible truth, too heavy to carry”.Patrick Deweare: what revelations have been made concerning his suicide?Many revelations have followed in this documentary, in particular concerning his suicide. On July 12, 1982, Patrick Dewaere was in his cellar and he let off steam on cardboard targets with his .22 long rifle, offered by his friend Coluche a few months earlier. A few minutes later, he receives a phone call which, according to Lola Dewaere, was “too much pain”. She explains: “Mom called you. You spoke to each other, she told you that she could no longer take drugs, all that … And then you guessed about her and Coluche”, she said. remembered the actress before adding: “The lies, your childhood, the violence of life … You took a rifle, you sat on your bed, facing the mirror, you slipped the barrel into your mouth “. A very disturbing memory for Lola Dewaere who specifies: “You looked at yourself one last time …”, she concludes. Subsequently, she indicates that she only knows her father’s voice through his films since she has no memory of him.