Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 years old (TF1): Who really was the famous producer?

Jean-Luc Delarue’s life is told in a movie produced by Reservoir prod, a company founded by his host and managed by one of his followers, Christophe Janin: the story could have been a little too good. But no. Of course, since its first broadcast, it avoids falling into the trap of legend to tell the extraordinary journey of a talented man. An ad pageOn TV6, in 1986, last 22 years old, family meeting, for France 2 in 2011, but nothing hides the nauseating ambition, the need for recognition, the alcohol and drugs that feed the beast. Lots of alcohol, lots of drugs. Looking at the camera, former collaborators admit that over time it is better to see him as a friend rather than the boss, and they are afraid to go to his office. real face to face.

genius producer

Who was Jean-Luc Delarue? Colleagues, parents, animators and animators who admire and sometimes envy her, follow one another to paint her portrait. Michel Denisot answers: A passionate person is someone who pushes the limits as much as possible to experience the strongest emotions in life. Emotions that he takes great care to control in public but knows very well how to find in others. Jean-Luc almost invented the television reference, Big family, On Canal+, It’s a story Passing, of course, in France 2 debatable, high mass for anonymous people, ordinary people, those who have not been listened to until then. Her tears were ours, her laughter did us good, and it left her host, France, in suspense. We owe the magazine to this genius producer. This is my choicewith Evelyne Thomas, stars at homeWith Flavie Flament or the TV show dealing with real estate questions Search for an apartment or house, presented by a particular Stéphane Plaza. The man built an empire and embodies a television of his own in the midst of the golden age. No need to burn the idol, he does very well on his own.

Addiction and liberation

The angel-faced contractor still lives with a self-destructing demon who can no longer tolerate the image of the ideal groom he created for himself… On September 14, 2010, the public was stunned. : the star stands guard for a drug trafficking case. Thierry Ardisson, with his understanding of the formula, recalls: He is the Little Prince, an old junkie. Tragic. » Public acts of regret, a tour of France in a trailer to raise awareness in high schools, as a promise of salvation. In December 2011, the facilitator announced that he was suffering from stomach and peritoneal cancer. This war will not win him. Her collaborator, Stéphanie, recalls the words she said at the hospital before she died on August 23, 2012 at the age of 48: “I’m not afraid of dying. I’m afraid of not being able to live anymore.”

Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 years old already: Wednesday, August 24 at 9:10 pm TF1

Marc Teynier