“I can still hear her anger”: this chilling memory of Lola Dewaere with her father Patrick Dewaere

In an interview with Libération, actress Lola Dewaere recalls some rare memories of her father, Patrick Dewaere, who died when she was only 3 years old.

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IN BRIEF

• Lola Dewaere, daughter of Patrick Dewaere, has been playing in the new season of the series 'Astrid et Raphaëlle' since November 8.
• In an interview for Libération, she talks about her childhood.
• She shares her memories marked by ADHD and the anger of her father, Patrick Dewaere.

Lola Dewaere is back at screen, since November 8, in the fifth season of the police series Astrid and Raphaëlle. Daughter of actor Patrick Dewaere, she seems to be following in his footsteps… However, the actress did not really know her father. He committed suicide when she was only three years old. In the columns of Libération, Lola Dewaere éevokes some memories that she has left of him.

Her father was a man who could easily lose his temper. An anger she never understood, until the day she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, also known as ADHD.  “I finally understood my concentration problems, the inability to do two things at the same time, the fits of anger too, like those of my father”, she explains.

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Lola Dewaere: “I was very scared”

When she was little, she accidentally dropped a bottle of lemonade on the floor. A stupidity that did not escape à Patrick Dewaere. “I'm barely 3 years old. My father scolds me for the first time.I can still hear his anger. I was very scared“, she recalls.

“I also remember a great holiday in Guadeloupe with Coluche's sons”, she adds. In the documentary Patrick Dewaere, my hero, Lola Dewaere tells how her father found out about the relationship between his wife Elisabeth Malvina-Chalier and Coluche, before ending her days.

Lola Dewaere: the rare memories of her father

“Mom called you. You talked, she told you thatshe couldn't stand drugs anymore, all that… And then you guessed for her and Coluche“, she specifies. On July 16, 1982, Partrick Dewaere took action. Since this tragic event, his mother has been overwhelmed by the debts he left behind. At the age of 12, Lola Dewaere was taken to live with her grandparents.

Today, Lola Dewaere has practically nothing left that belonged to her father. “When my father left, the photos, objects, travel souvenirs, musical instruments, clothes… were looted by my parents' friends, the family… everyone was fighting over a souvenir…. and often it wasn't to have a souvenir, it was more dishonest, more twisted”, the 45-year-old actress confided on her Instagram account.