At 90, Pierre Richard is far from retirement

The actor will even release his 8th film as a director this year: the man who saw the bear who saw the man.

The old stoves 3 ? It is not planned for the moment. Three years after the film released The old stoves 2: good for asylum of Christophe DUTHURON – broadcast this evening on France 3 – The rest of the adaptation of the Franco -Belgian comic strip of the same name of Wilfrid Lupano and Paul Cauuet (there are 8 volumes) is not at his agenda. But Pierre Richard is not retired. Far from it.

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While he celebrated his 90th birthday, the cult actor of Big blonde and The goat has just made his eighth feature film in which he stages himself. He filmed at the end of 2024 The man who saw the bear who saw the manalongside Timi-Joy Marbot (visible by his side in the photo above) and Gustave Kervern (Mammuth). Produced by Moby Dick Films, this comedy will be distributed at the cinema by ARP Selection and will be released “During the third quarter of 2025”, as confirmed Pierre Richard Himself on Instagram at the start of the year:

The story, co-wrote with Anne-Sophie Rivière, follows Grégoire and Michel. “Although several decades separate them, these two are linked by an extraordinary friendship, as whimsical as they are indefectable, details the synopsis. One day, a neighboring circus declares that his bear escaped … ”

It’s been 27 years since Pierre Richard was no longer ironed behind the camera. In 1970, he made The distractionthen followed Alfred’s misfortunes (1972), I know nothing, but I will say everything (1973), I am shy, but I treat myself (1978), It’s not me, it’s him (1980), We can always dream (1991) and Right in the wall (1997).

If he returns behind the camera for what he calls his “Last film as director“, Pierre Richard However, does not intend to stop playing.

After being the panoramix of De Guillaume Canet in Asterix and Obelix: the Middle Empire (in 2023) or have been on display The Fous Valley by Xavier Beauvois (in 2024), Pierre Richard Film the first film ofAnais Aidoud, called Josephe. Really, it is not ready for retirement!

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