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'I have begun to believe in cinema again' ... Guillaume Depardieu in Don't Touch the Axe In the annals of show business, there have been a number of fraught relationships between famous fathers and less famous sons that had tragic consequences - the sons of John Barrymore, Bing Crosby and Marlon Brando all suffered pitiful destinies - but there have been few as problematical and tempestuous as between Guillaume Depardieu, who has died of pneumonia aged 37, and Gérard, his celebrated actor father. Sadly, his death came at a time when he had emerged from the shadow cast by his father as a compelling actor in his own right. Both his parents being actors, Guillaume seemed destined to follow them into films. His first appearance on screen was at the age of three, playing Gérard's son in Claude Goretta's That Wonderful Crook (Pas... [read full story]
