For the first time, Robert Hossein finds himself alone in the spotlight. At 80 years old, this legend of the French stage opens up to the public with utter simplicity: a few props, dark curtains, and three screens dedicated to theater, cinema, and his personal life. More than a one-man show, “For Having Loved You So Much” is the tale of a life, or rather multiple lives. Indeed, Mr. Hossein can boast of having had a rich and active artistic career… His achievements include 120 films as an actor, 15 films as a director, dozens of plays as an actor, 50 theatrical productions, and a mega-production worthy of a peplum at the Stade de France…
In this new show subtitled “All My Life,” he takes us on a journey filled with joys, sorrows, nostalgia, and success. He will share this great moment with the audience for the very first time in Monaco during a unique performance at the Grimaldi Forum, on Friday, September 19, at 8:30 PM, in the Prince Pierre room.
This new show is a way for the actor to express his love and immense respect for his sole reason for being: the audience.
He will discuss with them his experiences as a stage man along with more intimate memories… Starting with his childhood surrounded by his musician father of Iranian origin and his mother, a Russian artist. It is this unique blend that has given charm and strength to this extraordinary character, who has tackled eternal themes such as freedom, the spirit of resistance, redemption, humanism, justice, and faith throughout his long career (which began in 1948 in the film The Lame Devil by Sacha Guitry).
From crime thrillers to historical epics, from love stories to the barbarities of war, Robert Hossein has revealed himself to his audience through every genre, style, and era. Unforgettable in the saga Angelique, Marquise of the Angels which ensured him worldwide popularity, disconcerting in plays such as No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, and poignant in the drama The Warrior’s Rest alongside Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein has worked with the greatest. The list is long: Michèle Morgan, Jean Marais, Jean Gabin, Roger Vadim, Sophia Loren, Lino Ventura, Jean Rochefort, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Lelouch, Nathalie Baye, Gérard Depardieu, Francis Huster, Sophie Marceau, and many others…
Having been in the spotlight, Robert Hossein also excelled in directing. At the height of his cinematic success, he left Paris in 1970 to lead the Reims Popular Theater for eight years. He then invented the foundations of a theater for all with a catchy slogan: “theater like you’ll only see in movies.” Back in Paris, several million spectators would come to attend the legendary performances at the Palais des Sports and the Palais des Congrès. Moreover, his show, A Man Named Jesus, entered the Record Book for breaking all attendance records in Paris.
He had already passed through Monaco in 1997 to present his creation La Vie en Bleu, a musical about the life of Picasso that was performed at the Salle Garnier of the Opera. This time he will paint a most endearing character, whom he knows perfectly, and who is named… Robert Hossein.
