The Musée du Cellier near Nantes, the estate of Louis de Funès, closed its doors in 2016.
For the past three years, Louis de Funès’s collection has been stored in crates kept by his family.
It was his granddaughter, Julia de Funès, who negotiated with Frédéric Masquelier, mayor of Saint-Raphaël, to have the new museum established near Saint-Tropez, the town of Les Gendarmes.
Located across from the train station, in the heart of downtown Saint-Raphaël, the museum opens its doors on July 31, 2019, the actor’s birthday.
This de Funès museum joins other museums dedicated to artists: Raymond Devos in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse in the Yvelines, and the Charlie Chaplin museum in Vevey, Switzerland.
The Museum...
More than 350 items are on display: personal photographs, behind-the-scenes and film stills, drawings—notably by Louis de Funès—letters—such as those from Jean Anouilh—as well as film clips, some of which are previously unseen. You’ll discover Gérard Oury and Louis de Funès in 1949 in *Du Guesclin!* and other clips from iconic films: La Grande Vadrouille, Le Corniaud, La Folie des Grandeurs, Le Grand Restaurant, L’Aile ou la Cuisse... shown on vintage televisions as well as on the big screen, so you can relive the famous dance sequences from The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, Le Grand Restaurant, and L’Homme orchestre.
Louis de Funès is also present through telephones scattered throughout the museum. You can hear his voice recounting anecdotes, stories, and confessions about his life and work.
Louis de Funès Museum
Rue Jules Barbier
83700 Saint-Raphaël
Tel.: 04 98 11 25 80
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