Michele Placido, what the actor said at a film presentation left everyone stunned.
Michele Placido is a piece of Italian cinema history who has interpreted and directed true cinematographic masterpieces. On June 15th he will also receive an award for his splendid career, La Pellicola d’Oro 2024.
His work in the world of cinema has now been going on for over 40 years and has given us some beautiful films. He started working very young for director Mario Monicelli, in the most flourishing season of Italian comedy.
Then they start arriving increasingly important roles and complexes that prove his maturity as an actor, managing to enter the hearts of cinema enthusiasts.
At the same time Michele Placido also began working as a director, directing a masterpiece as a Criminal Romance, a real local gangster movie. He continues making other films in the same vein.
Michele Placido, the confession at the presentation of the film “I’ll eat your heart”
There have been rumors for some years now about the possibility that Michele Placido is ill, this is because appears less and less publicly and above all due to some events in which a significant weight loss was noticed and he seemed to have a tremor in his hands.
In particular, when he presented the film with Elodie “I’ll Eat Your Heart”, people’s concern had reached the highest levels. Furthermore, you gave us a lot to think about when, at the David di Donatello award ceremony, during your award speech you said: “few words, 30 seconds. But I’m confused. They say: Placido has Parkinson’s. I have Parkinson’s. All right. He is missing a tooth. I’m missing a tooth. I’m excited, of course.” However, it is unclear whether he was joking or serious.
What happened
It is not known for certain whether Michele Placido has Parkinson’s disease or not because what was said on the stage of the David di Donatello was never confirmed nor denied by the actor who has every right to choose whether or not to share his private life. We know that
However, the life expectancy of a person suffering from Parkinson’s disease, according to the most recent scientific research, it is almost identical to that of a non-diseased person, especially if the diagnosis arrives after the age of 65. Now compared to recent years, drugs that block the spread of the disease do an excellent job of stemming the progression.
