A show in Naples destined to cost him a little dear. The protagonist is the French actor Daniel Auteuil : in these days in the Campania capital for a show at the theater, he was robbed of his precious watch, a 39 thousand euro Patek Philippe , while he was traveling aboard a taxi.
The facts yesterday afternoon, in via Nuova Marina and as reported by Auteuil at the police station.
According to what has been reconstructed, two young people aboard a scooter joined the taxi on which the actor was staying and, taking advantage of the open windows, they tore the watch from his arm , immediately moving away at great speed.
No physical consequences for the actor, who turned 72 last January, who will be on stage tonight at the Mercadante theater with "Déjeuner en l'air" , a show in which he sings the verses of the poet Jean-Paul Toulet accompanied by a pianist and by a guitarist.
Actor, director, writer but also musician, Auteuil has worked in dozens of films, often directed by Italian directors such as Roberto Faenza's "Sosenga Pereira" (1995) alongside Marcello Mastroianni or Roberto Andò's two films "Under a false name" and “Le confessioni”, with Toni Servillo. Among his best-known films, "The opponent", from 2002.
Auteuil won the David di Donatello for best foreign actor in 1993 for "A heart in winter", and twice the Cèsar, the Oscar of French cinema, for best protagonist.
The investigators of the State Police are viewing the images of the video surveillance cameras to collect useful elements for the investigation and trace the identity of the snatchers.
(Unioneonline / vl)
