Actor and director J.Ch. Mončys-Moncevičius died in France Tradition

Jean-Christophe Mončys-Moncevičius was born in 1954. Might 25 in Paris. It was right here that his father, the sculptor Antanas Mončys, settled following leaving Lithuania in the course of the Second World Struggle.

In Paris, Jean-Christophe Monchys graduated from major college and lycée, 1973-1978. He studied historical past on the Sorbonne College. For a few years he labored as an actor in numerous French theater troupes, largely performing comedian roles.

Jean-Christophe Mončys

in 1986 along with one other French actress of Lithuanian origin, Karolina Masiulyte-Paliuliene, he created a play in regards to the dissident and fighter for non secular freedom in Soviet Lithuania, Nijole Sadūnaitė.

The actor additionally starred within the movie “The Sevillian” (French: “La sévillane”, 1992) directed by Jean-Philippe Toussaint.

Later, he began writing performs, creating performances and instructing appearing to college students throughout seminars.

With the intention to promote his father’s work, Jean-Christophe Mončys typically visited Lithuania and supported the museum named following him in Palanga.

15 min photograph/Jean-Christophe Mončys “My father Antas. 100 recollections of Antanas Mončis”

In 2021, commemorating the a hundredth anniversary of Antanas Mončis’s beginning, his son’s memoir “My Father Antas. 100 recollections of Antanas Mončis”.

In 2022, J. Ch. Mončys-Moncevičius was awarded the Commander’s Cross of the Order “For Companies to Lithuania”.

Based on President Gitanas Nausėdas, Lithuania will keep in mind his efforts and large contribution to the event of relations between Lithuania and France and gathering the Lithuanian neighborhood in France with nice respect and gratitude.

Based on the president, J. Ch. Mončys-Moncevičius sincerely cared in regards to the dissemination of Lithuanian tradition, he donated his father’s works to Lithuania.

“Will probably be wonderful”, J.Ch. Mončys-Moncevičius sang, thus emphasizing his personal roots and angle to life. Remembering our heat conferences, I imagine that this yr’s Lithuanian season in France may also develop into a form of instance of his actions and dedication to Lithuania”, G. Nausėda’s condolence reads.