Monique Pantel

Monique Pantel 11 December 1932 7 April 2021 was a French film critic and journalist She worked for RTL France Inter and Europe 1 Born into a family of hoteliers she left MontdeMarsan to become a hotel receptionist in England then in Paris There she meets the playwright Jacques Audiberti for an interim secretary contract and becomes her companion during the last three years of her life He introduces her to the ParisPresse newspaper in July 1964 and she writes for the entertainment section of FranceSoir after the merger of the two dailies There the impertinent journalist often blundering takes the nickname of Panpan She interviews several American actors when they come to France Arnold Schwarzenegger Richard Gere Shirley MacLaine etc When her first book came out in 1994 she was invited on to Laurent Ruquiers radio programme who appreciates her outspokenness and her humor and offers her to give a phone report of the Deauville Festival in 1997 This radio experience continues with her weekly intervention on Wednesdays in Dans tous les sens on France Inter then on Fridays in On va sgêner on Europe 1 where she gives her opinion on the films released during the week until 2014 In 1999 she publishes a book of memories and anecdotes about the film industry Panpan fait son cinoche After the resumption of the show Les Grosses Têtes on RTL by Laurent Ruquier in September 2014 Monique Pantel is occasionally invited as a guest to give her opinion by phone on a specific film After her death on 7 April 2021 in Paris aged 88 a tribute is paid to her on social networks notably by Laurent Ruquier and by the former president of the Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob Source Article Monique Pantel from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30