The Last Mime
25 years ago a young man from a small Bulgarian town decided to follow his dream. He is Guerassim Dichliev. As soon as he arrived in the French capital, he was casting the world-famous mime Marcel Marceau. Guerassim receives invitation from the Maestro to become his pedagogical assistant in 1997. Marceau lived only for the pantomime. But the end is coming. France's cultural policy has changed, the Paris City Hall stopped financing Marcel Marceau’s international school and closed it in 2005. This, in fact, predetermines the destiny of the Maestro. After a little over a year he died. Marcel Marceau was credited with single-handedly reviving the art of mime after World War II, after two decades. The mime performances are becoming less and less visited by the audience. Art is not a business where you will invest money and expect the big benefits, says Guerassim. He believes not to be the last mime.