Flex Dufourt
Acting
Edouard Dufourt studied as a lapidary in Antwerp. There, he studied the carving of diamonds and in the early 1970s became the last hand diamond cuter in France. A character with many talents, he is at the same time a founder, sculptor and artisan jeweler. He was also known in the 1950s for his talents as a burlesque actor. On the Parisian stage, he performs burlesque acts such as La Mort du Cygne or an acrobatic act in which he plunges from a certain height into rings of cigarette smoke. He plays in the films of director Louis FĂ©lix. In Hot Hours, Summer Heat, as well as in Ce SacrĂ© AmĂ©dĂ©e alongside Françoise Fabian, Philippe de ChĂ©risey and Jacques Dufilho. He played several roles there: the oriental prince of Kanaga and the director of the TandrĂ© theater, under the pseudonym of Jules dâHuran. He stands out for his playing Ă la Jacques Tati, and for his acrobatics inspired by the cinema of his childhood, among others Buster Keaton whom he admires.
