The Italian cinematographic environment woke up in shock after celebrating the New Year, given the news of the coma that affected Adam Jandoubi, a well-known actor who was only 23 years old. The interpreter was found on the ground in a central street in Naples, in cardiorespiratory arrest and with a multitude of wounds to his face. Rumors pointed to a possible motorcycle accident, but any theory was extinguished this Wednesday morning.
According to the EFE agency, Jandoubi died today after having spent the last nine years in a coma. The information has dismayed Italy, which saw in the young actor a promise for the future, especially after his appearance in several videos by the anonymous artist Liberato and in the successful film La paranza dei bambini, in 2019. The reactions have not been expressed. made to wait, among them the writer Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah and Piranhas, the book on which the film is based.
The journalist also appreciated the figure of Jandoubi, whom he considered “the new face of Naples” after giving life to the character of Aucelluzzo, being part of the cast of fifteen-year-olds who entered the world of the mafia without knowledge during the course of his career. construction site. “Dying at such an early age in life generates despair: everything is wrong, it makes no sense, it is impossible to find solace,” he expressed.
“I met him in Naples years ago, still a teenager, the video for Liberato's song had just been published in which he played the leading role and he was experiencing the first curiosity of people who recognized him on the street. Expressive, dynamic, intense, it is not easy in a video without a single word spoken that allows your profile to emerge with such clarity. Sentimental and sometimes Gascon, the director wanted him to characterize himself like that and Adam was like that in everyday life,” he said.
His brother, the actor and model Habib Jandoubi, also lamented the sad loss through his social networks. “Today my life changes because you, my brother, will no longer be by my side, but I know that you will look down on me, always protecting me. You showed that you were a lion until the end, a true man with values and principles, by choosing at the age of 18 that on the day of your death you wanted to donate your organs and so you did,” he wrote.
Adam spent the last nine days of his life in a coma at the Hospital of San Leonardo, in the Neapolitan city. Although the signs upon finding it pointed to a possible traffic accident on a motorcycle, the circumstances under which it could have occurred remain a mystery to investigators. The toxicological tests carried out on him were negative for both alcohol and drugs.
