The death of Jean-Paul Belmondo, on September 6, also marks the end of an era for the French, so much Bébel was appreciated and adored.
The “France of Bébel” must probably turn the page, after the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo. The actor represented a time often synonymous with happiness, with excessively low unemployment, French people who went on vacation more and more and above all, who had a smile on their face. At that time, in the 1960s, they did not know it, but they were going to discover a new idol, a certain Jean-Paul Belmondo. “When I was at the conservatory, I was found to be relaxed, but playing the gugus is still fun”, declared in an archive the French actor.
This French phlegm is sorely missed by the sixty-year-olds present at the ceremony at Les Invalides on September 9, in tribute to the actor who died at the age of 88. “This period was when we lived the best, we were living the best years of our lives”, testifies a passerby with a smile on her face. “I saw the best movies of my life at that time”, adds another. Belmondo then exceeded all the limits of cinema at that time. For his biographers, he was of a “incredible insolence that stuck at the time”.