A sacred monster of French cinema has died out. Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo died at the age of 88, his lawyer announced on Monday, September 6. “He had been very tired for some time. He passed away quietly.”, said the latter Michel Godest. Follow the reactions in our direct.
More than 50 years of career and 80 films. The actor has appeared in 80 films and leaves behind unforgettable roles: young first in Breathless or hanging from a helicopter over Venice in Rio man.
“It was more than a legend, it was Belmondo”, reacts his biographer. On franceinfo, the cinema historian and biographer of Jean-Paul Belmondo, Philippe Durant, expressed his emotion. “I’m totally in shock. There are no words. When a legend crumbles like that, it shakes the world. It will shake the world of cinema.”
Reduced since a stroke. Despite a stroke in 2001, the man who was nicknamed “Bebel” received a lot of filming proposals.