Jean Paul Belmondo

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Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933 – 6 September 2021), a French artiste who appeared in the New Wave of the 1960s and a major French film actor for many decades after the 1960s.

Early life

Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, on April 9, 1933. Paul Belmondo, Belmondo's father, was born in Algeria of Italian descent and whose parents were of Sicilian and Piedmontese origins. Sarah Rainaud-Richard, his mother, was a painter. He was more interested in sports than school as a youth, and he had a keen interest in boxing and soccer.

Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut in Paris on May 10th, 1949, when he knocked René Desmarais out in one round. Belmondo's boxing career was unbeaten but short. From 1949 to 1950, he collected three straight first-round knockout victories. "I stopped when the face in the mirror began to change," he later explained.

He served his National Service in French North Africa, where he struck himself with a rifle but didn't end his military service.

Belmondo was interested in acting. He appeared in comedy sketches in the provinces during his late teens, and he later attended a private drama academy. He studied under Raymond Giraud and then enrolled at the Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts when he was 20. He attended for three years there. According to one observer, he might have won the competition for best actor, but he appeared in a sketch mocking the school, which offended the jury; this resulted in him only receiving an honorable mention, "which almost caused a riot among his incensed classmates" in August 1956. The incident sparked front-page coverage.

Personal life and death

Belmondo married Élodie Constantin, with whom he had three children, on December 4, 1952, Florence (born 1958), and Paul (born 1963). Belmondo and Constantin separated in 1965. She applied for divorce in September 1966, but it was approved on January 5th, 1968.

He had friendships with Ursula Andress from 1965 to 1972, Laura Antonelli from 1972 to 1980, Brazil actress and singer Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor, from 1980 to 1987, and Barbara Gandolfi from 2008 to 2012.

Belmondo was in his mid-50s when he met 24-year-old dancer Natty Tardivel. The two couples were together for more than a decade before marrying in 2002. Tardivel's fourth child, Stella Eva Angelina, was born on August 13, 2003. In 2008, Belmondo and Tardivel separated.

Belmondo was a fan of Paris Saint-Germain's football team.

Belmondo died in Paris on September 6, 2021, at the age of 88. He had been in poor health since suffering a stroke a decade ago. In Hôtel des Invalides, a national tribute was held on September 9th. Belmondo was dubbed a "national hero" by President Emmanuel Macron. Ennio Morricone's last tribute tune was "Chi Mai" (from the 1981 film The Professional). His funeral took place at the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church on the next day, the next day, with relatives and relatives present. Alain and Anthony Delon were both present, as well as Alain and Anthony Delon. His remains were cremated at Père Lachaise Cemetery, and his ashes are laid to his father, Paul Belmondo, at Montparnasse Cemetery, as a memorial.

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Career

Belmondo's acting career began in 1953, with two performances at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris in Jean Anouilh's Médée and Georges Neveux' Zamore. Belmondo began visiting the provinces with friends, including Annie Girardot and Guy Bedos.

Belmondo made his debut in the 1956 Moliere for the first time (1956). He appeared in On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957), which was cut from the final film; however, he had a bigger part in On Foot, a Mouse, and a Sputnik (1958).

Belmondo appeared in Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958), directed by Marcel Carné, and then appeared as a gangster in Young Sinners (1958).

In Sunday's Encounter (1958), Belmondo supported Bourvil and Arletty. After Belmondo was accepted into the army, Jean-Luc Godard commanded him in a short film Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958), where Belmondo's voice was dubbed by Godard. He served in Algeria as a private for six months as part of his mandatory military service.

Belmondo's first lead role was in Les Copains du dimanche (1958).

He appeared in An Angel on Wheels (1959) with Romy Schneider and later appeared in Web of Passion (1959) for Claude Chabrol. In The Three Musketeers (1959) for French television, he appeared in D'Artagnan.

Belmondo appeared in Consider All Risks (1960), a gangster tale with Lino Ventura, a gangster thriller. He played a key role in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless ( bout de souffle, 1960), making him a leading figure in the French New Wave.

Breathless was a huge success in France and Australia, as the face of the New Wave and internationally, even as he said, "I don't know what they mean" when people were using the word. It resulted in him having "more acting jobs than he can handle," according to The New York Times.

Trapped by Fear (1960), then the Italian film Letters by a Novice (1960). He made Seven Days with Jeanne Moreau and producer Peter Brook. Seven Nights (1961), which he later described as "very boring."

In the anthology film Love and the Frenchwoman (1960), Belmondo appeared as a gigolo. In Two Women (1961) as a bespectacled country boy, then made two Italian films promoting Sophia Loren as a bespectacled country boy ("It could surprise those who haven't got me typed"), according to Belmondo. "But the better the sooner." "Irma Watson, the Lovemakers (1961), then Claudia Cardinale (1961).

Both women and breathless people were often seen in the United States and the United Kingdom. The New York Times praised him in 1961 as "the most outstanding young French actor since the emergence of the late Gérard Philipe."

He was reunited with Godard for A Woman Is a Woman (1961) and created another all-star anthology film, Famous Love Affairs (1961).

Later, he appeared in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical film Léon Morin, Priest (1961), playing a priest. He was a veteran gangster in A Man Named Rocca (1962), but he took a huge blow with the swashbuckler Cartouche (1962), directed by Philippe de Broca. A Monkey (1962), a comedy in which he and Jean Gabin played alcoholics, was also popular.

In an adaptation of Fahrenheit 451, François Truffaut wanted Belmondo to lead the way. This did not happen (the film was produced several years later with Oskar Werner); instead, Belmondo produced two films with Jean-Pierre Melville: The fingerman (1963) and Magnet of Doom (1963). He co-starred in Mad Sea (1963) with Gina Lollobrigida (1963) and appeared in another comedy anthology, Sweet and Sour (1963). When the policeman was charged with assaulting Belmondo, he caused some backlash when he was jailed for insulting a policeman.

Banana Peel (1963), with Jeanne Moreau, was a common comedy. Also more popular was Philippe de Broca's action-adventure story That Man from Rio (1964), which was a huge success in France but also internationally. In 1965, he was compared to Humphrey Bogart and James Dean.

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Belmondo's own tastes dominated Tintin comics, sports journals, and detective novels. He said he preferred "making adventure films like Rio to Alain Resnais or Alain Robbe-Grillet's intellectual films. But I'd be brave to try with François Truffaut. His film was expected to be between US$150,000 and $200,000 per film. Belmondo said he was keen to make Hollywood films but he wanted to be a male rather than a Frenchman and was interested in Cary Grant type roles rather than James Dean/Bogart ones.

Belmondo directed Greed in the Sun (1964), with Lino Ventura for director Henri Verneuil, who said Belmondo is "one of France's few young actors who is vibrant and masculine." Backfire (1964) reunited him with Jean Seberg, his Breathless co-star. He was in charge of Male Hunt (1964-1964) and was a leader in Weekend at Dunkirk (1965), another big hit in France.

For 1964, Belmondo dominated the French box office, The Man from Rio was the country's fourth most popular film, Greed in the Sun was seventh, and Backfire 19th was 19th.

The crime on a Summer Morning (1965) was less popular, but Belmondo's name was also good. His Ears (1965) was an attempt to recreate That Man Rio's fame as the same director, but it didn't do so well.

While Hollywood bids were welcome, Belmondo turned them down. Mark Robson, director Mark Robson, who wanted him for Lost Command (1966), said, "He won't make films outside of France." "He has scripts, and he doesn't see why he should jeopardize his immense success by speaking English rather than French."

Belmondo was reunited with Godard for Pierrot le Fou (1965), and then produced Tender Scoundrel (1966). Is Paris Burning? He appeared in only two predominantly English speaking films. (1966) and Casino Royale (1967).

Belmondo's first film, The Thief of Paris (1967) for Louis Malle, went on hold for more than a year. "It seemed that life was going by one day," he said. "I didn't want to work." So I stalled. One day, I felt like starting over. So I got off and started."

Belmondo worked three months off in Hollywood but did not accept any bids. He did not want to learn English or appear in English-language films, so he did not want to learn English and appear in English-language films.

With Ho!, Belmondo's return to filmmaking. (1968) A massive hit with a comedy co-starring David Niven, The Brain (1969). He appeared in Mississippi Mermaid (1969) with Catherine Deneuve and the romantic comedy Love Is a Funny Thing (1969).

Belmondo appeared in Borsalino (1970), a huge gangster film starring Alain Delon. Belmondo produced the film, but Delon was sued for billing.

The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) was also popular; even more so were The Burglars (1971).

Belmondo formed Cerito Films (named after his grandmother, Rosina Cerrito), to produce Belmondo films inspired by Alain Delon's success. Dr. Popaul (1972), with Mia Farrow, was the first Cerito film to date for director Claude Chabrol.

La scoumoune (1972) was a modernized A Man Named Rocca (1961). The Inheritor (1973) was an action film; Le Magnifique (1974), a satiric action romance reunited him with Philippe de Broca, was a Hollywood thriller.

In Stavisky (1974), he appeared as well as starred. Incorrigible (1974), Fear Over the City (1975), one of Belmondo's best hits of the decade and the first time he played a policeman on film), Hunter Will Get You (1976). In Cop or Hood (1979), the actor was cast as a stuntman opposite Raquel Welch and he appeared as a cop.

Belmondo appeared in another comedy, Le Guignolo, in 1980. In The Professional (1981), he was a pilot in Ace of Aces (1982).

Belmondo said, "What intellectuals don't like is success." "Success in France is always looked down on, not by the public, but by intellectuals." If I'm nude in a film, that's fine for the intellectuals. However, if I leapt from a helicopter, they think it's tragic."

Belmondo stayed to commercial films, including Le Marginal (1983) as a policeman in the French Foreign Legion, Hold-Up (1985) as a bank robber, and Le Solitaire (1987), another policeman in the last film, shortly after being released in another policeman.

He returned to the theatre in 1987 after a 26-year absence in a Kean performance based on Alexandre Dumas's book. He worked in theatre for ten years before going to cinema, and every year, he recalled, "I went back to go back." "I returned before becoming an old man."

Belmondo, Claude Lelouch, was involved in and co-produced Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988). He received a César for his role in the film, as well as Itineraire d'un Enfant Gate.

Belmondo said he made fewer films in the 1980s due to "several reasons." "I'm now a manufacturer, so it takes time to organise things," he said. "However, finding good screenplays in France is also a challenge." Here we have serious writing difficulties. And I'd rather do theatre for a long time than seeing a mediocre film."

He appeared in Cyrano de Bergerac on the stage in Paris in 1990, another very popular production. He appeared in One Hundred and One Nights (1995), and in Lelouch's version of Les Misérables (1995), he was only small. He appeared in Désiré (1996), Une chance sur deux (1998), and in the science fiction film Peut-être (1999).

Belmondo appeared in A Man and His Dog ("Un homme et son chien"), his last film role. Despite his inability of walking and speaking, he played a character with the same disability. Following this film, he was forced into retirement in 2011 after suffering a stroke in 2001.

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