Jean Dujardin, cited as one of Bébel's heirs, sums up his state of mind after the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo, a great void for cinema, France and even internationally.
"I am haggard, I have a good dose of cockroach",
confided the actor on BFMTV.
The one he considered his model is no more, but the actor of
OSS 117
does not want to be in the dark.
He only retains his beautiful personality, he who
"was of great generosity
", before returning to his stroke, which occurred in 2001.
"Knowing that he has lasted 20 years with a stroke, it's pretty crazy .
The strength of this man… ”
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Over time, a friendship was established between the two men. For his birthday, Belmondo wanted to surprise the 49-year-old actor. Unforgettable memory. “
We celebrate my birthday in the woods, lost in the Cévennes. I hear the music of the
Magnificent
and I see Jean-Paul Belmondo arrive with his cane, deep in the woods. He had been waiting for two hours. I start to cry and I think everyone cried then because that's what it means, sincerity.
"
Their first meeting dates back to 2004, during the filming of
OSS 117: Cairo, nest of spies
.
Antoine Duléry took care of organizing the dinner himself.
“It was the Grail, it was the culmination”
recalls Dujardin.
"He was gifted for life"
Monday evening, the hero of
The Artist
says he met his friends Antoine Duléry, Gilles Lellouche and Vincent Lindon
"to celebrate him, to talk about him, to laugh, to cry too."
The most beautiful tribute that we can pay to the Magnificent, Jean Dujardin puts his hand to cut.
"He would have liked that, that we eat together, that we take Limoncello, that we talk about the cinema, that we act stupid, that we talk about everything."
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His two favorite films of the actor:
A Man Who Pleases Me
by Claude Lelouch (1969) and
Le Magnifique
by Philippe de Broca (1973).
Open to the public, the national tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo will be held Thursday, September 9 at the Invalides, at 4.30 p.m.
“It will surely be solemn because it has to be. But at the same time we will have to applaud very loudly ”
, underlines Jean Dujardin.
“We're losing a guide. It was a guide, Jean-Paul, it was someone who told us: don't burden yourself with anxieties, have fun. ”
