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National tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo: follow the ceremony live at Les Invalides

2021-09-09T13:22:01.304Z


Farewell Bébel! France pays tribute this Thursday afternoon to the legend of French cinema, who died Monday at the age of 88.


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  • A national tribute is paid this Thursday to Jean-Paul Belmondo in the courtyard of the Invalides, in Paris.

    The ceremony begins at 4.30 p.m. with a eulogy by Emmanuel Macron.

    The actor's funeral is scheduled for Friday morning in the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés at 11 a.m.

  • The general public will also be able to gather in front of the coffin: the courtyard will be open from 7:30 p.m. to all those who wish to greet the actor.

    An exceptional device has already been implemented after the death of Jacques Chirac in 2019.

  • The actor had disappeared from the big screen for nearly 15 years, after a stroke which had left him aftereffects, but he was still so popular with the public, very attached to this extraordinary personality with an exceptional career.

Follow the events of the day live:

3:10 p.m.

The public began to gather on the Place des Invalides.

Like this quadra testifying at the microphone of BFMTV, they came "to pay homage to the actor, but also to the man", "because he was someone who loved people".

"With him, we were immediately at ease," recently confided to us the boss of Père Claude, the Parisian brasserie where Jean-Paul Belmondo used to be.

15 hours.

Cultural personalities, a rarity at the Invalides.

If the national homage is traditionally reserved for the military, some cultural personalities with an exceptional aura or destiny have been honored in this way.

This was the case with Jean d'Ormesson in 2017, Charles Aznavour in 2018 and the same year, Claude Lanzmann, the filmmaker of “Shoah”.

In 2020, the great resistant Daniel Cordier had also been greeted at the Invalides, as well as Samuel Paty, the professor murdered by a fundamentalist.

2:40 p.m.

A speech by grandson Victor

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According to our information, Victor Belmondo, the actor grandson of Jean-Paul and son of Paul, will make a speech and represent the family.

To read also Death of Jean-Paul Belmondo: "It is my childhood hero who had become a close friend", moved Gilles Lellouche

2:20 p.m.

A thousand people will be able to attend the tribute.

The ceremony will bring together, from 4.30 p.m., President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, the family of Jean-Paul Belmondo, his relatives, members of the government and representatives of the worlds of culture and sport.

The Head of State will deliver the eulogy before a minute of silence and the Marseillaise.

Some links to our articles on the disappearance of Jean-Paul Belmondo:

  • How Jean-Paul Belmondo became the boss of French cinema

  • Death of Jean-Paul Belmondo: a heroic end of life

  • His friends, his children, his conquests… Jean-Paul Belmondo, a clan man

  • "I suffered to see him in his bed": Charly, friend and makeup artist of Jean-Paul Belmondo, is inconsolable

  • PODCAST.

    Jean-Paul Belmondo: we rewind the film of a magnificent life

2:15 p.m.

The coffin of the “Magnifique” has arrived at Les Invalides.

The hearse arrived at Les Invalides at noon.

He passed in front of a giant screen displaying a huge portrait of the actor, smile on his face and beret on his head.

It is on this screen and a second, installed on the esplanade, that the public will be able to follow the ceremony.

14 hours.

Welcome to this live.

Follow with us the national tribute paid to Jean-Paul Belmondo, pillar of French cinema who died on Monday at the age of 88.

Source: leparis

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