This forbidden love belongs to the story of the film
The Billionaire
by George Cukor.
During the shooting, Marilyn Monroe and Yves Montand lived a brief passion which made people talk from Paris to Los Angeles.
The two lovebirds were married and not with just anyone: the writer Arthur Miller had married in just marriage with the Hollywood icon, while Simone Signoret, considered one of the greatest French actresses, was married with Yves Montand since 1951.
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Today, Wednesday October 13, date of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Yves Montand, this affair long hidden by the two lovers, but known to everyone, reappears because Carole Amiel the last wife of Yves Montand, and mother of her son Valentin, has just published a book of memories full of photos,
La Force du destin
(La Martinière), in which she unearths drawings and sweet words exchanged by the two lovers during the few weeks that their story lasted at the beginning of 1960.
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Carole Amiel had found these messages when she moved with Yves Montand from her old apartment located at 15 place Dauphine in Paris.
Of all this idyll forgiven by Simone Signoret, who did not hesitate to declare to clear all remorse Yves Montand, the man she loved: “
Do you know a lot of men who would remain insensitive while having Marilyn in their arms?
".
The great actress died of cancer on September 30, 1985. Yves Montand, died six years later.
He insisted on resting at his side in the Père-Lachaise cemetery.
Le Billionaire
(
Let's Make Love
) by George Cukor in 1960, with Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand ...
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