Her friends nicknamed her "
Skill
", and her son said of her "
that she was a lioness in the body of a sparrow
".
Nathalie Delon passed away almost a year ago, January 21, 2021. And today, the actor Anthony Delon has just revealed to our colleagues from
Télé pocket
that he was finalizing a documentary made in tribute to the one who gave him life and who will remain for film lovers the sublime and cunning mistress of Alain Delon, alias the hitman Jeff Costello, in
The Samurai
by Jean-Pierre Melville.
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Anthony Delon, who felt as much admiration as affection for the author of his days, explained why this documentary was so important to him.
“I filmed my mother's last thirty-seven days.
There is nothing indecent or disturbing.
It is not a question of showing the process of the disease but of showing it to her, and how she lived it.
I should start editing in January, it won't be easy but it's an important testimony for all of us, for my daughters, for me, for her friends, for those who loved her ”,
he confided to our colleagues.
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Samurai
Nathalie Delon saw the beginnings of this documentary film before leaving.
And Alain Delon, in his last public appearance, before his presence at the funeral of his friend Jean-Paul Belmondo, had declared: “
She was very happy about it.
"
A loving granny
Anthony Delon was deeply touched by the death of this mother who saw maternal love as a "
rebel
", in her own words.
Tossed as a child between his hands and that of Loulou, his nanny, he will be grateful to his mother for having transformed over time into a loving granny for her own children:
"She remained quite rock'n'roll and was better grown up.
-mother than mother.
My daughters Lou and Liv loved it. "
Ignoring his natural modesty and his sorrow, Anthony Delon had let his emotion show when his parents saw each other for the last time on January 2, 2021. “
I took pictures of them, then it was my daughter who took us , all three. They parted as if they were going to meet again
, ”he recalls. The weight of absence is still present, but with this film, the son of "
Skill
" and "
Samurai
" will be able to pay his indomitable mother the most beautiful tribute.
While waiting to discover this film so intimate, we will discover this Saturday January 15 Anthony Delon in the clothes of a priest, an exorciser to be precise, in
Murder at Mont-Saint-Michel
on France 3. Another way to stay in the confession...
Nathalie Delon talks about her role in
Le Samouraï
by Jean-Pierre Melville