Jean-Louis Trintignant left us this Friday, June 17 at the age of 91.
Le Figaro
returns in ten dates to the moments of joy and sadness that marked the existence of the man who thought he was not good at cinema and who shot 120 films.
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December 11, 1930
: Jean-louis Trintignant was born in Piolenc, in a village in Vaucluse.
His father Raoul is a former resistance fighter who distinguished himself in a maquis in Ardèche.
His mother, Céline Tourtin, suffered the horrors of the purge for having tied up an affair with a German soldier during the Occupation.
This family history will forever mark the future actor.
1936
: Henri Trintignant, one of Jean-Louis' uncles, takes part in the automobile Grand Prix de France.
Having become famous, the actor, in turn, will be taken by the passion for speed and will participate in prestigious races such as the 24 hours of Le Mans.
1949
: He abandons his law studies to enroll in the course of Charles Dullin and Tania Balachova.
1954
: He marries a young beginner actress, Stéphane Audran.
Jean-louis Trintignant and Brigitte Bardot in 1957 Leemage
1956
:
In And God... created woman
, Jean-Louis Trintignant plays the young lover of Brigitte Bardot.
Lovebirds in the cinema, the two actors will also love each other in the city for more than a year.
With this sulphurous film by Vadim, the two young actors become stars.
1958
: After two years of military service, he returns to the stage and performs Shakespeare's
Hamlet
with mastery .
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Le Fanfaron
, Gassman and Trintignant to the end of the road
1962
: Dino Risi entrusts him with the role of Roberto Mariani, a shy young student, alongside a Vittorio Gassman who is more Italian than ever in
Le Fanfaron
.
Their complicity, a mixture of water and fire, borders on the sublime.
Read alsoA man and a woman: Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimé
1966
:
Chabada, bada
... Claude Lelouch receives the palme d'or ex aequo for
A man and a woman
which brings together a unique film couple: Anouk Aimé and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
1969
: The year of international recognition.
Jean-Louis Trintignant receives the interpretation prize of the Cannes Film Festival for his masterful composition in
Z
by Costa-Gavras, a film pamphlet against fascist dictatorships.
This year which sees him at the peak of his career is dramatic in his family life.
Pauline, his daughter whom he had with Nadine Trintignant, dies when she is only ten months old.
Jean-Louis and Marie Trintignant in 2001 in
Comedy on a station platform
by Samuel Benchetrit Leemage/Pascal Victor, Artcom press
2003
: Marie Trintignant, her daughter, also a talented actress, dies as a result of blows from her companion, Bertrand Cantat.
Jean-Louis Trintignant, who had already lost Pauline in 1970, is devastated.
He will never really recover from this disappearance.
In 2013, French cinema saluted his talent one last time by giving him the César for best actor for his disturbing composition in
Amour
by Haneke.
2019: The best years of a life.
For what will be his last film, Jean-Louis Trintignant finds Claude Lelouch, his partner Anouk Aimée for this sequel to
A Man and a Woman
, 53 years later.
