Born on April 9, 1933, Jean Paul Belmondo It became an emblem of the Nouvelle Vague, the “new wave” of French cinema, after becoming known in “At the end of the getaway” (1959) of Jean-Luc Godard. In the mid -1960s he went to the most commercial cinema and became one of the main heroes of comedy and action and are unforgettable films such as “The river man”, “The Professional”, “The Marginal”, “The Heir” and “The tribulations of a Chinese in China.”
The bohemian atmosphere in which it grew had a formative effect on it. He failed at school and became an amateur boxer. In his short box, he won 15 of his 23 fighting before giving up to concentrate on the performance.
After going through provincial theaters, his film debut came with Laszlo’s role in the 1958 film of Claude Chabrol “The cheats”. After that overwhelming interpretation, he worked with the mythical Gordard.
In the mid -60s, he went completely to commercial cinema and formed his own producer, Cerito. In 1987 Belmondo He returned to the stage for the first time in almost 30 years and divided his work between theater and cinema for the rest of his career. Two years later he won a César award, the French equivalent of an Oscar, for his performance in “The Empire of the Lion.”
The children’s fight for their inheritance
Three years after his death in 2021, his children litigated for his legacy blaming the brother Paul having stayed with much of his father’s assets before his death. As happened with the inheritance of his great friend Alain Delon, The clan Belmondo He fought for the inheritance and dilapidated fortunes in lawyers. The actor received an almost state funeral in which he was present Emmanuel Macron, and France plunged into a deep regret for its loss.
Belmondo He left three children at his death. Florence and Paul, 64 and 62, respectively, born from their first marriage to Elodie constantinand Stella, fruit of its relationship with Natty Tardivelwhich is currently 21 years old. The best known of all is Paul Belmondo, who had a relationship with the princess Estefanía de Monaco. Interestingly the youngest of the Grimaldi He also had a romance with Anthony Delonson of the protagonist of ‘The pool’ and ‘In full sun’.
The brothers of Paul He was accused of having stayed with 100 million euros that would not be part of the hereditary mass. Without a doubt, the actor kneaded a fortune, so the figure is not crazy. At the moment, his two daughters have not been able to demonstrate their accusations.
The courts gave the reason in the first instance to Paul Belmondo claiming that with the evidence presented by his brothers they do not demonstrate accusations.
Jean-Paul Belmondo He was marked by the tragic death of his first daughter, Patricewho died in a fire in Paris in 1993, on the floor of the Latin Quarter where he lived. He was 40 years old and his father was shattered.
Delon and Belmondo, friends and rivals
The sexiest ugly of French cinema was an appellation that he received from some media and rolled with stars of the magnitude of Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve and Brigitte Bardot. There are many relationships attributed to him. Some certain, others, urban legends. Alain Delon and Jean Paul Belmondo They were cast partners in up to eight films. They embodied different ways of beauty and interpretation, but together and separately they were the ones who brought French cinema to international success, under the orders of great directors such as Visconti, Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Melville either René Clement.
They worked together at “A dangerous blonde” (1958), “Famous Loves” (1961) and the unforgettable “Is Paris?” (1966). They were popular and also staunch rivals, although they maintained a great friendship until the death of Belmondo. His competence was so narrow that a judge had to determine who would appear first in the poster of “Borsalino” (1970), the film that starred together. Won Belmondowhich was the one who had first opened as a face of the “Nouvelle Vague”
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Delon, For his part, he was the protagonist of mythical films of the “Nouvelle Vague” and Italian Neorealism: Clément He directed it in “In full sun” (1960), in which he embodied a murderer; Visconti in “Rocco and his brothers” (1961) and in “The catpardo” (1963), on the Italian aristocracy; and Antonioni immersed him in the female universe in “The eclipse” (1962).
Neither of them succeeded in Hollywood. Delon He barely made titles with US capital, except “Scorpio” (1973), co -starred next to BURT LANCASTERwhile Belmondo He stubbornly reject any proposition of the American industry. In 1998 they shot their last movie together, “One of two.” Belmondo He died in 2021 and his partner three years later.
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