Death of Belmondo: Alain Delon says he is “devastated” and “upset” – The HuffPost

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BELMONDO – Alain Delon, the other old lion of french cinema, said this Monday, September 6 on CNews “Completely wiped out” by the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo, which occurred Monday in Paris.

Often mistakenly portrayed as rivals, the two giants of French cinema of the 2nd half of the 20th century had parallel careers, most often at the top of the box office, and their friendship tinged of a certain rivalry nurtured the legend of these two characters that were opposed.

“Diametrically opposed”, but “complementary”

Among these films, “Borsalino” (1970) directed by Jacques Deray. The story of two young criminals who make friends and become the kings of the underworld in Marseille.

In 1998, Patrice Leconte brought them together in “Une chance sur deux”, with Vanessa Paradis. “They are diametrically opposed, which makes them complementary and, at the same time, extremely close to each other. It’s very curious two actors, who, like them, have both everything and nothing to do with each other, ”said the director.

An unwavering friendship, a mixture of tenderness and virility, that Paris Match will stage until the end, in one, in June 2019, in a tug-of-war.

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