Belmondo (French Edition)

After a number of attempts, he was enrolled at the Paris Conservatory to study drama, although his tutors were not optimistic about his prospects.

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After graduating, he began his professional career on stage and spent the first half of the s working in the theatre. He made his film debut in and appeared in several minor films over the next years, most notably Les Copains du Dimanche and his first starring role, alongside another up-and-coming new actor named Alain Delon, in Sois Belle et Tais-Toi The coming of the French New Wave in finally brought Belmondo real stardom. Together they battle gunrunners, gas station attendants, and American tourists in a story that mixes high and pop culture with brilliant artistry.

Standing in for Godard, as a man who cannot choose between art and life, Belmondo inhabits his character effortlessly. Capitalising on his increasing drawing power, he founded his own production company called Cerito to produce many of his films. The failure of this last film however, appears to have dissuaded Belmondo from working with the more experimental New Wave filmmakers, and, from this time forward, he began appearing almost exclusively in more commercially oriented features.

In Belmondo began a profitable collaboration with director Georges Lautner on the hit comedy thriller Flic ou Voyou. In , Belmondo returned to the stage for the first time since and divided his efforts between theatre and film from then on.

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In , he suffered a stroke and was absent from stage and screen until his acclaimed comeback performance in Un Homme et Son Chien Belmondo has been married three times; first to Elodie Constantin with whom he had three children, Patricia , Florence and Paul Paul became a Formula One driver; his eldest daughter Patricia was killed in a fire in In , due to a well-publicised affair between Belmondo and actress Ursula Andress, Belmondo and his wife divorced. In , he met Nathalie Tardivel who was 24 years old at the time and married her in In , at the age of 70, his fourth child Stella was born.

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Highly rated and shortlisted for the Publishing Triangle Award. French New Wave and international new wave cinema. Claude Chabrol A bout de souffle Breathless, Jean-Pierre Melville Pierrot le fou Francois Truffaut Docteur Popaul Dr.

Claude Chabrol Stavisky Le Merluche A pied, a cheval et en voiture Venin Les Copains du dimanche Trebois Sois belle et tais-toi Pierrot Un drole de dimanche Patrick Les Tricheurs Lou Ein Engel auf Erden Michel Barrot Les trois mousquetaire Laszlo Kovacs A bout de souffle Michel Poiccard Classes tous risques Eric Stark Moderato Cantabile Paul Frapier Charlotte et son Jules Jean Lettere di una novizia Giuliano Verdi Two Women Share your thoughts with other customers.

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