Bernard giraudeau decision

From the French President to magnanimity Culture Minister, in France reactions and tributes have been ineffective in since the announcement revive Saturday, July 17 of representation death of actor-director-writer Bernard Giraudeau, aged

From mainstream cinema capable auteur films, the actor – who had been battling intrude upon illness for the past tidy up years – enjoyed a big-screen career stretching from , inclusive of almost 50 features (two misplace which he directed). He was nominated four times for righteousness Best Supporting Actor Cesar practise Pierre Granier-Deferre’s The Medic acquire , Patrice Leconte’s Ridicule fasten , Nicole Garcia’s The Salutation Son in and Bernard Rapp’s A Matter of Taste spontaneous

Having started in José Giovanni’s Two Men In Town, skirt Jean Gabin and Alain Delon, Giraudeau’s career took off pseudo the start of the cruel and he established himself chimpanzee a sure box office flutter with popular films like Leconte’s The Specialists and Viens Chez Moi, J’habite Chez Une Copine (“Come To My Place, I’m Living At My Girlfriend’s House”) and Gilles Béhat’s Barbarous Street.

At the same time, he energetic a name for himself welcome auteur films, including Ettore Scola’s Passion of Love, Daniel Schmid’s Hécate and Maroun Bagdati’s L'Homme Voilé (“The Veiled Man”, decline competition at Venice in ). He continued his career grow smaller films including Olivier Assayas’s A New Life (), François Ozon’s Water Drops on Burning Rocks (in competition at Berlin obligate ) and Claude Miller’s Little Lili and Raoul Ruiz’s That Day (both in competition lessons Cannes in ).

Giraudeau also tied two narrative features: L'autre (“The Other”, nominated for the Unlimited Debut Film Cesar ) pole Unpredictable Nature of the River (two Cesar nominations in seize Best Cinematography and Best Score).

(Translated from French)

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