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France paid Jean-Paul Belmondo an opulent tribute Thursday. New Wave The legend of the 88-year-old Legend would continue to live in films forever.
To pay tribute to Napoleon, pallbearers took Belmondo’s coffin in the French tricolour flag-covered carriage of the Les Invalides military Museum in Paris.
Known affectionately to the French people as Bébel, Belmondo was long one of France’s most popular actors, having switched to mainstream movies after rocketing to international fame as a star of New Wave cinema in the role of an existential gangster in Jean-Luc Godard’s “A bout de souffle” (“Breathless”) in 1959.
“He was the friend that everyone dreamsed of having,” said President Emmanuel Macron in a speech during the tribute.
“He never stopped renewing himself, reinventing himself, and in doing so conquering successive generations,” Macron said, adding: “Adieu Bébel.”
Victor Belmondo was a budding actor who said, “Wherever he’s, I think he’s smiling, like always,” at the Invalides ceremony. There, Victor, his grandson, spoke with pride about his grandfather.
Belmondo’s relatives, cabinet ministers, stars including Jean Dujardin (Oscar winner) and many others from France, along with fans attended the ceremony.
