" I am very sad. He was a friend, a friend. Alain Delon paid tribute on Wednesday to a "super cop", reacting for AFP to the disappearance of Roger Borniche, legendary post-war policeman converted to writing thrillers, which he had embodied in the movie Flic Story. Roger Borniche died on Tuesday in Cannes at the age of 101. This extraordinary policeman had tracked down figures of banditry, such as Pierrot le fou, Jo Attia, Emile Buisson or René la Canne.
A friend of 50 years
“We were very close, 50-year-old friends. It made me very sad to learn of his death this morning. I did not expect that even if we do not exceed much 100 years, of course, said Alain Delon. Roger Borniche has had an incredible life. He had a great career. It was not just anyone. He was a great man, a great cop, a great cop, above all the cops. It was Borniche, what! He led the life he wanted, going on to writing and filming. "
“It was thanks to Borniche that I made Flic Story . He absolutely wanted me to play his own role. He chose me. We became friends. Jean-Louis Trintignant played the part of the ugly Emile Buisson. Roger Borniche was very happy that the film exists, recalls Alain Delon. Me, I was mad with happiness to interpret Borniche at his request. He attended the shooting. It was his story, his life ... I was under his eye. He gave me directions, especially in face-to-face meetings with Emile Buisson. "
"He was a recognized and admired cop, old fashioned"
“Borniche was an exemplary cop. In his day, what is happening today was not happening. He was a recognized and admired cop, old fashioned. Today, he would parade with the cops to support them, "added the actor.
At 84, the latter suffered a stroke last July. After a stay in intensive care in a Parisian hospital and three weeks of convalescence in a Swiss clinic, the actor of La Piscine et du Guépard had returned to his home, but did not reappear in public. “This is the first time I have spoken to a journalist. I do it for Borniche. I didn't want there to be just a few lines in the newspapers. I wanted to pay tribute to him, ”concluded Alain Delon.
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