He passed away at the age of 88 and a national memorial service for Jean-Paul Belmondo

France: The giant of the "new French cinema" has left us

Belmondo is the star of the new wave in French cinema.

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The French presidency said yesterday that France will organize a national memorial service for the late actor Jean-Paul Belmondo at the Hotel National des Invalides in Paris tomorrow.

"A giant has left us," Culture Minister Roslyn Bachelot told RTL radio about the deceased. "What remains are the feelings he has repeatedly raised in us throughout his life as an artist.

His appetite for life is an example to all of us.”

Belmondo, who became the star of what is known as the new wave in French cinema after his extraordinary performance in Jean-Luc Godard's "Breathless" in 1959, died at the age of 88 this week.

President Emmanuel Macron wrote in a tweet on "Twitter" the day before yesterday, France has lost a "national treasure".

The departure of the famous actor over the country.

Belmondo, a charismatic actor who often performed his own daring stunts, turned to commercial cinema in the 1960s and became one of France's most important comedies and action figures.

His decision to make a path for himself in commercial cinema and to distance himself from artistic cinema was criticized for having wasted his undisputed talent, something he has always denied.

Belmondo, along with Brigitte Bardot and Jean Gabin, formed the best French film talents.

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