Europe 1 12:39 p.m., September 08, 2021

Every day in the program "Historically yours", the presenter Stéphane Bern and the historian Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach compete in a quiz that is both historical and unusual.

The theme of the day: the life and career of Jean-Paul Belmondo, cult French actor who died on Monday at the age of 88.

The life and career of Jean-Paul Belmondo in five questions.

The French actor who died on Monday was at the heart of the

Historically yours

quiz

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Answer in your turn to the questions which made the brain of our presenter Stéphane Bern and our historian Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach in the sequence "Bern to be alive", present every day in the program 

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Can you do as well as them?

  • During his life, Belmondo was involved in all projects: in 1977 a complete biography of Al Capone was released in the United States: Jean-Paul signed the rights in order to embody him on the big screen: true or false?

  • In 1962, Jean-Paul Belmondo played in "The elder of the Ferchaux", directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.

    In this film there is Robert de Niro, although it is a very short appearance and although they do not appear together in the same scene.

    True or false ? 

  • Robert de Niro wanted to play with Jean-Paul Belmondo.

    But Hélène Rollès, from "Hélène et les Garcons", refused a role with the French actor.

    True or false ?

  • Jean-Paul Belmondo made us laugh, he impressed us, he moved us.

    In 2001, he suffered a stroke.

    Seven years later, by dint of tenacity and passion, he returned to the cinema in a film by Francis Huster: "A man and his dog".

    On the poster, the dog we see belongs to Brigitte Bardot.

    True or false ?

  • Jean-Paul Belmondo, a huge popular actor, was also breathtaking in another register, notably in "Breathless" by Jean-Luc Godard.

    He said he remembered all his life his first day of shooting for this film: he had only done one scene in a day.

    Which ?

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