Europe1 .fr 9:15 p.m., June 17, 2022
Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant died on Friday at the age of 91.
Philippe Labro, director, directed the artist on the film "Sans mobile apparent" and "La Crime".
He entrusts to Europe 1 the memories he keeps of this giant of French cinema.
Lelouch, Chéreau, Haneke... he worked with the greatest directors: a major figure in French cinema and theater, the actor with 120 films, Jean-Louis Trintignant died Friday at the age of 91.
The actor of "And God ... created woman" and "Love", who was said to be seriously ill, died "peacefully, of old age, this morning, at his home, in the Gard, surrounded by his loved ones" , his wife and family said in a statement to AFP.
Philippe Labro, director, directed the actor on the film "Sans mobile apparent".
Asked by Europe 1, the director keeps from Jean-Louis Trintignant "a memory of admiration and respect".
"He gave a sublime interpretation and thanks to that" Without apparent mobile "aged rather well. It's thanks to him because he transcended the character. He was an immense actor", he continues.
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“He gave himself completely to the role”
According to the director, the actor was "never bad" even having played in a hundred films.
"Even in average films, Trintignant, he is always credible. He is always beyond what is expected of him", he declared at the microphone of Europe 1. According to him, the actor owes his charisma to "his sublime voice which knows how to play very well, both low and sometimes light".
For the artist, Jean-Louis Trintignant "interprets all the roles that are offered to him".
Philippe Labro is the director of the film "La Crime" in which Jean-Louis Trintignant also played.
"I have an incredible memory of a sequence between him and Claude Brasseur (
also an actor in the film Editor's note
). I was there almost like a spectator. At that time, I was not directing but I was accompanying and watching. I learned a lot with him", explains the director.
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Philippe Labro describes a discreet and "modest" man.
"On my set, he was a restrained man. He gave himself completely to the role", he says.
The actor, even in break time, was immersed in his work.
"He played so much, he had the character of Inspector Carré so much in mind, that he remained Carré even outside of filming," he concludes.