China News Agency, Paris, September 6 (Reporter Li Yang) The famous French movie star Jean-Paul Belmondo passed away on the 6th local time at the age of 88.
French President Macron, Prime Minister Castel and others expressed their condolences for his death.
According to reports from AFP and French TV station BFM, Jean-Paul Belmondo "departed peacefully" at his home in Paris that same day.
He has been in poor health in recent years and has rarely appeared in public.
Jean-Paul Belmondo is considered to be one of the most famous film stars in the French film industry after World War II. He has appeared in about 80 films and his acting career is regarded as "a microcosm of French cinema".
He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2016 Venice Film Festival.
Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in the suburbs of Paris in 1933. His father was the famous sculptor Paul Belmondo.
Jean-Paul Belmondo became famous in 1960 for starring in the famous French new wave director Jean Luc Godard's masterpiece "Exhaustion".
Jean-Paul Belmondo starred in many feature films and action films from the 1960s to the 1980s. Some of these films are well-loved by audiences and are also familiar to Chinese audiences, including "Fire of Paris", "Heir", and "Wang Zhong" King" and so on.
In 1989 he won the French Caesar Film Award for Best Actor.
He tried to make a comeback after a stroke in 2001 and starred in a small number of movies, and then gradually faded out of the show business.
French President Macron expressed condolences to the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo via social media that day.
He described Jean-Paul Belmondo as France’s “national treasure”, personable and full of talk and laughter. In him, we can all find our own image.
French Prime Minister Castel posted a black and white photo of Jean-Paul Belmondo on his social media and called him a "great" actor.
Former French President Hollande said that Jean-Paul Belmondo will remain in the annals of film history and our memory.
The famous French film star Alain Delon expressed "shock" and "heartbreak" at the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo.
The 85-year-old Alain Delon and Jean-Paul Belmondo are active on the movie screen of the same era.
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