Cannes 2011: Jean-Paul Belmondo
78-year-old actor went to the scene of the hall "Debussy's" to get an honorary "Palme d'Or" from the President of Cannes Film Festival Gilles Jacob. Jean-Paul Belmondo became the hero of the documentary, which he looked in the hall along with honored colleagues, spectators and journalists.
For 50 years, Jean-Paul Belmondo is one of the most popular French actors. After a brilliant debut in the film "On the last breath," Jean-Luc Godard, highlighting his unconventional personality, after a huge success in the 70's and 80's Belmondo constantly feels his fate. This man, endowed with inexhaustible energy, breathe life in deeply and wisely and astutely managed his career as producer and actor. He selects the films, allowing him to change the genre perfectly, easily passing from the world of Godard in the world Verney, from Truffaut to Jean Becker, from Rene Clement for Georges Lautner, from Melville to Philippe de Broca.
In the documentary "Belmondo, itinéraire" actors and directors talk about Belmondo with undisguised affection. Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Rochefort, Claude Lelouch, Vanessa Paradis, Jean Dujardin, Vincent Cassel - is only a small part of the stars of French cinema, which remembered about their work with Jean-Paul and the impact of his paintings on their creativity. Belmondo never agreed to become the hero of the movie, talking about his creative path, so that the film of Jeff Domenech was the first project of such kind.
"Belmondo, itinéraire" featured in the Festival Hall on Tuesday evening, along came one of the French television channels.
In 2001, Belmondo suffered a stroke, which resulted in the right half of his body was paralyzed. Nevertheless, he appeared at Cannes and a storm of applause went up on stage hall "Debussy", where he was awarded a "Golden Palm". The actor looks good, although could not walk without a cane and the help of his girlfriend, Former model Barbara Gandolfi. After completing ninety minute movie hall standing ovation rewarded the hero for the day for ten minutes.