Five days after the death of Jean-Jacques Beineix, the location and date of the director’s funeral have been announced. He passed away at the age of 75 following a long illness.
The world of cinema has lost one of its leading directors. On January 13, Jean-Jacques Beineix died at the age of 75 following a long illness, as confirmed by his family the next day. The director and writer enjoyed great success in the 1980s, thanks in particular to his film 37°2 le matin which revealed Béatrice Dalle and Jean-Hugues Anglade. In an announcement, his family announced the date and the symbolic place of his funeral. They will take place this Thursday, January 20 from 10:30 a.m. in the Saint-Roch church, in the first arrondissement of Paris. This is the Parisian parish of artists, seat of the Chaplaincy of performing artists.
This is where the funerals of Patrick Dupond, Annie Girardot, Michael Lonsdale or Stéphane Audran took place. Writer, dialogue writer, screenwriter and producer, Jean-Jacques Beineix was successful with the general public in 1980, with her first feature film, Diva. After having been assistant to Jean Becker, Claude Berri and Claude Zidi, he continued with The Moon in the Gutter then 37°2 in the morning, considered his masterpiece. After IP5, the latest film by Yves Montand and Mortel Transfert, Jean-Jacques Beineix turned to making documentaries and then theater. He notably directed the play entitled Kiki de Montparnasse in 2015, at the Lucernaire in Paris. In 2020, he had published his first novel. Named Toboggan.
Death of Jean-Jacques Beineix: the many tributes
After the announcement of his death, the tributes followed one another. “Zorg and Betty are orphans… One of the most beautiful pages of my life has just turned… I love you”, wrote Béatrice Dalle. Marc-Olivier Fogiel reacted: “So many memories with Jean-Jacques Beineix His analysis of the arrival of LOFT on the set of ONPP! His story of the filming of 37.2 with my Beatrice. Farewell Jean-Jacques”. “An assertive character, a certain talent, cult films (Diva, 37.2 in the morning, The moon in the gutter) failures sometimes, documentaries too, and always a notch, a style, a method, the grandiose assurance of stubborn, in short someone. Jean-Jacques Beineix was 75 years old”, wrote Gilles Jacob on his Twitter account. Many will honor his memory one last time.
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