On September 6, 2021, Jean-Paul Belmondo made his last breath at the age of 88. Behind him, he left a very united and blended family. The actor also had a special relationship with his daughter-in-law, Luana Belmondo, the wife of Paul Belmondo. While she is filming in Cannes filming a show called Dolce Vita Rivierathe culinary columnist gave an interview to Nice morning, this Sunday, February 18. This city is first a particular destination for this former model, because she was there all his vacations “as a family with [son] father-in-law, Jean-Paul Belmondo”. She continues to go there every summer.
During the interview, she also rememberedone moment “moving” that she had the privilege of living alongside the actor. “I had the chance to climb the steps of the Palace with him when the Festival presented him with a palm of honorshe began. It was a very moving moment and when the red carpet photographers all put down their cameras to applaud him, I shed a little tear”. Before continuing: “He remained very dignifiedas always, and paid tribute to his audience”. A moment she is unlikely to forget.
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Luana Belmondo is not not the only one to keep memories on Jean-Paul Belmondo. Paul, the actor’s son, also spoke about the relationship he had with his father and about all the fears that his profession as an actor could generate in an interview given to Var-Matin in November 2023. Jean-Paul Belmondo had gotten into the habit of training at home for his stunts. “It was part of everyday life with him. We used to see him hanging from the stairs, from a balcony, but we had confidence, we knew he was capable of doing it”, he confided. His father had also “transmitted the taste for sport, competition, cars, risk”, taking him “very young at the Monaco Grand Prix”.
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