This Friday, June 17, Jean-Louis Trintignant died at the age of 91. A true monster of French cinema, the actor has also turned the heads of some of his on-screen partners. And in particular that of Romy Schneider, with whom he had an affair on the set of the film The Train.
A love story between two legendary actors. Twelve years after their meeting on the set of Fight on the island by Alain Cavalier in 1961, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Romy Schneider reunited for the purposes of the film The train, released in 1973. In this feature film, Trintignant plays Julien, a man who decides to flee his town in the Ardennes with Monique, his pregnant wife, and their daughter when the German offensive has begun. But on the train that takes them away from the conflicts, Julien finds himself separated from his family and has to settle in a cattle car in which he notices Anna, a young German Jewish woman on the run, played by Roy Schneider. Over the course of the trip, they will gradually get to know each other, and end up falling in love with each other. A romance on screen, which also carried over behind the scenes.
Indeed, for three months, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Romy Schneider experienced a strong love story. In an interview with France Sunday, journalist and author Sarah Briand told the details of this idyll. “On the occasion of a scene, she absolutely wants to play bare chest. The director opposes it. He manages to persuade her with an argument: one of her breasts seems lower than the other depending on how he films her. she said, adding that the entire film crew was aware of their affair, although both tried to remain as discreet as possible: “She only thinks about this intense passion that haunts her and the moments that follow when the director says ‘Cut!‘”.
The confidences of Nadine Trintignant on the affair of her husband with Romy Schneider
Yet Jean-Louis Trintignant, who was married to Nadine Marquand always refused to leave his family for Romy Schneider. The ex-wife of the actor had also confided in the infidelities of Jean-Louis Trintignant, during an interview granted in the program C to you in November 2021. “I had had a start of history with Alain Corneau, whom I married later, and I did not see him afterwards, for almost a year”, she had first told, before adding: “First, I really liked Romy. She was truly a very beautiful, intelligent, charming woman. And I told him (to Jean-Louis Trintignant, editor’s note) : ‘She, she might manage to make you happy‘”. The actor had finally decided to stay with his wife and their three children.
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
In this feature film, Trintignant plays Julien, a man who decides to flee his town in the Ardennes with Monique, his pregnant wife, and their daughter when the German offensive has begun.
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
But on the train that takes them away from the conflicts, Julien finds himself separated from his family and has to settle in a cattle car in which he notices Anna, a young German Jewish woman on the run, played by Roy Schneider.
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Romy Schneider
Over the course of the trip, they will gradually get to know each other, and end up falling in love with each other. A romance on screen, which also carried over behind the scenes.
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Indeed, for three months, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Romy Schneider lived an intense love story.
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Romy Schneider
In an interview with France Sunday, journalist and author Sarah Briand told the details of this idyll.
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Jean-Louis Trintignant and Romy Schneider
“During a scene, she absolutely wants to play with her chest bare. The director objects to this. He manages to persuade her with an argument: one of her breasts seems lower than the other depending on the way of which he films it”, had indicated the journalist
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Jean-Louis Trintignant and Romy Schneider
Sarah Briand added that the entire film crew was aware of their affair, although both tried to remain as discreet as possible
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“She only thinks about this intense passion that haunts her and the moments that follow when the director says ‘Cut!'”, continued the journalist
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Romy Schneider
Yet Jean-Louis Trintignant, who was married to Nadine Marquand has always refused to leave his family for Romy Schneider.
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Nadine Trintignant had also confided in the infidelities of Jean-Louis Trintignant, during an interview granted in the program C to you in November 2021.