Jean-Louis Trintignant: what were his last wishes?

Discreet, Jean-Louis Trintignant had always been. His last months, the nonagenarian actor had chosen to spend them in the privacy of his house in the Gard alongside his former companion, Nadine. A retirement during which he fought against prostate cancer, diabetes but also difficulties to move. Even diminished, Jean-Louis Trintignant had nevertheless agreed to honor the Cesar ceremony with his presence last year. This Friday, June 17, we learned from AFP of his disappearance at the venerable age of 91 years.

” He died peacefully, of old age, this morning, at his home, in the Gard, surrounded by his loved ones. “, can we read in the press release from the family of Jean-Louis Trintignant. His wife, Mariane Hoepfner even specifies the actor’s last wishes. ” In accordance with his wishes, the funeral will take place in private. In the absence of a state funeral or ceremony with great pomp, tributes are multiplying. ” After Belmondo, another brother who leaves and I’m upset “, confided Alain Delon with whom Trintignant had played in Cop Story (1975). ” Elegance, safety, simplicity, the most recognizable and beautiful voice of all “, summarized on Twitter the former president of the Cannes Film Festival, Gilles Jacob.

Tribute to Jean-Louis Trintignant, a rare man

On BFMTV, director Nadine Trintignant paid tribute to her former companion Jean-Louis in moving terms. A “rare” man and “confusing common sense”. ” A great actor ” who ” worked all his life with his tape recorder in hand, saying poems and [durant] the last four years he has upset everyone by saying wonderful poems in a wonderful way “. At the microphone of RTL, the filmmaker Claude Lelouch abounds without his sense, praising in particular ” the most beautiful voice we have heard in the theater and in the cinema “. “ He gave us his scars. He was a remarkable man. A rare talent who will shine forever in the firmament of French cinema.