Louise Bernard, with Alexis Patri
Died on June 17, actor Jean-Louis Trintignant was buried on Wednesday. In its edition published Thursday tribute to this great name of French cinema, “Paris Match” collects the confidences of his ex-wife and great love of his life, the director Nadine Trintignant. The couple had two children, Vincent and Marie Trintignant.
Paris Match obtains the secrets of Nadine Trintignant. The French director, screenwriter and writer talks about her relationship with Jean-Louis Trintignant. The French actor, director and racing driver died on June 17. The day after his funeral, Paris Match publishes a new issue that pays tribute to him. The magazine visited his ex-wife (Jean-Louis and Nadine Trintignant shared their life for 16 years and had two children together, Vincent and Marie) two days after his death.
“When one of us dies, the other will lose the witness of his youth”
In this issue of the magazine (which belongs like Europe 1 to the Lagardère group) Nadine Trintignant confides in the shock of the death of Jean-Louis Trintignant, whom she regularly visited. Nadine Trintignant evokes “his intelligence and his depth” which he kept until the end and their last conversation. The actor then told him “When one of us dies, the other will lose the witness of his youth.”
Nadine Trintignant also talks about Jean-Louis Trintignant’s love for cinema, the way he chose his films and why he didn’t want to shoot with his family. She also immerses herself in their love story. “With Jean-Louis, we stopped being in love, these are things that happen. But we did not stop loving each other”, she confides to Paris Match.