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Death of Alain Delon: when the actor approached the end of his life
Death of Alain Delon: when the actor approached the end of his life
(France 2)
“More than an end of career, it is above all an end of life”. The sacred monster of cinema had often mentioned the subject. What did he wish for “his” after?
If Alain Delon knew how to die with style on the big screen, he also thought about it in private. “He was not afraid of death, I would even say he defied it”confides Géraldine Danon, actress, director and goddaughter of the actor, who died on August 18 at the age of 88.
“I wish to die without realizing it, it is a form of cowardice“, commented the hero of the film Full Sun in November 1980, on the set of “Les Nouveaux rendez-vous” by Eve Ruggieri. Another point of view, in 1986, Alain Delon dedicated an entire film to the subject, the direction of which he entrusted to René Manzor. In The Passagehe signs a pact with the Grim Reaper to save his son’s life.
Still lucid about death, five years ago, upon receiving the Honorary Palme d’honneur for his entire career, the legend of French cinema declared: “For me, more than the end of a career, it is above all the end of a life.”
