Nadine Trintignant was the guest of Time for the Pros on CNews, Nov. 24. On the set, the ex-wife of Jean-Louis Trintignant came to promote his book, Is it for life or for a while? (Editions Books) in which she recounts her love story with her first husband, father of the late Marie Trintignant. The octogenarian took the opportunity to discuss the worrying state of health of the actor and director. “He’s not doing well, I’m telling you the truth”, she launched to Pascal Praud.
Before explaining a little more on the subject. “He has, you know, this sugar disease, diabetes. He didn’t want to go on a diet. He said, ‘I’m not changing a thing in my life’ and being very honest, now he says, ‘ I wanted it, it’s a choice I made ‘”. According to Nadine Trintignant, the 90-year-old actor, who was tested by prostate cancer revealed in 2017, sees less and less well and finds it difficult to move around. “He’s losing his sight, he can no longer walk well. He’s not doing well, no he is bad “, she hammered, about the one we saw in Claude Lelouch’s film, A man and a woman.
As recalled Paris Match in its issue published on November 10, Nadine and Jean-Louis Trintignant – who had three children including two daughters, Pauline died at only 9 months old and Marie Trintignant, who died in 2003 under the blows of Bertrand Cantat – remained very close, despite their separation dating from the late 1970s.
The 87-year-old director continues to visit the actor. “Recently, she went to Collias to see Jean-Louis. He is no longer in good shape. Diabetic, he gradually loses his sight. The disunited lovers, great-grandparents, talked for four hours about everything, old quarrels“, can we read in the pages of the magazine.