franceinfo readers pay tribute to the “most handsome man in cinema”, who left to “join his friend Belmondo”

A “great actor”, “unforgettable”, doubled with a “strong personality”. Readers of franceinfo wanted to pay tribute to Alain Delon, who died on Sunday at the age of 88 and whose funeral will take place on Saturday, August 24, in Douchy (Loiret). The actor with the angelic face touched several generations of film buffs, for his iconoclastic roles but also for his strong character.

Some, like Betzie, still remember youthful emotions provoked by “the wild beast” : “It was a time when TV was black and whiteshe wrote. No way I’m missing the Sunday night movie. They’ve had Rocco and his brothers. The little girl that I was was captivated by this film.” The icon of The Swimming Pool Jacques Deray and his piercing blue eyes have melted many of our readers. “CThe film sums up what he was: a being of fascinating beauty and incredible charisma, who could betray and then seduce again.”writes Tinifenua, who is moved by the disappearance of the ““Marlon Brando of French cinema”. Under the spell of the most seductive of actors, Myriam-Esther even believes that “The most handsome man in cinema has left us”.

With uborn exceptional filmography of more than 80 films, the sacred monster of cinema obviously leaves a fond memory to film buffs. Bib’ recounts having gone to have The Passage by René Manzor, released in 1986, with his 6-year-old son. “When I left, he said to me:I didn’t understand anything, Mom, but it was very beautiful.’ Indeed, it was very beautiful and special.”she writes. Alien78 retains, himself, The Samurai And The Red Circle, two films “from the great Jean-Pierre Melville”. Ravo loves Mr. Klein by Joseph Losey. It is impossible for Mimi to choose just one film of hers. “idol” : “I admired his beauty, loved the actor in The Leopard, Rocco and his brothers, Full sun…”. Alain Delon’s career is even proof that “the o“You can be a great actor without going to film school.”estimates pa2psedo, while the “sacred monster” became an actor by chance.

Proof that the man touched all audiences, some cite less iconic works. “I will remember his films like SOS Concorde or his role as Caesar in Asterix and Obelix at the Olympic Games“says Merlin2Metz. Cycloecolo also retains “his character in Les Guignols de l’info, speaking in the third person, a parody repeated when he played Julius Caesar in an Asterix film”. The charm of the legend of French cinema worked well beyond the borders of France. Miha41 recounts that in “ex-Yugoslavia, between 1970 and 1985, many boys were named Alen in homage to Alain Delon”.

Alain Delon’s personality also left its mark on franceinfo readers, who did not fail to criticize the man, while paying tribute to the actor. He was a “a sacred monster who knew his high value and who was angry that the world dared to change, a sort of old handsome Alceste”has fun Mrs._Prof_HG. He was “u“A great actor, but a man full of himself”retains Aveyron12. Delon’s media personality will not have left any French person neutral or indifferent.

But those who have encountered him describe a completely different being. “EAs I entered a restaurant in Paris, near the Invalides, I saw himsays Mimi. I smiled at him, he smiled at me, but I didn’t have the courage to ask him for the autograph I was dreaming of!” Mondenouveau had the chance to speak to him. “My friend had introduced him to me at the theater and at a dinnerhe says. I found him very nostalgic for the passing of time that had taken away his friends, and during the meal, he was gentle, generous, human and exciting.”

Alain Delon will remain “irreplaceable” for many of our readers. Ardillouze is convinced of this: “There are few or no icons like him left. The new generation will never be able to match him.” “He will join his friend Belmondo, but it is a great loss for France”he concludes. What to do now that the actor is gone? “I will watch all his films again”promises Myriam-EstherRapid, whose parents live near Douchy in the Loiret region, where the actor’s residence is located, promises to go “s‘collect it as soon as possible’. Like hundreds of other fans before him.