“He is one of those actors who give us their scars,” says Claude Lelouch

“It’s a big part of my life” that I lose, reacted on franceinfo Claude Lelouch, after the death Friday June 17 of Jean-Louis Trintignant at 91 years old. “We had the chance to make seven films together. He was the first actor to say yes to me and thanks to that magical yes everything else happened. He’s someone who played an important role and I’m going to have a lot of trouble getting used to him when he leaves. At this moment, all the friends are leaving”adds Claude Lelouch.

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For A man and a womanit was Jean-Louis Trintignant who chose Claude Lelouch and not the other way around. “I had made a film called A girl and guns which was not very successful, but he was one of the few viewers who liked this filmsays the director. Leaving the room, he came to tell me that he really liked it and that if one day I had an idea for him, he would say yes right away. A week later, I suggested that he shoot A man and a woman that I was beginning to write.” This will mark the beginning of their collaboration.

“Jean-Louis Trintignant was a wonderful cinema dad.”

Claude Lelouch, director

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Beyond Jean-Louis Trintignant’s acting, Claude Lelouch remembers “his exceptional voice. Of all the voices I’ve heard it was by far, far the most beautiful, the one that was in the truth. He was always in the nuances and the nuances we listen to them.” The voice of Jean-Louis Trintignant was “a real musical instrument, we listened to the melody without even listening to the words.”

Jean-Louis Trintignant saw “Rather black things and that’s why we got on well because I’m in the positive. We were very complementary”explains Claude Lelouch. I spent my life cheering him up. But it must be said that life was very hard with him. He is one of those actors who give us the gift of their scars.”