The world of the seventh art is in mourning today Tuesday September 13 with the death of Jean-Luc Godard. Born on December 3, 1930 in Paris, he took with him more than a hundred films in nearly sixty years of career. The director resorted to assisted suicide, his family’s adviser confirmed to Agence France-Presse. “Mr. Godard had recourse to legal assistance in Switzerland for a voluntary departure following “multiple disabling pathologies” according to the terms of the medical report”explained Patrick Jeanneret, confirming information from our colleagues at Liberation.
Since the announcement of his death, tributes have multiplied. “It was like an appearance for French cinema. Then he became a master. Jean-Luc Godard, the most iconoclastic filmmaker of the New Wave, had invented a resolutely modern, intensely free art. We are losing a national treasure, a look of genius“, wrote Emmanuel Macron from his Twitter account. “Jean-Luc Godard burned through all the codes of cinema, sweeping the world with a wave of audacity, freedom and irreverence. He leaves us “a picture book” with an unforgettable imprint.“, for her part expressed the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak.
Main actress of the film “Le Contempt” (1963), and muse of Jean-Luc Godard in the 1960s, Brigitte Bardot also wanted to pay a vibrant tribute to the deceased cinema genius via a final message from her Twitter account “And Godard created Contempt and it was out of breath that he joined the firmament of the last great star creators“, wrote the French star in caption of a photo of her and the director on the set of the film they shot together. “superb woman brigitte bardot a very great actress! and held his film role with super bb love at the top”, “Contempt is his best film”, “Magnificent tribute from you. It’s very sad“, commented the internet users.
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