In fifty years of career, Jean-Paul Belmondo had all the successes in the cinema. With 77 films listed, the sacred monster of French cinema, who left us in September 2021 at the age of 88, has accumulated more than 159 million admissions at the box office. He is the 7th French actor, ahead of Michel Serrault, Christian Clavier, Alain Delon, Jean Marais and Philippe Noiret, but remains very far behind the unbeatable Louis de Funès, who, with 119 films listed, brought together 316 million spectators around the world. Followed by Gérard Depardieu (227 million entries), Michel Galabru (222 million entries), Bourvil (205 million entries), Fernandel (202 million entries) and Jean Gabin (174 million entries). A crazy success, which the city of Nice has decided to celebrate, which this Saturday, November 25, 2023 is inaugurating a departmental arthouse cinema in the name of the illustrious French actor.
His only son, Paul Belmondois present among the guests, and gave an interview to our colleagues from Var-Matinin which he spoke about the relationship he built with his father, and the scares he gave him because of his numerous stunts during filming, which were always carried out without special effects, and which been very dangerous:It was part of everyday life with him. We used to see him hanging on the stairson a balcony but we had confidence, we knew he was capable of doing it” explained the husband of the cook Luana Belmondo.
He is a seasoned professional pilot
A crazy risk that Jean-Paul Belmondo was able to pass on to his only son, who is proud today to share the passions that his father passed on to him: “My father passed on to me a taste for sport, for competition, for cars, for risk. But there was also the fact that he took me to the Monaco Grand Prix at a very young age, and that made me dream.” Paul Belmondo actually became a professional racing driver, and won numerous automobile awards, while participating in around ten Paris-Dakar and 24h of Le Mans. As a reminder, Paul is the third of four children that Jean-Paul Belmondo had: the eldest, Patricia, died at age 40 in 1993 in the fire of his Parisian apartment; Florence, 63 years oldgave his father three grandchildren; Paul, 60 years oldalso has three children, including actor Victor Belmondo ; Stella, 20, whom he had at the age of 70 with Natty Tardivel.