French Theatrical Admissions Fall 41% as COVID ‘Health Bill’ Comes Into Force

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIf Jean-Paul Belmondo had gotten his way, he would have been a stage actor. He applied to the Conservatoire de Paris three times before the illustrious drama school accepted him and spent the 1950s trying to launch a theater career.Lucky for world cinema, Belmondo had greater success on screen, thanks to his role in 1960’s “Breathless,” the movie that launched the French New Wave — and instantly rendered everything Hollywood had been doing old-fashioned.

Breathless, played a key part in developing French arthouse cinema.His death was confirmed today (September 6) by the office of Godest, while no cause of death was disclosed according to the Los Angeles Times.“All of France is sad, I am sad,” Godest said in a statement on BFMTV.“It was wonderful but also terrible because I saw in him the man, a friend that so many people wish they had had and at the same time there was a monster inside him, a terrible character,” he added.French president

Jack Palance and Mick Jagger, with fleshy lips and a broken nose (the legacy of a playground punch-up in youth).

the art houses led to criticism that he had wasted his undisputed talent – something he always denied.

Jean-Paul Belmondo, a legendary French actor who is known for his work in various genres of films, passed away in his Paris home at the age of 88 on Sept. 6, his lawyer, Michel Godest, confirmed to AFB News. “He had been very tired for some time. He died peacefully,” Godest told the outlet. No cause of death was given but the news hit hard for fans of the star, who appeared in more than 80 films throughout his successful career.

according to New York Times, though the cause was unreported.Like many of Hollywood’s leading men of the day, Belmondo embodied an unsentimental masculinity in his characters, such as the cavalier airman in “That Man from Rio” (“L’Homme de Rio”), who sets out to rescue his kidnapped fiancée — a role for which critics praised that Belmondo “outdid Douglas Fairbanks in agility, Harold Lloyd in cliffhanging, and James Bond in indestructibility.”Comparing the actor to James Dean, The Times’ critic

Guy Lodge Film Critic“Happening” does not extravagantly announce itself as a period piece, though gradually you figure it out. The young women on whom it’s focused speak in a way that sounds more or less contemporary, if you’re not thinking too hard about it.

Jean-Paul Belmondo has sadly died at the age of 88.

lawyer confirmed to the news agency AFP on Monday. He was 88.A cause of death has not been made public.

Jean-Paul Belmondo, one of the most iconic French actors of the 20th Century and a leading face of the French New Wave, has died at the age of 88.

A Tribe Called Quest rapper that also features Redman and Illa J.‘French Kiss Trois’ follows on from Phife’s ‘French Kiss Deux’, which was released earlier this year and also featured Illa J.

Jessica Chastain and Dawn French have led tributes to Richard E Grant’s wife, vocal coach Joan Washington, who has died. In a tweet shared on Friday (3 September), the Withnail and I star wrote that Washington had died the previous night, with no cause of death given.

Ben Croll Thanks in part to his work with auteurs Benoit Jacquot, Claire Denis and Stéphane Brizé, Vincent Lindon had long become something of a festival-world habitué, a sturdy and reliable fixture on the international circuit.

Ben Croll The French box office, hampered by an increasingly rigorous series of COVID health protocols, took a plunge in recent months, resulting in week-to-week falls of up to 41%.

Elton John’s style is rubbing off on his kids!

Elton John is showing off his fashionable family. On Monday, the singer Instagrammed a rare family photo with his husband, David Furnish, and their two sons — 10-year-old Zachary and 8-year-old Elijah — in Nice, France, all wearing matching Versace robes.In the photo, Elton wears a teal robe with his name emblazoned on the back while David dons a red one.

Dawn French keeps a fairly private life, but on Thursday she delighted her fans when she shared an incredibly rare picture of her daughter Billie from her childhood, to mark her 30th birthday.MORE: Dawn French's house with husband Mark could be a palaceDawn and ex-husband Lenny Henry adopted Billie when she was just two weeks old.WATCH: Dawn French reveals how her husband proposedIn the sweet picture, which was taken when Billie was just a baby, Dawn and her daughter had their heads close