The announcement, Monday, September 6, of the death of Jean-Paul Belmondo immediately seized social networks. The readers of Release paid tribute to the actor, on the newspaper’s Instagram account. Challenged by the photo of “Bébel” on the set of fear over the city (1975), Account Followers @Liberationfr expressed their sadness and recounted, in a few words, their memories.
The evocation of Belmondo immediately sends Internet users back to childhood. “It’s the Sunday night movie when we were kids”, wrote @madamenrevanche. An almost identical memory comes back to @magali1061: “Belmondo for me is movies watched with the family.” The Instagram story of Liberated, accompanied by music from the film the professional, revives some images from the past at @gerriwhite: “This music ! A whole part of my childhood!”
On Facebook, Christine Cornet remembers everything that made the legend of the actor: “The stunts, the smile, the quickdraw, the dialogues of Audiard, and the happiness of going to the movies to see Bébel.” Stéphane Sauty continues: “The cinema of my youth is leaving. A time when French cinema did not take itself seriously. Remembering his appearance in front of Godard’s camera, a revolution in acting, relaxation and elegance. An elegant actor who gave the impression of always having fun.
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Obviously, the charism of Jean-Paul Belmondo is mentioned in most of the messages sent to Freed : @2102caropouille just comment “the falls”, @kameliasonia evokes “his incomparable charisma and cheeky cheeks”, when @ma.sycorax keeps in mind “its joyful insolence and freshness”. Some Internet users even have a more intimate testimony to bring: in front of Belmondo’s films, @zoe.vern1 fell in love with the actor. She writes : “Belmondo, my first love, my cinema culture.”
On the newspaper’s Facebook page, we asked you what are your favorite films in this immense career. “The Professional”, “a Monkey in Winter”, “Pierrot le fou”, “Route of a spoiled child”, “As of aces” are the names that come up most often.
At the end of the day, the publication of the front page of Liberated, with a sober black and white photo of the actor with a cigarette in his mouth, triggers new comments. A tweet in Spanish sums up a sentiment read several times on social networks: «Belmondo left and with him a part of my life and that of so many moviegoers.» Understand: “Belmondo is gone, and with him a part of my life, and that of so many moviegoers.”
