French film legend Jean-Louis Trintinian has died at the age of 91.
The international veteran superstar died at his home in the Gare district of southern France on Friday. His wife Marian confirmed his death to Agence France-Presse.
He is perhaps best known for his work in art house cinema, including “Man and Woman”, “My Night at Maud”, “The Conformist”, “Three Colors: Red” and “Cupid”.
His 60-year career has resulted in more than 130 screen credits and at least 50 stage roles ranging from Shakespeare to French comedy.
In 1969, Trintinian was awarded the Cannes Award for Best Actor for a political thriller “Z”, directed by the famous Greek director Costa Gavras.
Most recently, in 2013, he won the French César Award for Michael Haneke’s Amour, which won an Oscar the same year for Best Foreign Language Film.
During his 60-year career, the French actor won the Best Actor Award at Cannes and the César Award and starred in other Oscar-winning films. With the kind assistance of the Everett Collection, Jean-Louis Trintignant co-starred with French actress Anouc Emme in Man and Woman, and again, 53 years later, for the epilogue to The Best Years of Life. Courtesy of Everett Collection
Trintignant gained international fame in 1966, playing a racing car driver in love with the French bomb Anouc Emme in Claude Lelouch’s Man and Woman. He also won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and Foreign Language Film.
In 2017, the actor announced that he had finished the film business, but returned from retirement for his last role in “The Best Years of Life” – rejoining Aimée 53 years later for the epilogue of the classic romantic of Lelouch drama.
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