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5 unusual facts about Paul Belmondo


Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

The competition featured prominently in the French film L'as des as (1982), whose main character, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo, was the fictitious coach of the French boxing team.

Jean-Pierre Marielle

He initially wanted to study literature but one of his teachers encouraged him to become an actor instead, so that he joined the Conservatoire National where became close friends with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Rochefort and from where he left with the comedy second prize in 1954.

Le Magnifique

Le Magnifique (literally The Magnificent) is a French movie released in 1973, starring Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Paul Belmondo.

Paul Belmondo

Around 1981, Paul gained publicity for becoming the lover of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.

Théâtre des Nouveautés

2009: Un oreiller … ou trois? ("One pillow … or three?") by Ray Cooney and Gene Stone, originally Why not stay for breakfast? adapted and translated by Stewart Vaughan and Jean-Claude Islert, starring Delphine Depardieu and Paul Belmondo


Art Film Fest

The premiere award's holder became Franco Nero, and to date numerous other internationally acclaimed artists (such as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Catherine Deneuve, Liv Ullmann, Omar Sharif, Geraldine Chaplin, Gina Lollobrigida, Ornella Muti) were honored during the next fifteen years of the film festival.

Cathy Guetta

She also appeared alongside Romain Duris and Jean-Paul Belmondo in Peut-être and in 2002, as Fred in 3 zéros, a film by Fabien Onteniente.

Gang des Tractions Avant

The Gang des Tractions Avant gave rise to the writings of Alphonse Boudard, Roger Borniche, the films of Jean-Luc Godard (in which the character was played by Jean-Paul Belmondo), of Jacques Deray (Le Gang with Alain Delon) and Claude Lelouch (Le Bon et les méchants with Jacques Dutronc), a TV series by Josée Dayan and a board game by Serge Laget and Alain Munoz.

Je t'aime John Wayne

Je t'aime John Wayne (2000) is a ten minute short film parody directed by Toby MacDonald about a young man in London obsessed with imitating Jean-Paul Belmondo in the film Breathless, who in turn was pretending to be Humphrey Bogart.

L'Alpagueur

L'Alpagueur is a film adaptation of the original scenario from Philippe Labro directed by him and featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo in the title role and Bruno Cremer as L'Epervier.

The Burglars

Le Casse (US title: The Burglars) is a 1971 movie directed by French director Henri Verneuil, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif and Robert Hossein.

Venturi Automobiles

Venturi has also won fame through its brilliant performances in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, particularly in 1993 with Christophe Dechavanne and Jacques Laffite on Venturi Jaccadi team, and in 1995 with Paul Belmondo racing on the 600 SLM.


see also

A Man and His Dog

A Man and His Dog (Un Homme et Son Chien) is a 2009 French film directed by French director Francis Huster, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, based on the 1952 film Umberto D. directed by Vittorio De Sica, and written by Cesare Zavattini.