Jean paul belmondo biography photos

He will be remembered not only as a screen legend, but also as an icon of style, and one of the coolest men of all-time. It was Jean-Luc Godard's bullet-riddled crime drama Breathless that shot the former amateur boxer to international stardom; an early and influential entry into French New Wave cinema, his character Michel remains a blueprint for insouciant sartorial elegance.

It's widely thought that Belmondo chose the carefree, raffish wardrobe himself: the stubby ties, the slightly ill-fitting soft-shouldered suits and fedoras. Then came a return to the theatre and roles behind the camera.

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Here, we take a look back at the life of an icon. Choosing ties in , the year that 'Breathless' became an international hit. Rolling the years back to his boxing days while filming Ace of Aces in What Happened to Irving on 'Severance'? Inside the Linder Sterling Retrospective. Relaxing at Cannes film festival in On location filming The Brain in in Paris, France.