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“I hate these people. Everything is fake, everything is fake. Respect no longer exists, no one keeps their promises. Only money matters. Every day, from morning to evening, we only hear about crimes. I know that I will leave this world without regrets,” says the actor.

Delon talks a little about failures in his personal life, about difficult relationships with his family. About the women he loved and about the friends who are no longer alive. According to him, special meaning in the life of an actor have dogs. About fifty of his four-legged friends are buried in his garden in the suburbs of Paris, and it is with them that he wants to be buried himself.

When asked about the place of women in his life today, Delon replies that he has not yet found “the one”. “I would not say that I do not have enough candidates. I have about a dozen of them, but not one is suitable for living the rest of my life with her. (…) I could marry a woman only if she was ready to accompany me until the end of my days,” explains Delon.

The actor's career is far from over: in an interview, he talks about the latest, which is filmed by Patrice Leconte, and in which the main roles are played by Alain Delon and Juliette Binoche. However, filming keeps getting delayed. Delon also says that he would like to return to the theater stage.

The last film in which Alain Delon played the role of Caesar, "Asterix and Olympic Games"was released in 2008. In the theater he last time played in 2013 with his daughter Anushka Delon, playing the role of her father on stage.

“I am an artist, but not an actor, I did not graduate from the acting academy,” recalls Delon, speaking about his profession. “I didn't do anything for it. I left school at 14 and then joined the army. I'm one of those artists that was Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura or Burt Lancaster - strong personalities who were filmed. And I can say, without undue modesty, that I succeeded in this profession.

“I never dreamed of such a career, it turned out by itself,” says Alain Delon, “I was not born to become Alain Delon. I should have died a long time ago. But it's called fate.

“Thanks to Alain Delon for the candid interview for the special edition of Paris Match,” Valerie Trierweiler tweeted. Valerie Trierweiler‏Compte certifié @Valtrier

Lost childhood, beauty and women, popularity and fatherhood, money, politics, religion and death... Alain Delon talks about everything in an interview with Valerie Trierweiler.

Pari Match: Everyone knows or thinks they know Alain Delon. But does your image match who you really are?

Alain Delon: Yes, definitely. He fits and always fits who I am. I never tried to change, to become someone else. I am in agreement with myself. Always been himself. Didn't try to play any role. I never pretend and say what's on my mind, even if someone might not like it. I could not even imagine that I would have such a fate, that I would become what I became. I returned from the war, cinema came to me through women, but I was already what I remain to this day. Also, don't you think this look is a bit aged?

- Do you think you owe everything to the beauty that shone all your life? At what point did you realize that you have this power?

Beauty has always been with me. Everyone kept talking to me about her. Women and not only them. When I was offered to act in films, I thought: “Why me?” In response, they told me about this beauty. She was constantly mentioned. Still mother in childhood. People on the streets stopped to say, "What a handsome son you have!" But she couldn't stand it when they touched me. When we walked with her in the park, she hung a sign on my stroller with the inscription: “Look, but do not touch!” Then the girls looked at me. But if I understood that this is power, a weapon, I would not start life as a butcher. Ultimately, everything was done not by me, but by women. I'm with early years was crazy about women, especially those who were five to ten years older than me. When I returned from the army, I began to live in Pigalle. Some time later, a few girls were earning my living. They were crazy about me because, as it turned out, I was beautiful. She gave me the opportunity to do films. If I hadn't become an actor, I would have died by now.

- Did the cinema allow you to take revenge on life?

No, because it was destiny. Be that as it may, I am grateful to my mother, because it was she who gave me this appearance, and everything happened thanks to her. I got everything thanks to beauty. So I say, "Thank you mom." I am very similar to her, she was great. I owe her at least this.

What woman played the first role in your life?

Brigitte Aubert was the first to enter my life. In addition, she was the first to convince me to go into cinema. She wanted to take me with her. Brigitte told me: “Be yourself, speak as you speak, move as you move.” In fact, I never played, but lived. And I immediately knew that I would fall in love with this profession. Then Edwige Fejer took me under her wing. My career took off even though I didn't feel like I had anything to do with it.

Let's go back to your childhood. Desproges said: "I was not lucky that I did not have an unhappy childhood." Did your difficult childhood harden you?

“I definitely had an unhappy childhood. This period was like a preparation for life. How to understand that your parents are getting rid of you when you are only four years old? They got divorced and started building new life, and I ended up in a foster family, like an orphan. I never saw my parents together. Father on one side, mother on the other. Everyone is on their own shore, and I am like an island between them. One. Of course, I was not alone, because I ended up in a foster family with wonderful people whom I loved very much and to whom I owe a lot. They were my favorite people, they taught me respect. I experienced breakup, rejection and loneliness very early. I realized that I could leave all this behind only by running away, and at the age of 17 I ended up in the war in Indochina. Most were 21 at the time, but my parents signed the release without hesitation, as if they wanted to get rid of me again. For this I am angry with them. You can't send a 17-year-old guy to war... 17 years old... I was only 17!

Did you see them at that time? Did they come to you?

“Mom came sometimes. Father never. They had a different life and different children. I was not a priority for them. I was 4 years old, but they abandoned me. I only have stepbrothers and sisters. We remained close ties with Paul-Edith, my mother's daughter. We sometimes saw stepbrothers, but I wouldn't call it a family.

Have you ever talked to your parents about why they left you?

- No never. My parents didn't give me gifts. Since they knew everything, why talk about it? When my mother died, I was almost 70 years old. I never had the desire to stir up the past. Why is this needed? I really missed her in my younger years, much more than my father. Both of them became closer to me after I became famous. They were proud to be the parents of Alain Delon. Suddenly they remembered that they had a son. Mother began to call herself Madame Delon, although her last name was Boulogne. She became a fan, not a mother. The father was more near at the end of his life. I still have a photograph with him from the filming of Monsieur Klein, in which he looks at me more attentively than a woman in love. He couldn't believe he was my father. Nevertheless, all this cannot return what I did not have in childhood, parental love. There is a void that cannot be filled. Even when I lived with a woman and loved a woman, I still felt lonely. I've always had this feeling. The roots of this constant loneliness, no doubt, go back to childhood. I was only four years old when I realized that you can be abandoned by those you love the most.

“Has no one replaced your father?” For example, Renault Clement?

“Probably to some extent. But he was my teacher first and foremost. He taught me everything, I owe him everything. Between us were almost family bonds. We were close until the very end, until his death in 1996. Despite the closeness, I was always with him on "you". As with Gabin, Melville and all the giants of cinema, for whom I had great respect. They were my mentors.

- Your father was not around, almost completely ... And you yourself, what kind of father did you become?

This question should be asked to my children. Not sure what was for them good father and grandfather. Was I great? I don't think. As for Anushka and Alain-Fabien, by age I could be their grandfather. It's Complicated. In addition, for them I am not only a father, but also Alain Delon. It is not easy to carry such a burden, especially since they themselves are in this profession. Anthony found it especially hard to live with. He had to endure a lot. Glory isolates, alienates from the rest of the world. Including from their own children.

- Did the appearance of your daughter change you as a father?

- Like any father in any family, I was crazy about my daughter, just as mothers do not have a soul in their sons. I was lucky that I had just a royal choice. It's fine. A daughter for a father is just wonderful! As for Alain-Fabien, I cannot dismiss him. He looks so much like me that you can immediately see that he is my son!

Anthony looks like you too. Do you have the feeling that you are missing something?

-— Yes, of course, but it's not my fault. He suffered in his youth. He says that he was not loved by his mother, but was raised by Mireille Dark, and that his father, meanwhile, was indifferent and busy. Something I can understand. But not all. Yes, he had a hard time in his acting career. He couldn't find his place. Anushka and Alain-Fabien had a different story. They are separated by a whole generation, and it has become easier for them to find their place. Anthony also found it very difficult to be the son of Alain Delon. He had to abandon his film career and do other things. And he got mad at me like it was my fault. But what is, is. It is difficult to succeed in this business, no matter who you are.

“Don't discount the fact that you separated from their mothers, Natalie and then Rosalie. Isn't that always painful for a child? You've been through it yourself...

- Yes, when my parents divorced, it caused me a lot of suffering. It was for this reason that I wanted to get married once in my life. When I married Natalie, I really thought that we would live with her until the end of our days, that nothing would separate us. It was my dream. In the end, nothing happened, life changed. Natalie wanted a divorce, but I no longer decided on marriage. There is only one Madame Delon, with whom I have very strong ties. At the beginning of our relationship, I told Mireille that I would never marry her. She accepted it. We broke up because she couldn't have children. I had problems, rather, with my daughter Anushka. When she was little, she really wanted us to marry her mother, Rosalie. I refused because I'm not someone who just changes his mind. Anushka was angry with me because of this. The future showed that I was right, as Rosalie and I parted ways.

- How did your relationship develop with those who claimed that they had sons from you?

No, because there were no other cases. with Ari complicated story because my mom did it. She and her mother lost in court. Sometimes law enforcement go too far. I was just beside myself when I found out that Yves Montand was being pulled out of the coffin to take a DNA sample to establish paternity. I said to my daughter: “How could you do this to Montana? I beg you, don't let this be done to me when I die." I hope this never happens.

What period of your life was the happiest for you?

- Definitely, from 20 to 28 years. I returned unharmed from Indochina, which was a miracle in itself. The army hardened me. It was there that I fell in love with order and discipline, learned to respect the leadership. At that moment, women and cinema opened their arms to me. It was the time of "In the Bright Sun", the rise of a career, meeting with Rene Clement and Romy, my first big love. This period forever left its mark on my memory and blood, made me who I am now. I was happy. This was the beginning of success.

— Were you afraid that one day this success would dry up?

No, I have never had such fear in my life. I never dreamed about this career, everything turned out by itself. Therefore, if everything ended, it would not be a tragedy for me. I was not created to be Alain Delon. I should have died long ago. Apparently, this is fate. There is no luck, there is only fate.

Was working with Luchino Visconti also fate?

- Contrary to popular belief, Visconti appeared after Rene Clement. One followed another. He wanted to invite me to Rocco and His Brothers because he had seen the movie In the Bright Sun. He called my agent and we set up a meeting. Everything was very simple, and he made a proposal. I repeat, I did not ask for anything and did not turn to anyone.

- How did you take the rumors about the connection between him and you?

“There were not so many of them. They came from his German friend. So it was. Then there was the Leopard, we became close, and this German jerk was jealous of the relationship between me and Visconti. He also taught me a lot, I owe him a lot.

- In those days there was something feminine in you, which, apparently, was part of your image ...

- Maybe. Men really told me: “You are beautiful, like a girl!” But then I was still very young, and all this is long over.

- Looking at you, you always gave the impression that you went beyond ... In addition, in your first film "When a Woman Intervenes" by Yves Allegre, you already got the role of a bully ... Were these roles destined for you?

Yes, I have always been either a policeman or a bully! I was asked to play hooligans. At first I didn't want to. I didn't want to play at all.

“Be that as it may, you were more likely to be a bully than a policeman, right?”

— Yes, definitely. I was somewhere on the edge. I did stupid things, went to jail, ended up with a gun in Indochina at the age of 17. Yes, I was a petty hooligan. You know, as a child, I constantly saw the prison. My foster family lived in Fresnes near the prison. I played with the children of the guards. We wondered what was behind the walls. Besides, I still remember the whistle of bullets when Laval was shot in October 1945. I was then nine years old. Such an event leaves its mark on the child. My friends and I made up stories, imagined how everything happened and what Laval had done before. We acted out a scene. It turns out that what happened unconsciously directed me? Not excluded.

- About the plot "cop or hooligan." What kind of relationship did you have with Jean-Paul Belmondo?

We have always been friends and rivals. We have been running the 100 meters with him for more than 60 years. Sometimes he wins, sometimes I win. But we never ran away. I'm glad I was there. Otherwise, our careers would have been different. We competed and at the same time encouraged each other. If it wasn't for him, it would have seriously crippled me. It was I who wanted him to star in Borsalino, and I had no reason to regret it.

— What about a film by Patrice Leconte in which you have to play your last role? Are you still going to participate?

Yes, but everything had to be postponed. I really want this, because I would be happy to play with Juliette Binoche. We don't know her, but I think she's a great actress. Besides, I would like to take the stage for the last time.

- You starred with all the greatest directors. What else would you like?

- Probably star in a film by Luc Besson. But he thinks I'm out of control. In fact, I never made any scandals with any of the directors. When I played with Visconti, Clement and Melville, I told them: "Guide me, say what you want, here I obey you." I was a musician who needed a conductor. It was just wonderful to work with them.

Why did you become a producer? What prompted you to do this?

“I had a need to create, to do something. In addition, I wanted to be the boss first of all, to decide for myself what I would do. When I became a producer, I chose the writers, directors and actors myself. I made all the decisions. I myself was neither an author nor a writer, and I seemed to compensate for this by choosing quality work Jean Caux or Jean-Claude Carriere. If my memory serves me, I was the producer of 27 films, including The Pool and Borsalino. Not a bad result! The first was "Invictus" in 1964. Some went out without Delon in the credits, I did everything not only for myself.

- Is it possible to avoid dizziness from success if you are Delon?

- I think yes. I analyzed everything. I was very attentive to everything that happened to me. Again, this is fate. I think I manage to keep my distance, although everything that happened is wonderful and extraordinary. Now I am 82 years old, but I am sitting here with you for oysters! I am glad that all this was in my life. I did not have to fight for such a life and career, but what is, is, and all this sometimes amazes me myself. I am an actor by vocation, not by education, I did not study this. I didn't do anything for it. Dropped out of school at 14 and joined the army. I'm one of those actors that were Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura and Burt Lancaster. A strong personality who was lured into cinema. And I can say without false modesty that I have achieved success in this field.

- When you were young, you had hard periods but then you have money. What is your attitude towards them?

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80 years of Jean-Paul Belmondo

Atlantico 04/09/2013 — I fell in love with art. The money allowed me to buy it. At first I acquired drawings in London. I was crazy about the works of the 19th, as well as the 16th and 17th centuries. I was not alone in this, several people invested money. Then I started buying Fauve paintings, works by Delacroix, Géricault and Corot. Further, I spent money on the artists of the Paris school. I also became interested in the bronze sculptures of Bugatti, which became famous thanks to me, among other things. I had the best Bugatti collection in the world, but I had partly sold it a long time ago. Be that as it may, I still have a love for art and a lot of works. I have a whole underground gallery in the estate in Dushi. I often go there and look at them. This calms me down. I don't get tired of it. All this was made possible thanks to my money. I think I managed to become a recognized admirer and collector of art.

Who would you call a great actor today?

- Among the youth there is one real actor who I really like, even if he is the son of his father. This is Vincent Cassel. Jean-Pierre was a completely different person, a big fan of Fred Astaire and musical comedies. I don’t know exactly what path Vincent had to go through, but I see that everything is going very well for him.

- At the beginning of your career, did you have a desire to become the best? To be at the top of the poster?

— I approached my career quite sensibly. At the same time, I realized that this was my calling. I was like a fish in water. Don't forget that my fourth film was Into the Bright Sun. All this is not just. Few actors after three films get into the film "In the Bright Sun" or another big film. Simply put, it was mine. Probably, at some point I wanted to become one of the best. But, I repeat, the main thing for me was to engage in the most beautiful profession in the world.

Has politics ever attracted you?

- No never. To do it, you need a certain education. As you remember, I didn't have anything like that. I have a high school diploma and a butcher's certificate. How are you? Not a bad achievement! I was kicked out everywhere, from all the boarding houses and schools, because I did nothing but stupid things. In the end, the doors of the school were closed in front of me, and I became a butcher. Far from politics! I had to dodge somehow. I had nothing but my face.

- be an actor— does it mean to be the darling of the public, like a politician among the electorate?

“I have been successful as an actor and have been loved as a man all my life. Few people were loved as much as I was. I was loved like Signor Montana, he was revered as a god. Mireille loved me most of all, our story was just fabulous. I miss her. I really miss her.

What women have played the biggest role in your life? Do we know all their names?

- The list is long! Among those whom I loved the most, I must first name Romy (Schneider), Natalie (Barthélemy), Mireille (Dark) and Rosalie (van Bremen). There were others, including outside the cinema. Brigitte Aubert and Michel Cordu. She has already died. Like Mirei. I hope she is happy now in heaven. She had to go through too much.

Do you believe in life after death?

“Unfortunately, I believe primarily in death. Some people talk about the soul. The body dies but the soul remains. But where is she going? I would like to know. No one knows this, and those who claim otherwise are just making it up. Do you know what will happen? It's sad, but I believe that a person becomes just a body that rots underground.

- Are you religious?

Less than when I was younger. I don't particularly believe in God, but I'm attracted to Mary. I love this woman and everything she has done. Of course, we know her son much better, but who was he really? I talk to Maria, tell her about different things, ask questions. She brings me relief, keeps me company that I no longer have. She is always there. She listens and comforts me.

Have you tried psychoanalysis?

- A little. Several times when I was offered. When I was depressed. I went to two specialists in difficult moments of my life. It was a long time ago. Be that as it may, I am not a supporter of this and not an expert.

- Do you have any friends?

It has always been difficult to have real friends. Besides, almost everyone is already dead. The first to leave us were Jean-Claude Briali and Jean-Pierre Cassel. The five of us started our careers together, and now there are three of us left: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Louis Trintignant and myself. Not much fun. My directors and actors have already died. I was the youngest and there was no one left. I don't have women anymore. We were great friends with Jeanne Moreau, but she also died. That leaves Brigitte Bardot.

- You had with her love story?

“Oddly enough, we were just friends. Nothing happened between us. We have had excellent friendly relations for 50 years now. We filmed one hot scene, but nothing really happened. We often call each other. We both love animals very much. If it weren't for her love for them, she probably wouldn't be alive now. She would definitely kill herself, like all great sex symbols. It is very difficult for a woman to no longer see desire in the eyes of men. For her, it's just terrible.

- Old age has not brought you suffering?

“Men are different. Age has its consequences: I find it difficult to walk, I sleep a lot and love to eat delicious food. But when I see my posters in Paris with photographs from the Pool, I tell myself that since then no one has surpassed me. Besides, like I said, I had everything.

- Do you have a feeling that you were "absorbed" by the public?

If you are an actor, you need an audience. I know actors who dream of not being recognized on the street. I was able to avoid it. I am a loner by nature and always have been. In addition, I managed to survive thanks to pets. Be that as it may, it was the audience that brought me success.

- At the beginning of the conversation, I asked you what period was the happiest for you. And which one was the saddest?

Probably the current one. Now life gives me little. I saw everything and knew everything. Besides, I hate this era, it disgusts me. There are people I just can't stand. Everything around is fake and deceitful. There is no more respect, no attention to other people's opinions. Only money matters. All day long everyone talks about nothing but crimes. I can say for sure that I will leave this world without regret. I won't be sorry to leave. Everything is prepared, I have a grave in the chapel, six places. So far, it's empty, deserted. Those whom I loved, and who have already left us, rest in other places. Let's see who joins me.

So you're not afraid of death? You talk about her with such ease.

No, I'm not afraid of her at all. Death is the only thing in the world about which we can be sure. It is the matter of time. How many more years do I have left? I can live to be 90, 92 years old. I don't decide, but up there. I can say for sure that I will not leave my dog alone. This is my last dog, a Belgian Shepherd, which I love like a child. Her name is Lubo. I miss her when she's not around. If she dies before me, which I really hope, I won't get a dog again. I had 50 dogs, but this one worked out special relationship. She annoys me because she doesn't want to climb stairs and doesn't sleep with me. But still ahead. She has her own character, she loves not everyone. In January, the dog will turn three years old, which is equal to 21 years for a human. If I die before her, then I will ask the vet to make sure that we leave together. He will give the dog an injection so that it will die in my arms. Better that way than knowing that she will suffer and die on my grave.

“It leaves little to no room for a woman…”

“I didn't find her. I'm not saying there are no candidates. There are ten of them, but not one is suitable for spending the rest of her life with her. Though I'd go to great lengths to feel last love. Perhaps even abandon what I have always said. I would be ready to marry a woman if she would agree to be with me to the end. This would make sense. 50 years after the adored Natalie, the circle would be closed.

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January 13th, 2018 11:12 am

In an interview that appeared on Thursday, January 11, in the French magazine Paris Match, 82-year-old Alain Delon sums up his life and career. Former companion former president, Valerie Trierweiler, who spoke with the actor, called this meeting "I, Delon: an interview of my life."

The interview appeared in a special issue dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the great artist's career. Remembering his life, his roles, friends and family, Delon explains his rejection of today's reality: “Life brings me nothing more. I've seen everything, I've experienced everything. But most importantly, I hate this era, it makes me sick."
“I hate these people. Everything is fake, everything is fake. Respect no longer exists, no one keeps their promises. Only money matters. Every day, from morning to evening, we only hear about crimes. I know that I will leave this world without regrets,” says the actor.

Delon talks a little about failures in his personal life, about difficult relationships with his family. About the women he loved and about the friends who are no longer alive. According to him, dogs are of particular importance in the life of an actor. About fifty of his four-legged friends are buried in his garden in the suburbs of Paris, and it is with them that he wants to be buried himself.

The actor's career is far from over: in an interview, he talks about last movie directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Alain Delon and Juliette Binoche. However, filming keeps getting delayed. Delon also says that he would like to return to the theater stage.

The last film in which Alain Delon played the role of Caesar, Asterix and the Olympic Games, was released in 2008. In the theater, he last played in 2013 with his daughter Anushka Delon, playing the role of her father on stage.

“I am an artist, but not an actor, I did not graduate from the acting academy,” recalls Delon, speaking about his profession. “I didn't do anything for it. I left school at 14 and then joined the army. I'm one of those artists that was Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura or Burt Lancaster - strong personalities that were filmed. And I can say, without undue modesty, that I succeeded in this profession.

“I never dreamed of such a career, it turned out by itself,” says Alain Delon, “I was not born to become Alain Delon. I should have died a long time ago. But it's called fate.

Shock, pain, despair. Legendary french actor Alain Delon, sung in songs, became a household name in the USSR and was the standard male beauty, gave an extremely frank interview to the most popular French magazine Paris Match, in which he admitted that in his declining years he leaves "this damned life" without regret. This largely outrageous interview was reprinted by many European mass media, but in his homeland in France they remained indifferent to the cry of the soul of an elderly star.

The interview with 82-year-old actor Valerie Trierweiler, a journalist and former life partner of ex-President of France Francois Hollande, was formally dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the start of Alain Delon's film career. On the cover of the publication there was a photo of a handsome and young actor early in his illustrious career. But this gloss disappears when you read the text itself.

The actor, who buried almost all of his peers - relatives and friends (he was especially shocked by the departure of his former companion, actress Mireille Dark), with undisguised sadness and despair, summed up his whole life in a conversation and, from the heights of the past years, pronounced a sentence on a cruel time, where , according to him, fake values rule the ball.

"AT modern world everything is fake, because everything depends on money," admitted Alain Delon, who lives alone in his house near Paris. true friend, according to him, his two-year-old dog remains for him, and Alain Delon wants her "better to leave this world with him than to be sad alone on his grave."

Loneliness in old age does not spare the strongest and greatest - this is the main conclusion after reading this material. "I will leave this world without regret," Delon admits, adding that he is not the best father for his children, one of whom still refuses to recognize him and communicate with him.

“I have seen everything, experienced everything. But the main thing is that I hate this time, it makes me sick,” said Valerie Trierweiler, the legendary actor. “Everything is fake, all feelings are offended, there is no respect or skill left in the world keep your word, only money is important, around the clock you only hear about crime.

And to this day, Delon has no end to fans. But, according to him, he still has not met the "faithful, the only one who will remain with him to the end." “I’m not saying that I don’t have a candidate, there are ten of them, but so far there is no one with whom I would spend the rest of my life. I could get married if this woman was ready to bring me to the end,” said the actor, who does not hide his bitterness and "tired of fame."

It was previously announced that Alain Delon would star in new tape directed by Patrice Leconte, in which Juliette Binoche will become his partner. However, the shooting of this melodrama is constantly postponed.

Thanks to an outstanding filmography and a stormy privacy, Alain Delon with his rare charisma and beauty has become a myth not only in European but also in world cinema. For 60 years of his career, Alain Delon ( full name- Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon), born November 8, 1935 in the town of Sault near Paris, has played in hundreds of films, including Rocco and His Brothers and Leopard by Luchino Visconti, Samurai and Pandour by Jean-Pierre Melvilla, "Mr. Klein" by Joseph Losi and "Eclipse" by Michelangelo Antonioni. One of the critics wrote that the real role of Delon, in which he found himself - "A hero with a double bottom. Fallen Angel"Although in 1999 Alain Delon announced that he would no longer act in films, he appeared in several television series and even in a film about the adventures of Asterix and Obelix. He is also remembered for performing the composition "Paroles, Paroles" in a duet with the cult singer Dalida ("Words words").

Delon's popularity plummeted in France in last years because of his arrogance and egocentrism, which his countrymen take for megalomania. However, most citizens recognize that Alain Delon is one of the greatest French actors of all time.

10:55 13.01.2018

When you do not drink cologne and you are already 82 years old, it is already pointless to be shy and hide something, it is better to adopt frankness. The great French actor decided to chop off his shoulder in candid interview publication Paris Match and personally Valerie Trierweiler, a friend of the former President of France.

The interview appeared in a special issue dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Alain Delon's career, and the actor did not stand on ceremony at all in the conversation: “Life brings me nothing more. I've seen everything, I've experienced everything. But most importantly, I hate this era, it makes me sick. I hate these people. Everything is fake, everything is fake. Respect no longer exists, no one keeps their promises. Only money matters. Every day, from morning to evening, we only hear about crimes. I know that I will leave this world without regrets."

Delon also talked about failures in his personal life, about relationships with his family, about the women he loved, about the friends he had lost. He admitted that now his dogs have become the most important in his life - about fifty four-legged friends are buried in his garden in the suburbs of Paris, he himself wants to be buried there, with them.

Alain Delon admitted that he is still looking for “the same” woman: “I would not say that I do not have enough candidates. I have about a dozen of them, but not one is suitable for living the rest of my life with her. I could marry a woman only if she was ready to accompany me to the end of my days.”

But to end a career, despite the hatred of everyone and everything, The 82-year-old actor is not going to - now, for example, he is working in a film directed by Patrice Leconte and in which the main female role performed by Juliette Binoche. Delon also admitted that he would like to return to the theater stage: “I am an artist, but not an actor, I did not graduate from the acting academy. I didn't do anything for it. I left school at 14 and then joined the army. I'm one of those artists that was Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura or Burt Lancaster - strong personalities that were filmed. And I can say, without undue modesty, that I succeeded in this profession.

“I never dreamed of such a career, it turned out by itself. I was not born to be Alain Delon. I should have died a long time ago. But this is called fate, ”summed up Alain Delon.