Paris: France lost a screen legend on Friday - actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, who died at the age of 91, was hailed as "an amazing artistic genius" by President Emmanuel Macron.
Among the legends that emerged during the New Wave of French cinema in the 1960s, Trintignant's career was one of the most durable, still making phenomenal films in his eighties.
Her calm authority and melodious voice over some 120 films, from the infamous "And God Created Woman" with Brigitte Bardot in 1959 to classics such as "A Man and a Woman" and "Z", later through powerful plays. left his mark. "Three colors: red" and "amour".
"He accompanied our lives through French cinema," Macron said when informed of the news during a technical conference in Paris.
"It's a page that turns an amazing artistic talent and voice."
Trinignant's life, however, was marked by a terrible blow when his daughter Marie was lynched by her rock-star boyfriend Bertrand Cantat in 2003.
His wife said in a statement that when he passed away, he was surrounded by his family in the Guard region of southern France. No cause of death was given.