On August 18, Alain Delon left us at the age of 88. This sacred monster of French cinema (Borsalino, Plein Soleil, Le Samouraï) died at his property in Douchy. That was his wish. And he was also buried there. That’s also what he had asked. This Tuesday, our colleagues at Paris Match returned to his funeral, which was held last Saturday, at his house in Loiret.
And what the magazine notes right away is that Alain Delon has continued to “sell dreams”, “even on the day of his funeral”. Which is like him. The explanation for this observation? The fact that everything was well thought out, and that this ceremony is in his image. “When we arrived, there was a rainbow, the light was passing between the trees. We had the impression that Alain was speaking to us from up there.” testified his goddaughter Géraldine Danon for Paris Match .
The guests were all dressed to the nines, starting with Alain Delon himself, carefully dressed in one of his costumes. “He had found serenity and lost thirty years.“, says producer Alain Terzianqwho notably accompanied him on his two films as director,For the skin of a copetThe fighter. The latter also reacted to the death of the Leopard for RTL.
Alain Delon, a man of “extreme sensitivity”
Declaring in particular this: “CIt’s a huge shock, a huge sadness. It’s the one that gave me my greatest joys in cinema.” Before adding: “He was a huge star and above all someone immensely tender, generous, caring.” According to Alain Terzian, this death is “a huge loss for French cinema“. The actor was “the last of the giants”, assures the producer. Note that he is not the only one to highlight the actor’s soft side.
Because Sarah Biasini, the daughter of Romy Schneider, who formed an iconic couple with Alain Delon, declared this, in the Culture Médias studio: “We had a very respectful, intimate relationship. I keep the man I knew in private who was extremely sensitive and again, yes, very respectful.” She had met him long after her mother’s death, and formed a very strong bond with him.
