the director of Les Valseuses was 85 years old

Bertrand Blier died at the age of 85, his entourage announced to AFP this Tuesday, January 21. The French director is behind several successes in French cinema, such as Les Valseuses, Prepare your tissues or even Evening wear.

A big name in French cinema has passed away. Bertrand Blier died at the age of 85, his entourage told AFP this Tuesday, January 21. A director to whom we owe several popular successes, such as The Valseusesa work that caused a lot of ink to flow, Prepare your tissues, thanks to which he received the Oscar for best foreign film in 1979, or even Evening wear. It must be said that the filmmaker has directed famous actors during his career. He notably worked with several members of the Splendid troupe, like Gérard Jugnot (in Calm in 1976), Thierry Lhermitte (My friend’s wife in 1983) or Michel Blanc (Thank you life in 1991) to name but a few. We will also remember his collaborations with other actors like Miou-Miou, Patrick Dewaere and Gérard Depardieu, the emblematic trio of Waltzes .

A talent revealer

As pointed out by JDD Bertrand Blier, who was a fan of black humor and the absurd, also liked to reveal talents. After contributing to the rise of Gérard Depardieu in the 1980s, an actor he directed eight times, Bertrand Blier found a new muse, in the person of Anouk Grinberg. In 1991, the actress was revealed to the general public, following her role in Thank you life. She then worked again with the son of Bernard Blier in One two three (1993) then in My man (1996), a role which earned her the Best Actress Prize at the Berlin Film Festival. His last production dates back to 2019, the year of release of Convoi exceptional, in which we find Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier and Sylvie Testud.

Bertrand Blier: what do we know about his private life?

On the private side, Bernard Blier’s son was married for the first time, while he was still in his twenties. He then married his second wife, Catherine Florin, who gave him his first child, a daughter named Béatrice. Later still, the director was in a relationship with Anouk Grinberg, his cinema muse, with whom he had a son named Leonard. Bertrand Blier finally started a new life with actress Farida Rahouadj. From this love story, a daughter was born.