Jean-Louis Trintignant had a long and distinguished career on stage and screen, but his cinema presence was never stronger or fiercer than in old age. But of course Trintignant shows us that Georges is well aware from the outset that it is not. Trintignant concluded it by sharply dismissing the idea that to love life is to love cinema: “If you love life, you’re not going to go and sit in the dark in some cinema, are you? Trintignant plays the grumpy, uncool young man who marries Bardot’s free-spirited young character, only for her to have sex with other people. Trintignant brought intellectual strength and sinew to French cinema, and a dark surge of passion.

Source: The Guardian June 18, 2022 00:17 UTC