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( THE HUNTER WILL GET YOU ) with JEAN-PAUL BELMONDO and BRUNO CREMER 

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Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃pɔl ʃaʁl bɛlmɔ̃do]; 9 April 1933 – 6 September 2021) was a French actor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits include Breathless (1960), That Man from Rio (1964), Pierrot le Fou (1965), Borsalino (1970), and The Professional (1981).[1] He was most notable for portraying police officers in action thriller films and became known for his unwillingness to appear in English-language films, despite being heavily courted by Hollywood.[2][3] An undisputed box-office champion like Louis de Funès and Alain Delon of the same period, Belmondo attracted nearly 160 million spectators in his 50-year career. Between 1969 and 1982, he played four times in the most popular films of the year in France: The Brain (1969), Fear Over the City (1975), Animal (1977), Ace of Aces (1982), being surpassed on this point only by Louis de Funès.[4]During his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Humphrey Bogart.[5] Described as an icon and national treasure of France, Belmondo was seen as an influential actor of French cinema and an important figure in shaping European cinema.[6][5][7] In 1989, Belmondo won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté. He was nominated for two BAFTA Awards throughout his career. In 2011 and then in 2017, he received a lifetime achievement honor: the Palme d'honneur during the Cannes Film Festival and a César d'honneur 42nd César Awards.[8]Early life[edit]Jean-Paul Belmondo was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris, on 9 April 1933.[5][9] Belmondo's father, Paul Belmondo, was a Pied-Noir sculptor who was born in Algeria of Italian descent, whose parents were of Sicilian and Piedmontese origin.[10][11][12][13] His mother, Sarah Madeleine Rainaud-Richard, was a painter.[14] As a boy, he was more interested in sport than school, developing a particular interest in boxing and soccer.[15]Belmondo made his amateur boxing debut on 10 May 1949 in Paris when he knocked out René Desmarais in one round.[5] Belmondo's boxing career was undefeated, but brief.[15] He won three straight first-round knockout victories from 1949 to 1950.[16] "I stopped when the face I saw in the mirror began to change", he later said.[15]He did his National Service in French North Africa[17] where he hit himself with a rifle butt to end his military service.[18]Belmondo was interested in acting.[19] His late teenage years were spent at a private drama school, and he began performing comedy sketches in the provinces.[19] He studied under Raymond Giraud and then attended the Conservatoire of Dramatic Arts when he was twenty.[5] He studied there for three years.[19] He would probably have won the prize for best actor, but participated in a sketch mocking the school, which offended the jury; this resulted in his only getting an honourable mention, "which nearly set off a riot among his incensed fellow students" in August 1956, according to one report.[15] The incident made front-page news.[19]Career[edit]1950s[edit] Belmondo in Rome in 1962Belmondo's acting career properly began in 1953, with two performances at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris in Jean Anouilh's Médée and Georges Neveux's Zamore.[20] Belmondo began touring the provinces with friends including Annie Girardot and Guy Bedos.[21]Belmondo first appeared in the short Moliere (1956).[5] His first film role was a scene with Jean-Pierre Cassel in On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957),[22] which was cut from the final film;[23] however he had a bigger part in the follow up A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik (1958).[23]Belmondo had a small role in the comedy Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958), appearing with Alain Delon,[24] followed by a role as a gangster in Young Sinners (1958), directed by Marcel Carné.[25]Belmondo supported Bourvil and Arletty in Sunday Encounter (1958).[25] Jean-Luc Godard directed him in a short, Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958), where Belmondo's voice was dubbed by Godard after Belmondo was conscripted into the army.[26] As part of his compulsory military service, he served in Algeria as a private for six months.[19]Belmondo's first lead role was in Les Copains du dimanche (1958).[27] He later had a supporting part in An Angel on Wheels (1959) with Romy Schneider then appeared in Web of Passion (1959) for Claude Chabrol.[28] He played D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1959) for French television.[29]1960s[edit] Belmondo in 1962Belmondo starred in Consider All Risks (1960), a gangster story with Lino Ventura.[30] He then played the lead role in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (À Bout de Souffle, 1960), which made him a major figure in the French New Wave.[26]Breathless was a major success in France and overseas and launched Belmondo internationally and as the face of the New Wave – even though, as he said "I don't know what they mean" when people used that term.[15] In the words of The New York Times it led to his having "more acting assignments than he can handle."[31]He followed it with Trapped by Fear (1960), then the Italian film Letters By a Novice (1960).[32] With Jeanne Moreau and director Peter Brook he made Seven Days... Seven Nights (1961) which he later called "very boring."[19]Belmondo appeared as a gigolo in the anthology film Love and the Frenchwoman (1960).[33] Then he made two Italian films, supporting Sophia Loren in Two Women (1961) as a bespectacled country boy ("It may disappoint those who've got me typed" said Belmondo. "But so much the better."[15]), then opposite Claudia Cardinale in The Lovemakers (1961).[34]Two Women and Breathless were widely seen in the United States and the UK.[30] In 1961, The New York Times called him "the most impressive young French actor since the advent of the late Gérard Philipe".[35]He was reunited with Godard for A Woman Is a Woman (1961)[36] and made another all-star anthology comedy, Famous Love Affairs (1961).[34]Later, he acted in Jean-Pierre Melville's philosophical movie Léon Morin, Priest (1961), playing a priest.[37] He was a retired gangster in A Man Named Rocca (1962),[38] then had a massive hit with the swashbuckler Cartouche (1962), directed by Philippe de Broca.[39] Also popular was A Monkey in Winter (1962), a comedy where he and Jean Gabin played alcoholics.[40] Belmondo filming That Man from Rio in 1963François Truffaut wanted Belmondo to play the lead in an adaptation of Fahrenheit 451.[41] This did not happen (the film was made several years later with Oskar Werner);[41] instead Belmondo made two movies with Jean-Pierre Melville: the film noir crime film The Fingerman (Le Doulos, 1963) and Magnet of Doom (1963).[42][43] He co-starred with Gina Lollobrigida in Mad Sea (1963) and appeared in another comedy anthology, Sweet and Sour (1963).[44] There was some controversy when he was arrested for insulting a policeman, when the policeman was charged with assaulting Belmondo.[45]Banana Peel (1963), with Jeanne Moreau, was a popular comedy.[46] Even more successful was the action-adventure tale That Man from Rio (1964), directed by Philippe de Broca - a massive hit in France, and popular overseas as well.[47] A 1965 profile compared him to Humphrey Bogart and James Dean.[47] It stated Belmondo was:A later manifestation of youthful rejection... His disengagement from a society his parents made is total. He accepts corruption with a cynical smile, not even bothering to struggle. He is out entirely for himself, to get whatever he can, while he can. The Belmondo type is capable of anything. He knows he is defeated anyway... He represents something tough yet vulnerable, laconic but intense, notably lacking in neuroses or the stumbling insecurities of homus Americanus. He is the man of the moment, completely capable of taking care of himself - and ready to take on the girl of the moment too.[47]Belmondo's own tastes ran to Tintin comics, sports magazines, and detective novels.[19] He said he preferred "making adventure films like Rio to the intellectual movies of Alain Resnais or Alain Robbe-Grillet.[19] But with François Truffaut I'd be willing to try."[19] His fee was said to be between US$150,000-$200,000 per film. Belmondo said he was open to making Hollywood films but he wanted to play an American rather than a Frenchman and was interested in Cary Grant type roles instead of James Dean/Bogart ones.[19]Belmondo made Greed in the Sun (1964) with Lino Ventura for director Henri Verneuil, who said Belmondo was "one of the few young actors in France who is young and manly."[19] Backfire (1964) reunited him with Jean Seberg, his Breathless co-star.[48] After a role in Male Hunt (1964) he played the lead in Weekend at Dunkirk (1965), another big hit in France.[citation needed]Belmondo dominated the French box office for 1964 – That Man from Rio was the fourth most popular movie in the country, Greed in the Sun was seventh, Weekend at Dunkirk ninth, and Backfire 19th.[49]Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) was less successful, though it still performed well on the strength of Belmondo's name.[50] Up to His Ears (1965) was an attempt to repeat the popularity of That Man Rio, from the same director, but did less well.[51]There were Hollywood offers, but Belmondo turned them down.[2] "He won't make films outside of France", said director Mark Robson, who wanted him for Lost Command (1966).[2] "He has scripts stacked up and he doesn't see why he should jeopardise his great success by speaking English instead of French."[2]Belmondo was reunited with Godard for Pierrot le Fou (1965) then made a comedy, Tender Scoundrel (1966).[52][53] He had small roles in two predominantly English speaking films, Is Paris Burning? (1966) and Casino Royale (1967).[54][55]After making The Thief of Paris (1967) for Louis Malle, Belmondo took an acting hiatus for over a year.[3] "One day it seemed that life was passing me by", he said. "I didn't want to work. So I stopped. Then one day I felt like starting again. So I started."[3]Belmondo spent three months of that time off in Hollywood but did not accept any offers.[3][2] He did not want to learn English and appear in English-language films:Every Frenchman dreams of making a Western, of course but America has plenty of good actors. I'm not being falsely modest but why would they need me? I prefer a national film to an international film. Something is lost. Look at what happened to Italy when they went international.[3]Belmondo returned to filmmaking with the crime movie, Ho! (1968),[56] then had a massive hit with a comedy co-starring David Niven, The Brain (1969).[57] He later appeared in Mississippi Mermaid (1969) for François Truffaut with Catherine Deneuve and the romantic drama Love Is a Funny Thing (1969).[26][58]1970s[edit] Belmondo in 1971Belmondo starred alongside Alain Delon in Borsalino (1970), a successful gangster film.[59] The latter produced the film and Belmondo ended up suing Delon over billing.[60]The Married Couple of the Year Two (1971) was also popular; even more so was The Burglars (1971).[61][62]Inspired by the success Alain Delon had producing his own films, Belmondo formed his own production company, Cerito Films (named after his grandmother, Rosina Cerrito), to develop movies for Belmondo.[63] The first Cerito film was the black comedy Dr. Popaul (1972), with Mia Farrow, the biggest hit to date for director Claude Chabrol.[26]La scoumoune (1972) was a new version of A Man Named Rocca (1961).[64] The Inheritor (1973) was an action film; Le Magnifique (1974), a satiric action romance reunited him with Philippe de Broca.[65][66]He produced as well as starred in Stavisky (1974).[67] Then he made a series of purely commercial films: Incorrigible (1974),[68] Fear Over the City (1975; one of Belmondo's biggest hits of the decade and the first time he played a policeman on screen),[69] Hunter Will Get You (1976),[70] and Body of My Enemy (1977).[71] Animal (1977) cast him as a stuntman opposite Raquel Welch and he starred as a policeman in Cop or Hood (1979).[72][73]1980s[edit] Belmondo at the 2011 Cannes Film FestivalIn 1980, Belmondo starred in another comedy, Le Guignolo.[74] He was a secret service agent in The Professional (1981) and a pilot in Ace of Aces (1982).[75][76]"What intellectuals don't like is success", said Belmondo.[77] "Success in France is always looked down on, not by the public, but by intellectuals. If I'm nude in a film, that's fine for the intellectuals. But if I jump from a helicopter, they think it's terrible."[77]Belmondo kept to commercial films: Le Marginal (1983) as a policeman,[78] Les Morfalous (1984) as a sergeant in the French Foreign Legion,[79] Hold-Up (1985) as a bank robber,[36] and Le Solitaire (1987), again playing another policeman in the last one, the latter one was a big box office disappointment and Belmondo returned to theatre shortly afterwards.[80]In 1987, he returned to the theatre after a 26-year absence in a production of Kean, adapted by Jean-Paul Sartre from the novel by Alexandre Dumas.[77] "I did theatre for 10 years before going into movies and every year I planned to go back", he recalled.[77] "I returned before I became an old man."[77]For Claude Lelouch, Belmondo starred in and co-produced Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988).[81] For his performance in the film, also titled as Itineraire d'un Enfant Gate, he won a César.[36]Belmondo claimed there were "several reasons" why he made fewer films in the 1980s.[77] "I'm now a producer so it takes time to organise things", he said.[77] "But it's also difficult to find good screenplays in France. We have serious writing problems here. And I'd prefer to do theatre for a long time than take on a mediocre film."[77]1990s and later career[edit]In 1990, he played the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac on the stage in Paris, another highly successful production.[77] He had a small role in One Hundred and One Nights (1995) then the lead in Lelouch's version of Les Misérables (1995).[82][83] He also appeared in the comedy Désiré (1996),[84] Une chance sur deux (1998),[85] and in the science fiction comedy Peut-être (1999).[86]In 2009, Belmondo starred in A Man and His Dog ("Un homme et son chien"), his final film role.[87] Despite his difficulty in walking and speaking, he played a character who had the same disability.[88] Following this film he was forced into retirement in 2011 having earlier suffered a stroke in 2001.[89]Honours and awards[edit] Belmondo's handprint at the Palais des Festivals et des CongrèsIn 1989, Belmondo won the César Award for Best Actor for his performance in Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté.[5]Belmondo was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre National du Mérite, promoted to Officier (Officer) in 1986 and promoted to Commandeur (Commander) in 1994.[90] He was also made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur, promoted Officier (Officer) in 1991, and promoted to Commandeur (Commander) in 2007.[91]During his career, he was nominated for two BAFTA awards.[92]Belmondo received several honorary awards – Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, Golden Lion at the 2016 Venice Film Festival, and César in 2017.[93][94] In 2009, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association gave him a career achievement award.[95]In 2017, he was received a lifetime achievement honor at the 42nd César Awards accompanied by a two-minute standing ovation.[8]Personal life and death[edit]On 4 December 1952, Belmondo married Élodie Constantin,[96] with whom he had three children: Patricia (1953–1993), who was killed in a fire, Florence (born 1958), and Paul (born 1963).[5] Belmondo and Constantin separated in 1965.[5] She filed for divorce in September 1966, and it was finalised on 5 January 1968.[97]He had relationships with Ursula Andress from 1965 to 1972,[98] Laura Antonelli from 1972 to 1980,[99] Brazilian actress and singer Maria Carlos Sotto Mayor from 1980 to 1987,[100] and Barbara Gandolfi from 2008 to 2012.[101]In 1989, Belmondo was in his mid-50s when he met 24-year-old dancer Natty Tardivel.[5] The couple lived together for over a decade before marrying in 2002.[5] On 13 August 2003, Tardivel gave birth to then 70-year-old Belmondo's fourth child, Stella Eva Angelina.[5] Belmondo and Tardivel divorced in 2008.[5]Belmondo was a supporter of football club Paris Saint-Germain.[102]Belmondo died on 6 September 2021 at his home in Paris, aged 88.[5] He had been in failing health since he suffered a stroke a decade before.[89] A national tribute was held on 9 September in Hôtel des Invalides.[7] President Emmanuel Macron called Belmondo a "national hero".[7] The last tribute melody was "Chi Mai" by Ennio Morricone (from The 1981 film The Professional). The next day, 10 September, his funeral took place at the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church in the presence of relatives and family. The actors Alain and Anthony Delon also were present.[103] His remains were cremated at the Père Lachaise Cemetery, and his ashes are buried alongside his father, the sculptor Paul Belmondo, at the Montparnasse Cemetery.[104]Legacy[edit] Belmondo at the 1988 Cannes Film FestivalThroughout his career, he was called the French counterpart of actors such as James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Humphrey Bogart.[5] On the day of his death, television channels in France altered their schedules to add screenings of his films, which drew over 6.5 million viewers cumulatively.[105] For his performances as a police officer in many films, the National Police said that "Even if it was just cinema you were in a way one of us, Mr. Belmondo".[105] Throughout his career, he was regarded as an influential French actor and was often seen as the face of the French New Wave.[14] Belmondo was described as the "figurehead" of the French New Wave, with his acting techniques often seen as capturing the style and imagination of France in the 1960s.[6]Many of his film roles, especially as Michel Poiccard, were regarded as "legendary" and highly influential.[106] Despite his reluctance to learn English, many often believed had he accepted offers from Hollywood, his success there would have been comparable to that of French actors Charles Boyer or Maurice Chevalier.[106] In an obituary for The Guardian, they hailed Belmondo as an "integral part of the history of French cinema, and France itself".[106] He was described as the "epitome of cool".[107]American film director Quentin Tarantino cited Belmondo as an influence and called Belmondo "a verb that represents vitality, charisma, a force of will, it represents super coolness".[7] English director Edgar Wright said that "cinema will never be quite as cool again" following Belmondo's death.[8] He was described as an icon of French cinema and being influential in shaping modern European cinema.[6]Selected filmography[edit]YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes1956Molière[5]Le MerlucheNorbert Tildianshort film1957On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (À pied, à cheval et en voiture)[22]VeninMaurice DelbezA vehicle for Noël-Noël; Belmondo's role cut from film1958Be Beautiful But Shut Up (Sois belle et tais-toi)[108]PierrotMarc AllégretWith Mylène Demongeot, Henri Vidal and Alain DelonYoung Sinners (Les tricheurs)[108]LouMarcel CarnéWith Pascale PetitSunday Encounter (Un drôle de dimanche)[25]PatrickMarc AllegretWith Danielle Darrieux, Arletty and BourvilLes copains du dimanche[27]Trebois1959Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (Charlotte et son Jules)[26]JeanJean-Luc GodardShort filmAn Angel on Wheels (Mademoiselle Ange)[108]Michel BarrotGéza von RadványiWith Romy Schneider and Henri VidalThe Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires)[29]D'ArtagnanClaude BarmaFor French TVWeb of Passion (À double tour, Leda)[108]Laszlo KovacsClaude ChabrolWith Madeleine Robinson1960Breathless (À bout de souffle)[108]Michel PoiccardJean-Luc GodardWith Jean Seberg; from a story by François TruffautThe Big Risk (Classe Tous Risques)[108]Eric StarkClaude SautetWith Lino VenturaSeven Days... Seven Nights (Moderato cantabile)[108]ChauvinPeter BrookWith Jeanne MoreauTrapped by Fear (Les distractions)[32]Paul FrapierJacques DupontWith Alexandra Stewart and Sylva KoscinaLove and the Frenchwoman (La française et l'amour)[108]Anthology filmLetters By a Novice (Lettere di una novizia)[108]Giuliano VerdiAlberto LattuadaItalian film with Pascale PetitTwo Women (La Ciociara)[108]Michele de LiberoVittorio De SicaItalian film with Sophia Loren1961The Lovemakers (La viaccia)[108]AmerigoMauro BologniniItalian film with Claudia CardinaleLéon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre)[108]Léon MorinJean-Pierre MelvilleWith Emmanuelle RivaA Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme)[36]Alfred LubitschJean-Luc GodardWith Anna Karina and Jean-Claude BrialyFamous Love Affairs (Amours célèbres)[34]LauzunMichel BoisrondAnthology filmA Man Named Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca)[38]Roberto La RoccaJean Becker1972 remade by Belmondo as La Scoumoune1962The Finger Man (Le Doulos)[108]SilienJean-Pierre MelvilleSwords of Blood (Cartouche)[108]Louis Dominique BourguignonPhilippe de BrocaWith Claudia CardinaleA Monkey in Winter (Un singe en hiver)[108]Gabriel FouquetHenri VerneuilWith Jean GabinUn cœur gros comme ça (documentary "The Winner")[108]as himselfFrançois Reichenbach1963Crazy Sea (Mare matto)[109]Il LivorneseRenato CastellaniItalian film with Gina LollobrigidaBanana Peel (Peau de banane)[108]Michel ThibaultMarcel OphülsWith Jeanne MoreauSweet and Sour (Dragées au poivre)[108]RaymondJacques BaratierMagnet of Doom (L'Aîné des Ferchaux)[108]Michel MaudetJean-Pierre MelvilleSet in the USA; based on a novel by Georges SimenonThe Shortest Day (Il giorno più corto)[110]Erede SicilianoSergio CorbucciUnbilled cameo1964That Man from Rio (L'Homme de Rio)[108]Adrien DufourquetPhilippe de BrocaWith Françoise DorléacGreed in the Sun (Cent mille dollars au soleil)[108]RoccoHenri VerneuilWith Lino VenturaBackfire (Échappement libre)[108]David LadislasJean BeckerSecond film with Jean SebergWeekend at Dunkirk (Week-end à Zuydcoote)[108]Julien MaillatHenri VerneuilWith Catherine SpaakMale Hunt (La Chasse à l'homme)[108]FernandÉdouard MolinaroWith Jean-Claude Brialy, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve1965Crime on a Summer Morning (Par un beau matin d'été)[50]FrancisJacques DerayWith Geraldine ChaplinPierrot le Fou[108]Pierrot (Ferdinand Griffon)Jean-Luc GodardWith Anna KarinaUp to His Ears (Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine)[108]Arthur LempereurPhilippe de BrocaWith Ursula Andress1966Tender Scoundrel (Tendre Voyou)[108]Antoine MaréchalJean BeckerWith Geneviève Page, Stefania Sandrelli, Mylène Demongeot, Nadja Tiller and Robert MorleyIs Paris Burning? (Paris brûle-t-il?)[108]Yvon MorandatRené ClémentHollywood financed film1967Casino Royale[108]French LegionnaireKen Hughes, John Huston and otherscameo roleThe Thief of Paris (Le Voleur)[108]Georges RandalLouis MalleWith Geneviève Bujold1968Ho![56]François HolinRobert EnricoBased on a novel by José Giovanni1969The Brain (Le Cerveau)[108]Arthur LespinasseGérard OuryWith David Niven, Eli Wallach and BourvilMississippi Mermaid (La Sirène du Mississippi)[108]Louis MahéFrançois TruffautWith Catherine DeneuveLove Is a Funny Thing (Un homme qui me plaît)[108]HenriClaude LelouchFilmed in the USA; with Annie Girardot1970Borsalino[108]François CapellaJacques DerayWith Alain Delon1971The Married Couple of the Year Two (Les Mariés de l'an II)[108]Nicolas PhilibertJean-Paul RappeneauWith Marlène JobertThe Burglars (The Burglars)[108]AzadHenri VerneuilWith Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon1972Scoundrel in White (Dr Popaul)[108]Doctor Paul SimayClaude ChabrolWith Mia Farrow; also producerScoumoune (La Scoumoune)[108]Roberto BorgoJosé GiovanniWith Clauda Cardinale1973The Inheritor (L'Héritier)[108]Bart CordellPhilippe LabroThe Man from Acapulco (Le Magnifique)[108]François Merlin / Bob Saint-ClarPhilippe de BrocaWith Jacqueline Bisset; also producer1974Stavisky[108]Alexandre StaviskyAlain ResnaisWith Charles Boyer; also producer1975Incorrigible (L'Incorrigible)[108]Victor VauthierPhilippe de BrocaWith Geneviève Bujold; also producerThe Night Caller (Peur sur la ville)[108]Jean LetellierHenri VerneuilFirst time Belmondo played a policeman; also producer1976The Hunter Will Get You (L'Alpagueur)[108]Roger Pilard ("L'Alpagueur")Philippe LabroAlso producerBody of My Enemy (Le Corps de mon ennemi)[108]François LeclercqHenri VerneuilAlso producer1977Animal (L'Animal)[108]Mike Gaucher / Bruno FerrariClaude ZidiWith Raquel Welch; also producer1979Cop or Hood (Flic ou voyou)[108]Antonio Cerutti / Stanislas BorowitzGeorges LautnerAlso producer1980Le Guignolo[74]Alexandre DupréGeorges LautnerAlso producer1981The Professional (Le Professionnel)[108]Josselin Beaumont, a.k.a. "Joss"Georges LautnerAlso producer1982Ace of Aces (L'As des as)[75]Jo CavalierGérard OuryAlso producer1983Le Marginal[108]Philippe JordanJacques DerayWith Henry Silva; also producer1984The Vultures (Les Morfalous)[108]Pierre AugagneurHenri VerneuilAlso producerHappy Easter (Joyeuses Pâques)[108]Stéphane MargelleGeorges LautnerWith Sophie Marceau; also producer1985Outlaws[111]Producer onlyHold-up[108]GrimmAlexandre ArcadyFilmed in Canada; with Kim Cattrall. Also producer; remade as Quick Change1987The Loner (Le Solitaire)[108]Stan JalardJacques DerayAlso producer1988Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté[108]Sam LionClaude LelouchAlso producerChocolat[112]Producer onlyKean[77]KeanPierre BadelFilm of Jean-Paul Sartre play which Belmondo performed on stage1990Cyrano de Bergerac[77]Cyrano de BergeracRobert HosseinFilm of play which Belmondo performed on stageTom and Lola[113]Producer only1992Stranger in the House (L'inconnu dans la maison)[108]Georges LautnerAlso producer1993Tailleur pour dames[114]Bernard MuratTV movieLe nombril du monde[108]Producer only1995A Hundred and One Nights (Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma)[108]Professeur BébelAgnès VardaLes Misérables[108]Henri Fortin / Jean ValjeanClaude Lelouch1996Désiré[108]DésiréBernard Muratalso producer1997La puce à l'oreille[115]Yves Di TullioBased on play by Georges Feydeau1998Half a Chance (Une chance sur deux)[108]Léo BrassacPatrice LeconteWith Alain Delon1999Peut-être[108]AkoCédric Klapischwith Romain DurisFrédérick ou le Boulevard du Crime[116]Bernard MuratRecording of play by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt starring Belmondo2000The Actors (Les Acteurs)[108]HimselfBertrand BlierdocumentaryAmazon[108]EdouardPhilippe de Broca2001Ferchaux[117]Paul FerchauxTV movie from novel by Georges Simenon2009A Man and His Dog ("Un homme et son chien") [108]CharlesFrancis HusterFinal movie role2010Allons-y! Alonzo![118]short   *******  L'Alpagueur (aka The Hunter Will Get You) is a film written and directed by Philippe Labro and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo in the title role and Bruno Cremer as L'Epervier.Released in 1976 and considered as a typical French thriller from the 1970s, it is one of many Belmondo's movie where he is playing the title role. Like in Le Magnifique, L'Incorrigible or Le Marginal, Belmondo is the real star of the show, playing a solitary character and pursuing bad guys. The score from Michel Colombier is typical from this period, mixing piano, modern rhythms and brass instruments.Plot[edit]As one of the character is saying at the beginning of the movie:L'alpagueur c'est un chasseur de tête, c'est un mercenaire, un marginal. L'alpagueur c'est l'astuce qu'a trouvé un haut fonctionnaire pour passer au-dessus de la routine policière.The alpagueur is a head hunter, a mercenary, a marginal. The alpagueur is a trick made up by a state employee to be above the cop's routine.Originally a deer hunter, l'Alpagueur became a head hunter working for the police, paid by them with money stolen from criminals. The main plot revolves around l'Alpagueur's pursuit of l'Épervier, (Sparrowhawk) a bank robber and an assassin, who kills whoever sees him commit a crime. His technique is to pay a young and naive man to be his accomplice and kill him right after. One of his accomplices, Costa Valdez, is only wounded during one of his hold ups, and with his help, l'Alpagueur manages to find l'Épervier at the end.Cast[edit]Jean-Paul Belmondo – Roger Pilard aka "l'Alpagueur"Bruno Cremer – Gilbert aka "L'Epervier"Claude Brosset [fr] – GranierPatrick Fierry [fr] – Costa ValdesJean Négroni – SpitzerVictor Garrivier [fr] – Inspector DoumecqJean-Pierre Jorris – SalicettiReception[edit]The film was the 19th highest earning film of the year in France with 1,533,183 admissions.[2]      ***** L'Alpagueur est un film policier français réalisé par Philippe Labro, sortie. le 17 mars 19761.Synopsis[modifier | modifier le code]L'Alpagueur est un ancien traqueur de fauves devenu chasseur de primes. Il travaille en mercenaire pour des personnes haut placées en agissant dans l'ombre, incognito et au-delà de la routine policière. Tout à fait illégal, mais très efficace. Son intermédiaire, l'inspecteur de police Doumecq, le charge de démanteler un réseau de narcotiques à Rotterdam. Aussitôt a-t-il terminé sa mission, qu'il doit se faire passer pour un agent d'assurances, dénommé Roger Pilar pour piéger un flic corrompu, le commissaire Gavarni, qui est le gros bonnet d'un réseau de prostitution à l'échelle internationale. Après avoir maîtrisé Gavarni et ses complices, il est chargé par Doumecq de coincer l’Épervier, l'ennemi public no 1. Ce dernier recrute ses complices parmi de jeunes délinquants pour commettre ses forfaits tout en éliminant les témoins. Mais le criminel ne se contente pas de supprimer les témoins, il tue aussi ses jeunes complices, qu'il se plaît à appeler « Coco ». Son principe : tuer tous ceux qui pourraient le reconnaître. Seul Costa Valdes, que l’Épervier a engagé pour commettre un vol dans une bijouterie, survivra par miracle à la balle qui lui était destinée.Or, Valdes se voit accusé des meurtres du bijoutier et des gardiens de la paix perpétrés par l'ennemi public no 1, et est placé en prison. Pour cette nouvelle mission, l’Alpagueur se fait passer pour un petit malfrat, Johnny Lafont, extradé canadien, emprisonné et placé dans la même cellule que Valdes. Il gagne la confiance du jeune homme et apprend que le criminel qu'il traque est un steward, que Valdes avait rencontré deux ans auparavant alors qu'il rentrait de son service militaire et voulait l'emmener chez lui à Juvisy. Fort de ces renseignements, le chasseur de primes décide de profiter du réseau d'évasion de la prison - quitte à le démanteler par la suite - pour s'enfuir avec Costa et retrouver l' Épervier. Cependant, le responsable de ce réseau, Spitzer, est également à la tête du réseau de narcotiques démantelé par l'Alpagueur à Rotterdam et l'identifie bientôt grâce à un élément qu'il est le seul à connaître.Au cours d'une fusillade à l'auberge des Grands Fusils, l’Alpagueur feint d'être mort avant d'abattre Spitzer et ses hommes de main. Costa réussit à s'enfuir ; mais, désespéré, croyant l’Alpagueur mort, il se rend seul chez l’Épervier qui l'abat. L’Alpagueur retrouvera sans peine l’Épervier dans son avion-alibi et tue ce dernier après une bagarre entre les deux hommes. Le film se termine sur un gros plan du visage de l’Alpagueur et par une voix hors caméra disant : « Non, nous ne savons absolument pas qui est cet homme ».La phrase qui accompagne le générique de fin est d'Oscar Wilde : « Aucun homme n'est assez riche pour racheter son propre passé ».Fiche technique[modifier | modifier le code]Titre : L'AlpagueurRéalisation : Philippe LabroAssistant Réalisateur : Philippe Lopes-CurvalScénario original : Philippe LabroAdaptation : Philippe Labro et Jacques LanzmannDialogues : Jacques LanzmannMusique : Michel Colombier (Éditions Musicales Hortensia)Photographie : Jean PenzerSon : Bernard BatsDécors : Bernard EveinMontage : Jean RavelPhotographe de plateau : Vincent RossellCascades : Rémy Julienne (voitures), Claude Carliez (combats)Direction de production : Alain BelmondoSociété de production : Cerito Films (Paris)Générique : Les films Michel FrançoisPublicité : René ChateauDates de tournage : 13 octobre 1975 au 20 janvier 1976Lieux de tournage : Allemagne, FranceFormat : Couleur (Eastmancolor) — 1,66:1 — Son monophoniquePellicules : Eastman Kodak 5247Pays d'origine :   FranceLangue originale : françaisGenre : Policier, action, thrillerDurée : 101 minutes1Date de sortie en salles :France : 17 mars 1976Allemagne de l'Ouest : 2 avril 1976Suède : 11 novembre 1976États-Unis : juin 1980Classification CNC : tous publics (visa d'exploitation no 44709 délivré le 12 mars 1976)1Distribution[modifier | modifier le code]Jean-Paul Belmondo : " alias Roger Pilar " dit l'AlpagueurBruno Cremer : Gilbert dit l'ÉpervierJean Négroni : SpitzerPatrick Fierry : Costa ValdesJean-Pierre Jorris : SalicettiVictor Garrivier : l'inspecteur DoumecqClaude Brosset : GranierMarcel Imhoff : le directeur de cabinetFrancis Huger : le commissaire GavarniJean-Luc Boutté : l'homme de main qui siffleJack Jourdan : l'homme de main en costumeJacques Dhery : le directeur de la prisonMitia Lanzmann : le jeune motardMaurice Auzel : le routier Gros BrasClaude Guerry : le routier MarcelMax Doria : le bijoutierRoger Benamou : le mafioso aux lunettes noiresHenri Viscogliosi : le second mafiosoJacques Destoop : le troisième mafiosoMarc Lamole : l'homme de main trouillardDave Larsen : l'homme de main attachéRené Chateau : l'associé de Spitzer (non crédité)Jean-Claude Magret : l'employé de banqueFrançois Germain : un gardien de prisonCharly Koubesserian : le prisonnier empoisonnéClaude Carliez : le touriste anglaisMichel Berreur : un homme de mainAntoine Baud : un infirmier de la prisonDaniel Breton : 2ème infirmier de prisonJacques Paoli : lui-même, le journaliste à la radio (non crédité)Production[modifier | modifier le code]En 1975, Jean-Paul Belmondo avait acheté les droits du roman La Mare aux Diams, de Charles Williams, pour en faire une adaptation intitulée Diamants, qui aurait été réalisé par Claude Pinoteau, dont il a cosigné le script avec Jean-Loup Dabadie et dans lequel il aurait partagé l'affiche avec Laura Antonelli. Mais le projet ne se fait pas en raison d'un scénario qui « débouchait sur un film trop cher », selon Belmondo. Quatre mois après la comédie L'Incorrigible, en octobre 1975, Belmondo renoue avec le polar en tournant sous la direction de Philippe Labro, avec qui il avait déjà travaillé sur L'Héritier, en 1973. L'histoire de L'Alpagueur est initialement appelée Les animaux dans la jungle, que Labro fait lire à l'acteur, qui trouve qu'elle contenait de bonnes idées, mais pense que le caractère du personnage principal n'était pas suffisamment marqué2.Belmondo demanda à Labro de renforcer l'aspect solitaire du personnage, dans la tradition des grands polars, en devenant un héros, une « machine d'une redoutable efficacité agissant en marge du gouvernement ». Afin de mieux s'investir dans l'histoire, l'acteur produit le film pour la première fois sans soutien d'aucun associé. L'investissement total de Belmondo sur L'Alpagueur changeait tout « psychologiquement » pour Labro, qui déclare que ce n'est pas désagréable ni contraignant, mais que la star du film est votre employeur, sachant qu'il travaillait « non plus avec Belmondo mais pour Belmondo ». Labro ajoute que Belmondo n'a jamais fait peser de façon négative son poids de producteur sur le film, mais voulait que le projet aille à son terme, sacrifiant même sa santé pour ne pas interrompre le tournage, soudant de plus en plus un lien affectif entre les deux hommes. Selon Labro, il n'y a eu « qu'un moment d'impatience » au cours duquel Belmondo lui « fait une scène invraisemblable » devant l'équipe du tournage dans le décor de l'auberge où se déroule le traquenard, qui fut stupéfaite. Selon Labro, Jean Négroni, acteur du film, lui dit que la « colère d'acteurs » arrive souvent, presque une « tradition théâtrale », comme une façon « de se libérer, de se décharger ». La forme physique de Belmondo est mise à contribution notamment pour la scène où il doit courir derrière un camion, qui fut tournée en automne dans le froid, où l'acteur court sur une distance « d'à peu près quatre cent mètres ». Labro apprit à la fin de la journée que Belmondo, qui tourna quatre prises, souffrait depuis la veille d'une crise aiguë de sciatique, mais qu'il avait refusé de le signaler pour ne pas gêner le tournage, et ne s'était pas plaint une seule seconde2.Comme pour L'Héritier, le réalisateur-scénariste a puisé dans un fait-divers pour construire le scénario, en particulier le réseau d'évasion dans la prison, qui est inspiré d'une histoire similaire trois ans auparavant à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis. Labro multiplie les clins d’œil, notamment à Guet-apens de Sam Peckinpah. Le tournage s'est déroulé dans les studios de Boulogne-Billancourt pour la scène de l'avion2. Une partie du film est tournée en octobre 1975 dans les Pyrénées-Orientales à Salses, à Perpignan et au Barcarès3, ainsi qu'à La Palme dans l'Aude. À noter que L'Épervier braque une banque nommée Banque Cordell, référence qui est un renvoi au groupe Cordell S.A. que dirige Jean-Paul Belmondo dans L'Héritier (1973) également réalisé par Philippe Labro.Ce film policier a une caractéristique très rare : il ne comprend aucun personnage féminin.Accueil[modifier | modifier le code]Sortie du film et box-office[modifier | modifier le code]L'Alpagueur sort le 17 mars 1976 en France. À l'époque de sa sortie, L'Alpagueur rencontra un succès critique mitigé4. Il prend la tête du box-office parisien la semaine de sa sortie avec 135 298 entrées, qu'il conservera la semaine suivante, mais avec une perte de 19,32 % par rapport à la semaine précédente avec 109 158 entrées, soit un cumul de 244 456 entrées. Il connaît une importante chute en troisième semaine avec 65 162 entrées, soit une baisse de 40,3 %, pour un total de 309 618 entrées. Le film finit avec 445 281 entrées à Paris. En province, il totalise 1 087 902 entrées, portant le total à 1 533 183 entrées sur l'ensemble du territoire français5. L'Alpagueur ne rencontra pas le succès escompté, car selon Labro, il « avait des lacunes et des erreurs » qu'il n'a pas réussi à corriger durant le tournage2.Hommages[modifier | modifier le code]Le thème de L'Alpagueur est entendu dans le film Hobo with a Shotgun.   ******     ebay6051 / 208