Breathless, played a key part in developing French arthouse cinema.His death was confirmed today (September 6) by the office of Godest, while no cause of death was disclosed according to the Los Angeles Times.“All of France is sad, I am sad,” Godest said in a statement on BFMTV.“It was wonderful but also terrible because I saw in him the man, a friend that so many people wish they had had and at the same time there was a monster inside him, a terrible character,” he added.French president Emmanuel Macron paid his respects to Belmondo on Twitter, calling the actor “a national treasure” and “a magician of words”.Il restera à jamais Le Magnifique.
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