Several hundred people, including several personalities from the world of cinema, participated in Paris on Tuesday, in the funerals of the Franco-Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, an important figure in the Italian cinema in the 1960s, which died last week at the age of 87.
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Among them were Yvan Attal, Nicolas Bedos and Georges Beller, who played with her in “Les Pétroluses”, a film released in 1971 and gathered the two female emblems of the time, Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte Bardot.
Other personalities participated in the ceremony, such as the Minister of Culture in exercise Rachida Dati, Jack Lang, Nikos Aliagas or the president of the Ile-de-France Valérie Pécresse region, an AFP journalist found. Producer Alain Terzian, actor Patrick Préjean and actress Catherine Jacob were also present.
“I admire her since I know myself. I grew up with her movies, like” Les Pétroluses “, and I really wanted to pay a tribute to my painting”, said at the BFMTV microphone an admirer who had come in front of Saint Roch church.
Sicriul with the body of the Cardinal Claudia Photo: X
“It is really an emblem,” confessed another person. “He is truly a magnificent beauty superstar. “
The family invited the public to enter the church.
Claudia Claudia’s coffin, made of light wood, was introduced in the Saint-Roch church in the center of Paris, in the applause of the crowd, against the background of music “Il était a fois dans l’Ouest ” (Was once in the west), composed by Ennio Morricone.
Claudia Cardinale played with Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda in this 1968 movie directed by Sergio Leone, in one of his most important roles.
“As usual, my mother left as a moving train.”said his daughter Claudia, who thanked Tunisia for organizing a job at La Goulette, in Tunis, the place where Claudia Cardinale was born on April 15, 1938.
“She was a great actress, my favorite. She was born in Tunisia, I wanted to pay a tribute to her”, Confessed Mourad, an anonymous admirer who waved the Tunisian flag on the steps of the church.
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“She accepts fame only to support the cause of women, homosexuals and AIDS patients”recalls her friend René de Ceccaty, writer and translator, insisting on his friendship with the famous American Rock Hudson actor in 1985.
Near the altar of the Saint-Roch church, a black and white photo of the actress dancing was placed on a desk.
Made in 1959 in Rome, the photo was used to illustrate the 70th edition of the Cannes Festival.
The family of Claudia Cardinale invited those who want to make a donation to the foundation that bears his name and created with his daughter in Nemours, a structure intended to receive and promote young artists.
On Wednesday, a job in this commune in Seine-Et-Marne will be officiated, where he lived with his daughter. The incineration will take place on Thursday, during a private family ceremony.
