Jacques Perrin, the legendary Salvatore Vita in ‘Cinema Paradiso’, dies at 80

Through a brief statement sent to the AFP (Agence France-Presse) agency, this Thursday, April 21, the unfortunate news of the sensitive death of French actor and director Jacques Perrin, at 80 years of age, was released in Paris. , your natal city. Both his widow Valentin Perrin and his three sons, Mathieu, Maxence and Lancelot, mourned his death.

The family has the immense sadness to inform you of the death of the filmmaker Jacques Perrin, who passed away on Thursday, April 21 in Paris. He passed away peacefully.

– Mathieu Simonet, son of the actor

He was born into a family full of artists, where his father was theatrical director of the Comédie-Française and his mother an actress, so having grown up in an artistic environment sparked his interest in acting. So he studied at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, which led him to become a great actor.

Perrin was considered one of the best and most famous French actors of recent decades, he worked for more than 70 films, but the role that catapulted him to the top was his unforgettable performance as Salvatore Di Vita in the hit film cinema Paradiso.

However, the professional career of the French filmmaker began in 1960 with the film The girl with the suitcase Y family chronicle, where he starred alongside Marcello Mastroianni. This role paved the way for her work on the tapes donkey skin, the rails of crime, The choir boysamong others.

In addition, his career stood out even more in 1968, when he decided to show his facet as a film producer and founded Reggane Films, his own production company, which was behind films such as Z Y Le Crabre-Tambourwhich won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1969.

But his greatest success as a producer and director was the documentary wind nomads in 2002, which talks about the migration of birds and with which he won the Cesar award for best producer.

Jacques Perrin has not only left a mark on each of his performances and productions, but his offspring will follow, since his three children decided to follow in his footsteps and dedicate themselves to the world of acting. Today we say goodbye to a movie great. Rest in peace and fly high, dear Jacques Perrin!