French movie star Jean-Paul Belmondo has passed at 88. This superstar of French New Wave and European cinema in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s could have easily pivoted to Hollywood, but he mainly stayed in his comfort zone working with the top directors (Truffaut, Chabrol) and leading ladies (Catherine Deneuve, Sophia Loren). He achieved worldwide fame in a couple of memorable films, Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard and co-starring Jean Seberg, and the Oscar nominated That Man from Rio. He was the epitome of cool.
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