Perrin was born in Paris on July 13, 1941. In Italy he had also made other films such as “
The girl with the suitcase
“(1961), in the role of the young Lorenzo Fainardi, madly in love with Claudia Cardinale and”
On behalf of the sovereign people
“(1990) by Luigi Magni, historical Risorgimento film in which he played the role of the monk Ugo Bassi. In 1966 Perrin won two Best Actor awards at the Venice Film Festival for the Italian film”
A man in the middle
‘”and for the spanish film”
The Buska
“.
In 1988, as an adult, he played the role of Salvatore in “
New Cinema Paradiso
“by Giuseppe Tornatore, who won the Oscar for best foreign film in 1990: the last sequence is famous, with kisses censored over the years but “kept” by the old projectionist, on the notes of Morricone.
As a film man who has dedicated himself to a dense filmography with a wide European breadth, Jacques Perrin has co-produced about fifteen films from the 1960s to the present day, including “
Z
“(1968) by Costa-Gavras”, “The Desert of the Tartars” (1977) by Valerio Zurlini, in which he also played the role of the young protagonist, Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo or “Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo”.
Les Choristes
“(2004) by his grandson Christophe Barratier.
Especially
associated with the fight to defend nature
his lifelong struggle, has co-produced numerous documentaries on the subject, including Le Peuple singe (1989),
Microcosm: the grass people
(1996) or Himalaya: A Chief’s Childhood (1999). Later he made documentaries himself.”
oceans
“(1999) and”
The wandering people
“(2001), which was seen by 2.9 million viewers in France alone and won the Cèsar Prize for Best Documentary in 2011. His last film role was in”
Goliath
‘, a thriller by Frèdèric Tellier, released in France last March, on the subject of lobbies and pesticides.
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