Death of Bertrand Blier: where and when will his funeral take place ?

Bertrand Blier died on Tuesday, January 21 at the age of 85. The filmmaker is the author of many masterpieces. His funeral will take place in the coming days.

© Bestimage Bertrand Blier was a famous film director.

IN BRIEF

• Bertrand Blier's relatives announced his death on Tuesday January 21st to Agence France-Presse.
• Tributes to the filmmaker are pouring in. His funeral will take place soon.
• Concerning his private life, he was married several times and leaves behind three children.

The news shook the world of French cinema. On January 21, at the age of 85, filmmaker Bertrand Blier died, leaving behind masterpieces of the 7th art.

It is to him that we owe many great classic films. He is notably the origin of Evening Wear, Les Valseuses or even Cold Buffet. We also owe him Prepare your handkerchiefs, a work that earned him the Oscar for best foreign film in 1979.

The funeral of Bertrand Blier

It was the French filmmaker's relatives who announced the sad news to Agence France Presse. His son Léonard declared that he died “peacefully at home in Paris, surrounded by his wife and children”. His funeral will take place soon. However, the date and location have not yet been communicated.

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Since then, tributes to Bertrand Blier have been pouring in. On X, the National Center of Cinema wrote “ Bertrand Blier leaves us a filmography in his image: nonconformist, irreverent, sometimes provocative and taboo-breaking, but always tinged with tenderness and traversed by a “crazy poetry“. On Instagram, Jean Dujardin also spoke out by writing “What a privilege to have filmed for you. You were a boss. A friend. An inventor in cinema. Your poetry, your audacity, your words, your laughter, your silences… You loved actors so much”.

Looking back at Bertrand Blier's career

It was in 1939 that filmmaker Bertrand Blier was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, in the Paris region. Passionate always with cinema, he began his career as an assistant director. He directed his first film a few years later, If I Was a Spy, released in 1967.

His career took a new turn in 1974, with his film Les Valseuses, starring Gérard Depardieu. He then went on to masterpieces and awards. His work Too beautiful for you, released in 1989, earned him the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival and five Césars.

The private life of Bertrand Blier

On the private side, Bertrand Blier has had several companions. He married for the first time at the age of 20. He then made a new life with three actresses.

He first lived with Catherine Florin, before having a love affair with Anouk Grinberg. He ended his life with Farida Rahouadj. Bertrand Blier had a child with each of them: Béatrice, Léonard and Leila.