
English: 
Why is Jean-Paul Belmondo
the most famous French actor in the world?
This is Steroids,
the web show that puts the brains on the muscles!
Mister Belmondo smiling, please smile...
Worried

English: 
Why is Jean-Paul Belmondo
the most famous French actor in the world?
This is Steroids,
the web show that puts the brains on the muscles!
Mister Belmondo smiling, please smile...
Worried

English: 
Why is Jean-Paul Belmondo
the most famous French actor in the world?
This is Steroids,
the web show that puts the brains on the muscles!
Mister Belmondo smiling, please smile...
Worried

English: 
Why is Jean-Paul Belmondo
the most famous French actor in the world?
This is Steroids,
the web show that puts the brains on the muscles!
Mister Belmondo smiling, please smile...
Worried

French: 
Pourquoi Jean-Paul Belmondo est-il
l'acteur français le plus populaire au monde ?
Bienvenue dans Steroids, l'émission qui
fait l'exégèse des gros bras.
Monsieur Belmondo souriant, souriez monsieur...
Soucieux

English: 
Why is Jean-Paul Belmondo
the most famous French actor in the world?
This is Steroids,
the web show that puts the brains on the muscles!
Mister Belmondo smiling, please smile...
Worried

French: 
- Soucieux !
- Ah oui, soucieux.
Tout au long de sa carrière, Jean-Paul Belmondo
a su briser les frontières bien étanches
du petit monde du cinéma français,
imposant son style et son charisme
devant la caméra cérébrale d'un Jean-Luc Godard ou d'un Alain Resnais,
comme devant celle
d'un Henri Verneuil ou d'un Georges Lautner
davantage tournée vers le public.
"Et un couscous poulet, un !"
Et malgré cet éclectisme évident,
celui qu'on a rapidement surnommé Bebel
n'a jamais fait preuve de calcul ou de cynisme,
qu'il interprète un flic musclé
ou un prêtre confronté au sentiment amoureux,
il n'a jamais triché,
donnant à ses réalisateurs tout ce qu'il avait et
surtout tout ce qu'il était.
- Coucou !
- Adrien !
Soi-même, frais comme l'oeil, huit jours de perm', je t'ai écris tu m'as pas répondu,
enfin je suis là c'est l'essentiel... Bonjour Madame.
Le point commun évident entre
ses différentes prestations
reste la force vitale qui s'en dégage.
Un mélange de puissance,
de chaleur humaine et d'ironie
qui irradie la pellicule à chaque instant

English: 
- Worried!
- Oh okay, worried.
All along his career, Jean-Paul Belmondo
has been able to break boundaries
in the small world of French cinema.
With style and charisma
in intellectual movies
directed by Jean-Luc Godard or Alain Resnais,
as much as in Henri Verneuil
or Georges Lautner's
more entertaining films.
"One chicken couscous, please!"
Although he was obviously an eclectic actor,
our "Bebel" has never done anything
out of self-interest or cynicism,
whether he's been playing a cop
or a priest falling in love,
he has never cheated,
giving his directors everything he had
but above all everything he was.
- Hi all!
- Adrien!
Himself, fresh as a daisy, on leave for eight days,
I wrote a letter, you didn't answer it,
but here I am now...
Morning Ma'm.
A certain vital force is what obviously comes out
of his different performances.
A mix of power, warmth and irony,
a constant screen presence

English: 
- Worried!
- Oh okay, worried.
All along his career, Jean-Paul Belmondo
has been able to break boundaries
in the small world of French cinema.
With style and charisma
in intellectual movies
directed by Jean-Luc Godard or Alain Resnais,
as much as in Henri Verneuil
or Georges Lautner's
more entertaining films.
"One chicken couscous, please!"
Although he was obviously an eclectic actor,
our "Bebel" has never done anything
out of self-interest or cynicism,
whether he's been playing a cop
or a priest falling in love,
he has never cheated,
giving his directors everything he had
but above all everything he was.
- Hi all!
- Adrien!
Himself, fresh as a daisy, on leave for eight days,
I wrote a letter, you didn't answer it,
but here I am now...
Morning Ma'm.
A certain vital force is what obviously comes out
of his different performances.
A mix of power, warmth and irony,
a constant screen presence

English: 
- Worried!
- Oh okay, worried.
All along his career, Jean-Paul Belmondo
has been able to break boundaries
in the small world of French cinema.
With style and charisma
in intellectual movies
directed by Jean-Luc Godard or Alain Resnais,
as much as in Henri Verneuil
or Georges Lautner's
more entertaining films.
"One chicken couscous, please!"
Although he was obviously an eclectic actor,
our "Bebel" has never done anything
out of self-interest or cynicism,
whether he's been playing a cop
or a priest falling in love,
he has never cheated,
giving his directors everything he had
but above all everything he was.
- Hi all!
- Adrien!
Himself, fresh as a daisy, on leave for eight days,
I wrote a letter, you didn't answer it,
but here I am now...
Morning Ma'm.
A certain vital force is what obviously comes out
of his different performances.
A mix of power, warmth and irony,
a constant screen presence

English: 
- Worried!
- Oh okay, worried.
All along his career, Jean-Paul Belmondo
has been able to break boundaries
in the small world of French cinema.
With style and charisma
in intellectual movies
directed by Jean-Luc Godard or Alain Resnais,
as much as in Henri Verneuil
or Georges Lautner's
more entertaining films.
"One chicken couscous, please!"
Although he was obviously an eclectic actor,
our "Bebel" has never done anything
out of self-interest or cynicism,
whether he's been playing a cop
or a priest falling in love,
he has never cheated,
giving his directors everything he had
but above all everything he was.
- Hi all!
- Adrien!
Himself, fresh as a daisy, on leave for eight days,
I wrote a letter, you didn't answer it,
but here I am now...
Morning Ma'm.
A certain vital force is what obviously comes out
of his different performances.
A mix of power, warmth and irony,
a constant screen presence

English: 
- Worried!
- Oh okay, worried.
All along his career, Jean-Paul Belmondo
has been able to break boundaries
in the small world of French cinema.
With style and charisma
in intellectual movies
directed by Jean-Luc Godard or Alain Resnais,
as much as in Henri Verneuil
or Georges Lautner's
more entertaining films.
"One chicken couscous, please!"
Although he was obviously an eclectic actor,
our "Bebel" has never done anything
out of self-interest or cynicism,
whether he's been playing a cop
or a priest falling in love,
he has never cheated,
giving his directors everything he had
but above all everything he was.
- Hi all!
- Adrien!
Himself, fresh as a daisy, on leave for eight days,
I wrote a letter, you didn't answer it,
but here I am now...
Morning Ma'm.
A certain vital force is what obviously comes out
of his different performances.
A mix of power, warmth and irony,
a constant screen presence

English: 
proving Bébel has this indefinable charisma
characteristic of the biggest movie stars.
Every director that has ever worked with him
is aware of his imposing look
his obvious presence,
his unchanging cheerfulness,
qualities that undoubtedly hide something the actor
has always made a point of keeping to himself.
"Nobody knows who I am,
what I'm capable of."
But still, when he first appeared on screen,
nobody had ever seen such a talented actor:
either jaunty and involved,
detached and yet so close,
this actor is like no other.
With his friendly, cheeky, battered face,
he was a real seducer.
Endowed with natural charisma,
he belongs to the larger-than-life actors club.
- Women like you.
- If you say so.
This seems to be the key to Belmondo's popularity,
that allowed him to act through
half a century of cinema,
despite occasional flops, disappointments,

English: 
proving Bébel has this indefinable charisma
characteristic of the biggest movie stars.
Every director that has ever worked with him
is aware of his imposing look
his obvious presence,
his unchanging cheerfulness,
qualities that undoubtedly hide something the actor
has always made a point of keeping to himself.
"Nobody knows who I am,
what I'm capable of."
But still, when he first appeared on screen,
nobody had ever seen such a talented actor:
either jaunty and involved,
detached and yet so close,
this actor is like no other.
With his friendly, cheeky, battered face,
he was a real seducer.
Endowed with natural charisma,
he belongs to the larger-than-life actors club.
- Women like you.
- If you say so.
This seems to be the key to Belmondo's popularity,
that allowed him to act through
half a century of cinema,
despite occasional flops, disappointments,

English: 
proving Bébel has this indefinable charisma
characteristic of the biggest movie stars.
Every director that has ever worked with him
is aware of his imposing look
his obvious presence,
his unchanging cheerfulness,
qualities that undoubtedly hide something the actor
has always made a point of keeping to himself.
"Nobody knows who I am,
what I'm capable of."
But still, when he first appeared on screen,
nobody had ever seen such a talented actor:
either jaunty and involved,
detached and yet so close,
this actor is like no other.
With his friendly, cheeky, battered face,
he was a real seducer.
Endowed with natural charisma,
he belongs to the larger-than-life actors club.
- Women like you.
- If you say so.
This seems to be the key to Belmondo's popularity,
that allowed him to act through
half a century of cinema,
despite occasional flops, disappointments,

English: 
proving Bébel has this indefinable charisma
characteristic of the biggest movie stars.
Every director that has ever worked with him
is aware of his imposing look
his obvious presence,
his unchanging cheerfulness,
qualities that undoubtedly hide something the actor
has always made a point of keeping to himself.
"Nobody knows who I am,
what I'm capable of."
But still, when he first appeared on screen,
nobody had ever seen such a talented actor:
either jaunty and involved,
detached and yet so close,
this actor is like no other.
With his friendly, cheeky, battered face,
he was a real seducer.
Endowed with natural charisma,
he belongs to the larger-than-life actors club.
- Women like you.
- If you say so.
This seems to be the key to Belmondo's popularity,
that allowed him to act through
half a century of cinema,
despite occasional flops, disappointments,

English: 
proving Bébel has this indefinable charisma
characteristic of the biggest movie stars.
Every director that has ever worked with him
is aware of his imposing look
his obvious presence,
his unchanging cheerfulness,
qualities that undoubtedly hide something the actor
has always made a point of keeping to himself.
"Nobody knows who I am,
what I'm capable of."
But still, when he first appeared on screen,
nobody had ever seen such a talented actor:
either jaunty and involved,
detached and yet so close,
this actor is like no other.
With his friendly, cheeky, battered face,
he was a real seducer.
Endowed with natural charisma,
he belongs to the larger-than-life actors club.
- Women like you.
- If you say so.
This seems to be the key to Belmondo's popularity,
that allowed him to act through
half a century of cinema,
despite occasional flops, disappointments,

French: 
et qui prouve que Bébel possède
ce charisme indéfinissable
qui est celui des plus grandes stars de cinéma.
Tous les réalisateurs qui ont dirigé Belmondo
parlent de cette allure imposante
de cette présence évidente,
de cette gaieté inaltérable
derrière lesquelles semblent couver des choses
que le comédien
a toujours mis un point d'honneur à garder pour lui.
"Personne ne sait qui je suis,
de quoi je suis capable."
Mais toujours est-il qu'à ses débuts,
personne n'avait jamais vu un acteur
jouer comme le faisait Belmondo :
à la fois désinvolte et concerné,
détaché et infiniment proche,
ce comédien ne ressemble à aucun autre
et ne correspond à aucun canon.
Jusque dans ce visage sympathique, gouailleur et
cabossé, qui en fera tomber plus d'une.
Débordant d'un charisme qui semble
couler de source,
il fait partie de ces acteurs qui bouffent l'image.
- Vous plaisez aux femmes.
- Je ne sais pas.
Voilà sans doute le secret de la cote d'amour de Belmondo auprès du public,
qui lui a permis de traverser intact
un demi siècle de cinéma,
malgré les échecs épisodiques, les déconvenues,

English: 
or more simply personal issues.
I am prewar mechanics, I'm unbreakable.
One overhaul every century and I go back on track.
Simply think about him
and powerful images immediately appear,
with no need to name the movies.
Belmondo as a thug,
walking down the Champs-Elysées
with Jean Seberg,
as an adventurer parachute jumping above Amazonia,
as a beautiful drunkard improvising
a devilish flamenco in a Norman bistro,
or even as the ideal hero,
giving one hand to Jacqueline Bisset
and using the other to fire a bullet rain
over a great bunch of bad guys
on a heavenly beach.
Such magical moments abound
in his flamboyant filmography,
moments that have left their mark
in people's minds
and made Belmondo a little bit more than a star:
a true icon of cinematographic art.
"I am Jesus."
A specific acting trademark,
of which only one shot is enough
to recall an entire career
a trademark even preventing the audience
from distinguishing fiction from reality.

English: 
or more simply personal issues.
I am prewar mechanics, I'm unbreakable.
One overhaul every century and I go back on track.
Simply think about him
and powerful images immediately appear,
with no need to name the movies.
Belmondo as a thug,
walking down the Champs-Elysées
with Jean Seberg,
as an adventurer parachute jumping above Amazonia,
as a beautiful drunkard improvising
a devilish flamenco in a Norman bistro,
or even as the ideal hero,
giving one hand to Jacqueline Bisset
and using the other to fire a bullet rain
over a great bunch of bad guys
on a heavenly beach.
Such magical moments abound
in his flamboyant filmography,
moments that have left their mark
in people's minds
and made Belmondo a little bit more than a star:
a true icon of cinematographic art.
"I am Jesus."
A specific acting trademark,
of which only one shot is enough
to recall an entire career
a trademark even preventing the audience
from distinguishing fiction from reality.

English: 
or more simply personal issues.
I am prewar mechanics, I'm unbreakable.
One overhaul every century and I go back on track.
Simply think about him
and powerful images immediately appear,
with no need to name the movies.
Belmondo as a thug,
walking down the Champs-Elysées
with Jean Seberg,
as an adventurer parachute jumping above Amazonia,
as a beautiful drunkard improvising
a devilish flamenco in a Norman bistro,
or even as the ideal hero,
giving one hand to Jacqueline Bisset
and using the other to fire a bullet rain
over a great bunch of bad guys
on a heavenly beach.
Such magical moments abound
in his flamboyant filmography,
moments that have left their mark
in people's minds
and made Belmondo a little bit more than a star:
a true icon of cinematographic art.
"I am Jesus."
A specific acting trademark,
of which only one shot is enough
to recall an entire career
a trademark even preventing the audience
from distinguishing fiction from reality.

French: 
ou tout simplement les problèmes personnels.
Ha, c'est de la mécanique d'avant-guerre, incassable.
Une révision tous les 100 ans et ça repart.
Lorsque l'on pense à lui,
des images surgissent immédiatement
sans qu'il y ait besoin de citer
les titres des films en question.
Belmondo en voyou, en train de se
promener sur les Champs-Elysées
en compagnie de Jean Seberg,
en aventurier qui saute en parachute
au dessus de la forêt amazonienne,
en ivrogne magnifique qui improvise
un flamenco endiablé dans un bistrot normand,
ou encore en héros idéal,
tenant Jacqueline Bisset d'une main
et de l'autre arrosant de plomb
une multitude de méchants
sur fond de plage paradisiaque.
Ces instants magiques abondent dans la filmographie haute en couleurs de cette vedette unique,
des moments qui ont marqué au fer blanc
l'imaginaire collectif
et qui ont fait de Belmondo quelque chose
d'un peu plus important qu'une star :
une véritable icône du septième art.
"C'est moi, le Christ."
Une race de comédien rarissime,
dont une seule image suffit à évoquer le cinéma
et chez qui on ne sait plus démêler, à la longue,
la fiction de la réalité.

English: 
or more simply personal issues.
I am prewar mechanics, I'm unbreakable.
One overhaul every century and I go back on track.
Simply think about him
and powerful images immediately appear,
with no need to name the movies.
Belmondo as a thug,
walking down the Champs-Elysées
with Jean Seberg,
as an adventurer parachute jumping above Amazonia,
as a beautiful drunkard improvising
a devilish flamenco in a Norman bistro,
or even as the ideal hero,
giving one hand to Jacqueline Bisset
and using the other to fire a bullet rain
over a great bunch of bad guys
on a heavenly beach.
Such magical moments abound
in his flamboyant filmography,
moments that have left their mark
in people's minds
and made Belmondo a little bit more than a star:
a true icon of cinematographic art.
"I am Jesus."
A specific acting trademark,
of which only one shot is enough
to recall an entire career
a trademark even preventing the audience
from distinguishing fiction from reality.

English: 
or more simply personal issues.
I am prewar mechanics, I'm unbreakable.
One overhaul every century and I go back on track.
Simply think about him
and powerful images immediately appear,
with no need to name the movies.
Belmondo as a thug,
walking down the Champs-Elysées
with Jean Seberg,
as an adventurer parachute jumping above Amazonia,
as a beautiful drunkard improvising
a devilish flamenco in a Norman bistro,
or even as the ideal hero,
giving one hand to Jacqueline Bisset
and using the other to fire a bullet rain
over a great bunch of bad guys
on a heavenly beach.
Such magical moments abound
in his flamboyant filmography,
moments that have left their mark
in people's minds
and made Belmondo a little bit more than a star:
a true icon of cinematographic art.
"I am Jesus."
A specific acting trademark,
of which only one shot is enough
to recall an entire career
a trademark even preventing the audience
from distinguishing fiction from reality.

English: 
This means for Bébel to perform his own stunts.
"Let's go."
Let's demonstrate it with our focus on: Stunts
"It's Just a scratch."

English: 
This means for Bébel to perform his own stunts.
"Let's go."
Let's demonstrate it with our focus on: Stunts
"It's Just a scratch."

English: 
This means for Bébel to perform his own stunts.
"Let's go."
Let's demonstrate it with our focus on: Stunts
"It's Just a scratch."

French: 
Dans le cadre du cinéma qui nous intéresse,
cela signifie pour Bébel d'exécuter
ses propres cabrioles.
"On est parti."
La preuve en images avec notre point : Cascades
"Juste une éraflure."

English: 
This means for Bébel to perform his own stunts.
"Let's go."
Let's demonstrate it with our focus on: Stunts
"It's Just a scratch."

English: 
This means for Bébel to perform his own stunts.
"Let's go."
Let's demonstrate it with our focus on: Stunts
"It's Just a scratch."

English: 
In the mid-70s,
Belmondo's carreer is at a turning point.
Torn between popular superproductions
and more sophisticated movies,
after Alain Resnais' Stavisky was rejected by the critics
and showed disappointing box office results
he decides to dedicate himself exclusively
to entertainment.
On this basis, "Peur sur la ville" is a milestone
in his filmography.
The film is a success,
cumulating four million tickets sold in France,
and give a new direction
to Belmondo's career:
action movies in which he plays
a badass vigilante
multiplying spectacular stunts.
"Shooting only cerebral films can be boring...
even intellectuals like to have fun sometimes
and watch entertainment."
The actor is not really new to that,
for example with Philippe de Broca's adventure films,
but "Peur sur la ville" is a stepping stone

English: 
In the mid-70s,
Belmondo's carreer is at a turning point.
Torn between popular superproductions
and more sophisticated movies,
after Alain Resnais' Stavisky was rejected by the critics
and showed disappointing box office results
he decides to dedicate himself exclusively
to entertainment.
On this basis, "Peur sur la ville" is a milestone
in his filmography.
The film is a success,
cumulating four million tickets sold in France,
and give a new direction
to Belmondo's career:
action movies in which he plays
a badass vigilante
multiplying spectacular stunts.
"Shooting only cerebral films can be boring...
even intellectuals like to have fun sometimes
and watch entertainment."
The actor is not really new to that,
for example with Philippe de Broca's adventure films,
but "Peur sur la ville" is a stepping stone

English: 
In the mid-70s,
Belmondo's carreer is at a turning point.
Torn between popular superproductions
and more sophisticated movies,
after Alain Resnais' Stavisky was rejected by the critics
and showed disappointing box office results
he decides to dedicate himself exclusively
to entertainment.
On this basis, "Peur sur la ville" is a milestone
in his filmography.
The film is a success,
cumulating four million tickets sold in France,
and give a new direction
to Belmondo's career:
action movies in which he plays
a badass vigilante
multiplying spectacular stunts.
"Shooting only cerebral films can be boring...
even intellectuals like to have fun sometimes
and watch entertainment."
The actor is not really new to that,
for example with Philippe de Broca's adventure films,
but "Peur sur la ville" is a stepping stone

English: 
In the mid-70s,
Belmondo's carreer is at a turning point.
Torn between popular superproductions
and more sophisticated movies,
after Alain Resnais' Stavisky was rejected by the critics
and showed disappointing box office results
he decides to dedicate himself exclusively
to entertainment.
On this basis, "Peur sur la ville" is a milestone
in his filmography.
The film is a success,
cumulating four million tickets sold in France,
and give a new direction
to Belmondo's career:
action movies in which he plays
a badass vigilante
multiplying spectacular stunts.
"Shooting only cerebral films can be boring...
even intellectuals like to have fun sometimes
and watch entertainment."
The actor is not really new to that,
for example with Philippe de Broca's adventure films,
but "Peur sur la ville" is a stepping stone

French: 
Au milieu des années 70,
Belmondo est à un tournant de sa carrière.
Partagé entre grosses productions populaires
et films plus sophistiqués,
il décide, suite au rejet critique
et au box office décevant du Stavisky d'Alain Resnais
de se tourner exclusivement vers le public
et le cinéma de pur divertissement.
À ce titre, "Peur sur la ville" est une
borne dans la filmographie de l'acteur
le succès du film,
qui cumule quatre millions d'entrées en France,
va imposer une nouvelle orientation
dans la carrière de Belmondo.
Les films d'action dans lesquels il interprète
un justicier hyper balèze
et où il enchaîne à l'écran des cascades
de plus en plus spectaculaires.
Ne faire que des films qui font penser, c'est embêtant...
même les gens les plus intellectuels
ont envie le soir d'aller se distraire
et pas se prendre la tête à deux mains.
Certes dans ce registre il a déjà
précédemment donné
avec les films d' aventure de Philippe de Broca,
par exemple,
Mais c'est véritablement "Peur sur la ville"

English: 
In the mid-70s,
Belmondo's carreer is at a turning point.
Torn between popular superproductions
and more sophisticated movies,
after Alain Resnais' Stavisky was rejected by the critics
and showed disappointing box office results
he decides to dedicate himself exclusively
to entertainment.
On this basis, "Peur sur la ville" is a milestone
in his filmography.
The film is a success,
cumulating four million tickets sold in France,
and give a new direction
to Belmondo's career:
action movies in which he plays
a badass vigilante
multiplying spectacular stunts.
"Shooting only cerebral films can be boring...
even intellectuals like to have fun sometimes
and watch entertainment."
The actor is not really new to that,
for example with Philippe de Broca's adventure films,
but "Peur sur la ville" is a stepping stone

English: 
to Bébel's new formula:
the alpha male and "Jack-of-all-trade" stuntman,
cleaning up the city streets
with a gun holstered in his pants.
"You look just like Belmondo."
He loves a fight as much as scathing lines.
"I'm gonna die."
- What does he want?
- He says he's gonna die.
- Tell him I don't care.
- He doesn't care.
"Peur sur la ville"'s unfaded quality
is the work of director Henri Verneuil,
using Belmondo for the fifth time
after mixed successes like:
"Un singe en hiver"
"Cent mille dollars au soleil"
"Week-end à Zuydcoote"
and "Le Casse".
Verneuil was to Bébel
what Don Siegle was to Clint Eastwood:
an authentic film-maker,
a visual storyteller and an outstanding technician
able to sculpt him into a heroic statue,
"I love working with Verneuil,
because he's an easy-going film-maker,
I really like that,

English: 
to Bébel's new formula:
the alpha male and "Jack-of-all-trade" stuntman,
cleaning up the city streets
with a gun holstered in his pants.
"You look just like Belmondo."
He loves a fight as much as scathing lines.
"I'm gonna die."
- What does he want?
- He says he's gonna die.
- Tell him I don't care.
- He doesn't care.
"Peur sur la ville"'s unfaded quality
is the work of director Henri Verneuil,
using Belmondo for the fifth time
after mixed successes like:
"Un singe en hiver"
"Cent mille dollars au soleil"
"Week-end à Zuydcoote"
and "Le Casse".
Verneuil was to Bébel
what Don Siegle was to Clint Eastwood:
an authentic film-maker,
a visual storyteller and an outstanding technician
able to sculpt him into a heroic statue,
"I love working with Verneuil,
because he's an easy-going film-maker,
I really like that,

English: 
to Bébel's new formula:
the alpha male and "Jack-of-all-trade" stuntman,
cleaning up the city streets
with a gun holstered in his pants.
"You look just like Belmondo."
He loves a fight as much as scathing lines.
"I'm gonna die."
- What does he want?
- He says he's gonna die.
- Tell him I don't care.
- He doesn't care.
"Peur sur la ville"'s unfaded quality
is the work of director Henri Verneuil,
using Belmondo for the fifth time
after mixed successes like:
"Un singe en hiver"
"Cent mille dollars au soleil"
"Week-end à Zuydcoote"
and "Le Casse".
Verneuil was to Bébel
what Don Siegle was to Clint Eastwood:
an authentic film-maker,
a visual storyteller and an outstanding technician
able to sculpt him into a heroic statue,
"I love working with Verneuil,
because he's an easy-going film-maker,
I really like that,

French: 
qui va imposer la formule du Bébel
en mode mâle alpha et performeur physique tout terrain,
qui nettoie les rues de sa ville
le flingue glissé dans le pantalon.
"Comme ça, tu ressembles à Belmondo."
La mandale facile et la réplique cinglante :
"Je vais crever."
- Qu'est-ce qu'il veut ?
- Il dit qu'il est en train de mourir.
- Dis-lui que je m'en fous.
- Il s'en fout.
La qualité toujours palpable de "Peur sur la ville",
Belmondo la doit avant tout
à son metteur en scène Henri Verneuil,
qu'il retrouve ici pour la cinquième fois
après des réussites aussi différentes que :
"Un singe en hiver"
"Cent mille dollars au soleil"
"Week-end à Zuydcoote"
et "Le Casse".
En Verneuil, Bébel va trouver l'équivalent
de ce que Don Siegle a été pour Clint Eastwood :
un authentique cinéaste,
narrateur visuel et technicien hors pair
capable de lui dresser une
statue de héros surdimensionnée,
sculptée dans la pellicule.
"J'aime beaucoup travailler avec Verneuil,
parce que d'abord il est très relax
comme metteur en scène,
et ça, j'aime bien,

English: 
to Bébel's new formula:
the alpha male and "Jack-of-all-trade" stuntman,
cleaning up the city streets
with a gun holstered in his pants.
"You look just like Belmondo."
He loves a fight as much as scathing lines.
"I'm gonna die."
- What does he want?
- He says he's gonna die.
- Tell him I don't care.
- He doesn't care.
"Peur sur la ville"'s unfaded quality
is the work of director Henri Verneuil,
using Belmondo for the fifth time
after mixed successes like:
"Un singe en hiver"
"Cent mille dollars au soleil"
"Week-end à Zuydcoote"
and "Le Casse".
Verneuil was to Bébel
what Don Siegle was to Clint Eastwood:
an authentic film-maker,
a visual storyteller and an outstanding technician
able to sculpt him into a heroic statue,
"I love working with Verneuil,
because he's an easy-going film-maker,
I really like that,

English: 
to Bébel's new formula:
the alpha male and "Jack-of-all-trade" stuntman,
cleaning up the city streets
with a gun holstered in his pants.
"You look just like Belmondo."
He loves a fight as much as scathing lines.
"I'm gonna die."
- What does he want?
- He says he's gonna die.
- Tell him I don't care.
- He doesn't care.
"Peur sur la ville"'s unfaded quality
is the work of director Henri Verneuil,
using Belmondo for the fifth time
after mixed successes like:
"Un singe en hiver"
"Cent mille dollars au soleil"
"Week-end à Zuydcoote"
and "Le Casse".
Verneuil was to Bébel
what Don Siegle was to Clint Eastwood:
an authentic film-maker,
a visual storyteller and an outstanding technician
able to sculpt him into a heroic statue,
"I love working with Verneuil,
because he's an easy-going film-maker,
I really like that,

English: 
he's not the kind of guy
stressing out behind the camera,
and his scripts always go like clockwork,
he never lets anything to chance,
he always knows where to put the camera."
And it turns out "Peur sur la ville"
was considered by Verneuil and Belmondo
as a French-style mix between
"Dirty Harry" and "French connection".
They tried to mimic famous scenes
from these two classical american action movies
but with an even more spectacular twist,
as evidenced by the mythical subway chase.
Except that Belmondo himself
choses to jump onto the subway roof.
This scene is only a small part of a longer chase,
unique in the history of French cinema,
since it almost lasts 20 minutes,
constantly passing from one setting to another.
Situated in the middle of the film,
it perfectly epitomizes the main character
impersonated by Belmondo.
- You know what you're doing, I guess.
- Shut up.
He plays this iconic cop

English: 
he's not the kind of guy
stressing out behind the camera,
and his scripts always go like clockwork,
he never lets anything to chance,
he always knows where to put the camera."
And it turns out "Peur sur la ville"
was considered by Verneuil and Belmondo
as a French-style mix between
"Dirty Harry" and "French connection".
They tried to mimic famous scenes
from these two classical american action movies
but with an even more spectacular twist,
as evidenced by the mythical subway chase.
Except that Belmondo himself
choses to jump onto the subway roof.
This scene is only a small part of a longer chase,
unique in the history of French cinema,
since it almost lasts 20 minutes,
constantly passing from one setting to another.
Situated in the middle of the film,
it perfectly epitomizes the main character
impersonated by Belmondo.
- You know what you're doing, I guess.
- Shut up.
He plays this iconic cop

French: 
il n'est pas à manger son chapeau
derrière la caméra, ça c'est une chose agréable,
et en plus ses scripts, c'est
une sorte de système d'horlogerie,
tout est très bien réglé,
il sait exactement ce qu'il va faire,
il sait où il va mettre sa caméra."
Et justement, il s'avère que
"Peur sur la ville" est pensé par Verneuil et Belmondo
comme une tentative de mix à la française entre "L'Inspecteur Harry" et "French connection",
le film s'amusant à reprendre certaines figures célèbres
de ces deux classiques du cinéma d'action américain
tout en essayant de les rendre
encore plus spectaculaires
comme le prouve
la mythique poursuite du métro.
Sauf que Belmondo, lui, choisit carrément
de monter sur le toit du métro
et sans doublure bien évidemment.
Une scène qui vient s'enchasser dans une longue poursuite anthologique
proprement unique
dans l'histoire du cinéma français,
puisqu'elle dure près de 20 minutes,
qu'elle change continuellement d'environnement
et que, se situant au beau milieu du film,
elle présente l'avantage de parfaitement résumer
le personnage principal, campé par Belmondo.
- Je suppose que tu sais ce que tu fais.
- Ta gueule.
Incarnant ce rôle de flic iconique,

English: 
he's not the kind of guy
stressing out behind the camera,
and his scripts always go like clockwork,
he never lets anything to chance,
he always knows where to put the camera."
And it turns out "Peur sur la ville"
was considered by Verneuil and Belmondo
as a French-style mix between
"Dirty Harry" and "French connection".
They tried to mimic famous scenes
from these two classical american action movies
but with an even more spectacular twist,
as evidenced by the mythical subway chase.
Except that Belmondo himself
choses to jump onto the subway roof.
This scene is only a small part of a longer chase,
unique in the history of French cinema,
since it almost lasts 20 minutes,
constantly passing from one setting to another.
Situated in the middle of the film,
it perfectly epitomizes the main character
impersonated by Belmondo.
- You know what you're doing, I guess.
- Shut up.
He plays this iconic cop

English: 
he's not the kind of guy
stressing out behind the camera,
and his scripts always go like clockwork,
he never lets anything to chance,
he always knows where to put the camera."
And it turns out "Peur sur la ville"
was considered by Verneuil and Belmondo
as a French-style mix between
"Dirty Harry" and "French connection".
They tried to mimic famous scenes
from these two classical american action movies
but with an even more spectacular twist,
as evidenced by the mythical subway chase.
Except that Belmondo himself
choses to jump onto the subway roof.
This scene is only a small part of a longer chase,
unique in the history of French cinema,
since it almost lasts 20 minutes,
constantly passing from one setting to another.
Situated in the middle of the film,
it perfectly epitomizes the main character
impersonated by Belmondo.
- You know what you're doing, I guess.
- Shut up.
He plays this iconic cop

English: 
he's not the kind of guy
stressing out behind the camera,
and his scripts always go like clockwork,
he never lets anything to chance,
he always knows where to put the camera."
And it turns out "Peur sur la ville"
was considered by Verneuil and Belmondo
as a French-style mix between
"Dirty Harry" and "French connection".
They tried to mimic famous scenes
from these two classical american action movies
but with an even more spectacular twist,
as evidenced by the mythical subway chase.
Except that Belmondo himself
choses to jump onto the subway roof.
This scene is only a small part of a longer chase,
unique in the history of French cinema,
since it almost lasts 20 minutes,
constantly passing from one setting to another.
Situated in the middle of the film,
it perfectly epitomizes the main character
impersonated by Belmondo.
- You know what you're doing, I guess.
- Shut up.
He plays this iconic cop

English: 
as a wild animal led only by
his emotions and gut feeling,
who rather lets killer "Minos" go
to chase after the gangster who killed his partner.
That thing out of the way,
he'll need a new need for revenge
to eventually stop Minos.
"God dammit."
With only one epic action scene,
Verneuil succeeds in explaining
his protagonist issues,
but also in delivering pure Belmondo style,
at once physical, oblivious, rebellious, playful,
tenacious and true to who he is.
Not limiting himself to
the illustrious above-mentioned actioners,
Verneuil also succeeds in injecting
into "Peur sur la ville"
other surprising influences,
like Minos murder scenes
inspired by Mario Bava's giallos
or this suspense scene
in a warehouse full of dummies,
directly drawn from Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss".

English: 
as a wild animal led only by
his emotions and gut feeling,
who rather lets killer "Minos" go
to chase after the gangster who killed his partner.
That thing out of the way,
he'll need a new need for revenge
to eventually stop Minos.
"God dammit."
With only one epic action scene,
Verneuil succeeds in explaining
his protagonist issues,
but also in delivering pure Belmondo style,
at once physical, oblivious, rebellious, playful,
tenacious and true to who he is.
Not limiting himself to
the illustrious above-mentioned actioners,
Verneuil also succeeds in injecting
into "Peur sur la ville"
other surprising influences,
like Minos murder scenes
inspired by Mario Bava's giallos
or this suspense scene
in a warehouse full of dummies,
directly drawn from Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss".

French: 
comme un animal à sang chaud qui
ne fonctionne que sur un plan émotionnel et viscéral,
il préfère laisser filer le terrible tueur de femmes "Minos"
pour aller rattraper le gangster qui a tué son coéquipier.
Chose faite,
il lui faudra un nouveau désir de vengeance
pour stopper Minos une bonne fois pour toutes.
"Nom de Dieu."
En une scène d'action qui fera date,
Verneuil parvient donc non seulement a
représenter dans l'action
la problématique de son personnage principal,
mais en plus à livrer la quintessence du style Belmondo
à la fois physique, inconscient,
rebelle, joueur, tenace et fidèle à ce qu'il est.
Ne se limitant pas aux illustres films d'action déjà cités,
Verneuil parvient également à inclure
dans "Peur sur la ville"
d'autres influences surprenantes,
comme les séquences de meurtre de Minos
tout droit sorties d'un giallo italien de Mario Bava
ou comme cette scène de suspense,
située dans un hangar rempli de mannequins en cire,
reprise d'une scène similaire figurant dans
"Le Baiser du tueur" de Stanley Kubrick.

English: 
as a wild animal led only by
his emotions and gut feeling,
who rather lets killer "Minos" go
to chase after the gangster who killed his partner.
That thing out of the way,
he'll need a new need for revenge
to eventually stop Minos.
"God dammit."
With only one epic action scene,
Verneuil succeeds in explaining
his protagonist issues,
but also in delivering pure Belmondo style,
at once physical, oblivious, rebellious, playful,
tenacious and true to who he is.
Not limiting himself to
the illustrious above-mentioned actioners,
Verneuil also succeeds in injecting
into "Peur sur la ville"
other surprising influences,
like Minos murder scenes
inspired by Mario Bava's giallos
or this suspense scene
in a warehouse full of dummies,
directly drawn from Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss".

English: 
as a wild animal led only by
his emotions and gut feeling,
who rather lets killer "Minos" go
to chase after the gangster who killed his partner.
That thing out of the way,
he'll need a new need for revenge
to eventually stop Minos.
"God dammit."
With only one epic action scene,
Verneuil succeeds in explaining
his protagonist issues,
but also in delivering pure Belmondo style,
at once physical, oblivious, rebellious, playful,
tenacious and true to who he is.
Not limiting himself to
the illustrious above-mentioned actioners,
Verneuil also succeeds in injecting
into "Peur sur la ville"
other surprising influences,
like Minos murder scenes
inspired by Mario Bava's giallos
or this suspense scene
in a warehouse full of dummies,
directly drawn from Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss".

English: 
as a wild animal led only by
his emotions and gut feeling,
who rather lets killer "Minos" go
to chase after the gangster who killed his partner.
That thing out of the way,
he'll need a new need for revenge
to eventually stop Minos.
"God dammit."
With only one epic action scene,
Verneuil succeeds in explaining
his protagonist issues,
but also in delivering pure Belmondo style,
at once physical, oblivious, rebellious, playful,
tenacious and true to who he is.
Not limiting himself to
the illustrious above-mentioned actioners,
Verneuil also succeeds in injecting
into "Peur sur la ville"
other surprising influences,
like Minos murder scenes
inspired by Mario Bava's giallos
or this suspense scene
in a warehouse full of dummies,
directly drawn from Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss".

English: 
Those ideas make a seamless whole
"Anything can happen at the Galeries Lafayette."
and Verneuil manages to leave
Belmondo enough room
to unify it all
and become THE undisputed french action star.
"Peur sur la ville" is such a milestone
that none of its successors
will ever be as brilliant
or as efficient.
"Enough sentimentality, let's get back to business,
I can already hear it, even better, I feel it."
Even though one can still see
fun and interesting movies,
like "L'Alpagueur", "Flic ou voyou"
"Cough up the money, pal... Cough it up."
or even "Le Professionnel",
Bébel is slowly confining himself
to his enthusiastic character,

English: 
Those ideas make a seamless whole
"Anything can happen at the Galeries Lafayette."
and Verneuil manages to leave
Belmondo enough room
to unify it all
and become THE undisputed french action star.
"Peur sur la ville" is such a milestone
that none of its successors
will ever be as brilliant
or as efficient.
"Enough sentimentality, let's get back to business,
I can already hear it, even better, I feel it."
Even though one can still see
fun and interesting movies,
like "L'Alpagueur", "Flic ou voyou"
"Cough up the money, pal... Cough it up."
or even "Le Professionnel",
Bébel is slowly confining himself
to his enthusiastic character,

French: 
Des idées qui forment un tout cohérent
et terriblement français à l'arrivée,
"A tout instant, il se passe quelque chose
aux Galeries Lafayette."
Verneuil parvenant à laisser suffisamment
 de marge de manœuvre à Belmondo
pour que ce dernier serve de liant à l'ensemble
et parvienne à s'imposer comme
LA french action star terminale.
Reste que "Peur sur la ville" est une
borne tellement écrasante
que jamais aucun de ses descendants
ne parviendra à retrouver son brio
et son efficacité redoutable.
"Allez, assez de sensiblerie, les affaires reprennent,
je les entends, mieux, je les sens."
Certes, il y aura bien quelques titres
sympathiques et intéressant,
comme "L'Alpagueur", "Flic ou voyou"
"Faut casquer, gros père... Faut casquer."
ou même "Le Professionnel",
mais globalement, Bébel va peu à peu s'enfermer
dans son personnage de guignolo-toc toc-badaboum

English: 
Those ideas make a seamless whole
"Anything can happen at the Galeries Lafayette."
and Verneuil manages to leave
Belmondo enough room
to unify it all
and become THE undisputed french action star.
"Peur sur la ville" is such a milestone
that none of its successors
will ever be as brilliant
or as efficient.
"Enough sentimentality, let's get back to business,
I can already hear it, even better, I feel it."
Even though one can still see
fun and interesting movies,
like "L'Alpagueur", "Flic ou voyou"
"Cough up the money, pal... Cough it up."
or even "Le Professionnel",
Bébel is slowly confining himself
to his enthusiastic character,

English: 
Those ideas make a seamless whole
"Anything can happen at the Galeries Lafayette."
and Verneuil manages to leave
Belmondo enough room
to unify it all
and become THE undisputed french action star.
"Peur sur la ville" is such a milestone
that none of its successors
will ever be as brilliant
or as efficient.
"Enough sentimentality, let's get back to business,
I can already hear it, even better, I feel it."
Even though one can still see
fun and interesting movies,
like "L'Alpagueur", "Flic ou voyou"
"Cough up the money, pal... Cough it up."
or even "Le Professionnel",
Bébel is slowly confining himself
to his enthusiastic character,

English: 
Those ideas make a seamless whole
"Anything can happen at the Galeries Lafayette."
and Verneuil manages to leave
Belmondo enough room
to unify it all
and become THE undisputed french action star.
"Peur sur la ville" is such a milestone
that none of its successors
will ever be as brilliant
or as efficient.
"Enough sentimentality, let's get back to business,
I can already hear it, even better, I feel it."
Even though one can still see
fun and interesting movies,
like "L'Alpagueur", "Flic ou voyou"
"Cough up the money, pal... Cough it up."
or even "Le Professionnel",
Bébel is slowly confining himself
to his enthusiastic character,

English: 
"Could you please take care of my luggage?"
starring in profoundly lazy movies
like "L'Animal", "Joyeuses Pâques" or "Hold up"
that will slowly run the actor out of steam,
and result in degenerate and boring movies
like "Le Solitaire"
or has-been revivals
with dead wood searching for a gallant last stand
like the embarrassing "Une chance sur deux".
- Are we still gonna be able to do it?
- Sure thing!
"Actors must be able to multitask,
slapstick was a tremendous way
for actors to improvise
and perform acrobatics.
At a time when naturalism and minimalism
are the current acting methods
for French actors,
no one can compete with Jean-Paul Belmondo,
who is such an all-round, physical
and charismatic figure.
"People should be taught that...
They should learn boxing
and other things they don't teach in acting schools.
They're only taught how to walk,
how to talk...
That's not enough for movies.
The entire world made no mistake about it,

English: 
"Could you please take care of my luggage?"
starring in profoundly lazy movies
like "L'Animal", "Joyeuses Pâques" or "Hold up"
that will slowly run the actor out of steam,
and result in degenerate and boring movies
like "Le Solitaire"
or has-been revivals
with dead wood searching for a gallant last stand
like the embarrassing "Une chance sur deux".
- Are we still gonna be able to do it?
- Sure thing!
"Actors must be able to multitask,
slapstick was a tremendous way
for actors to improvise
and perform acrobatics.
At a time when naturalism and minimalism
are the current acting methods
for French actors,
no one can compete with Jean-Paul Belmondo,
who is such an all-round, physical
and charismatic figure.
"People should be taught that...
They should learn boxing
and other things they don't teach in acting schools.
They're only taught how to walk,
how to talk...
That's not enough for movies.
The entire world made no mistake about it,

English: 
"Could you please take care of my luggage?"
starring in profoundly lazy movies
like "L'Animal", "Joyeuses Pâques" or "Hold up"
that will slowly run the actor out of steam,
and result in degenerate and boring movies
like "Le Solitaire"
or has-been revivals
with dead wood searching for a gallant last stand
like the embarrassing "Une chance sur deux".
- Are we still gonna be able to do it?
- Sure thing!
"Actors must be able to multitask,
slapstick was a tremendous way
for actors to improvise
and perform acrobatics.
At a time when naturalism and minimalism
are the current acting methods
for French actors,
no one can compete with Jean-Paul Belmondo,
who is such an all-round, physical
and charismatic figure.
"People should be taught that...
They should learn boxing
and other things they don't teach in acting schools.
They're only taught how to walk,
how to talk...
That's not enough for movies.
The entire world made no mistake about it,

English: 
"Could you please take care of my luggage?"
starring in profoundly lazy movies
like "L'Animal", "Joyeuses Pâques" or "Hold up"
that will slowly run the actor out of steam,
and result in degenerate and boring movies
like "Le Solitaire"
or has-been revivals
with dead wood searching for a gallant last stand
like the embarrassing "Une chance sur deux".
- Are we still gonna be able to do it?
- Sure thing!
"Actors must be able to multitask,
slapstick was a tremendous way
for actors to improvise
and perform acrobatics.
At a time when naturalism and minimalism
are the current acting methods
for French actors,
no one can compete with Jean-Paul Belmondo,
who is such an all-round, physical
and charismatic figure.
"People should be taught that...
They should learn boxing
and other things they don't teach in acting schools.
They're only taught how to walk,
how to talk...
That's not enough for movies.
The entire world made no mistake about it,

French: 
"Pouvez-vous faire monter mes bagages ?"
Vedette de films terriblement paresseux
comme "L'Animal", "Joyeuses Pâques" ou "Hold up"
qui vont peu à peu essouffler la formule,
jusqu'à donner des films fin de race fatigués et ennuyeux
comme "Le Solitaire"
ou des revivals has been
pour dinosaures en quête d'un dernier baroud
comme le gênant "Une chance sur deux".
- Tu crois qu'on va encore savoir ?
- À ton avis ?
"Je trouve que les acteurs doivent tout faire,
puisque même autrefois dans les pantalonnades,
c'était formidable ce que faisaient aussi des acteurs
dans les improvisations acrobatiques aussi très fortes.
À une époque où le naturalisme et le minimalisme
règnent en maîtres sur les techniques de jeu
des acteurs bien de chez nous,
impossible de retrouver un acteur
comme Jean-Paul Belmondo,
aussi complet, aussi physiquement impliqué
et aussi charismatique.
"On devrait apprendre aux gens tout ça...
Ils devraient apprendre la boxe et un tas de
choses qu'ils n'apprennent pas au conservatoire.
On leur apprend juste à bien marcher,
à bien parler...
C'est un peu court pour le cinéma.

English: 
"Could you please take care of my luggage?"
starring in profoundly lazy movies
like "L'Animal", "Joyeuses Pâques" or "Hold up"
that will slowly run the actor out of steam,
and result in degenerate and boring movies
like "Le Solitaire"
or has-been revivals
with dead wood searching for a gallant last stand
like the embarrassing "Une chance sur deux".
- Are we still gonna be able to do it?
- Sure thing!
"Actors must be able to multitask,
slapstick was a tremendous way
for actors to improvise
and perform acrobatics.
At a time when naturalism and minimalism
are the current acting methods
for French actors,
no one can compete with Jean-Paul Belmondo,
who is such an all-round, physical
and charismatic figure.
"People should be taught that...
They should learn boxing
and other things they don't teach in acting schools.
They're only taught how to walk,
how to talk...
That's not enough for movies.
The entire world made no mistake about it,

English: 
although Bébel eventually turned down
an american career
offered to him at the end of the 60s,
all over the world
his figure, face and style
have truly pervaded
pop culture these last 60 years.
Various authors acknowledge
giving their characters Belmondo's features:
cowboy Blueberry
from the comic book by
Jean Giraud and Jean-Michel Charlier,
Goldrake's hero
or even Cobra,
from the late 70s manga by Buichi Terasawa.
An emblem of Japanese anime,
Lupin The Third,
grandson of the famous French burglar Arsène Lupin,
also possesses certain features and traits
which are characteristic of Bébel.
He marked permanently Chinese cinema
as legendary Jackie Chan
said he had a calling
when he saw "L'Homme de Rio"
and "Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine"
as a child in movie theaters.

English: 
although Bébel eventually turned down
an american career
offered to him at the end of the 60s,
all over the world
his figure, face and style
have truly pervaded
pop culture these last 60 years.
Various authors acknowledge
giving their characters Belmondo's features:
cowboy Blueberry
from the comic book by
Jean Giraud and Jean-Michel Charlier,
Goldrake's hero
or even Cobra,
from the late 70s manga by Buichi Terasawa.
An emblem of Japanese anime,
Lupin The Third,
grandson of the famous French burglar Arsène Lupin,
also possesses certain features and traits
which are characteristic of Bébel.
He marked permanently Chinese cinema
as legendary Jackie Chan
said he had a calling
when he saw "L'Homme de Rio"
and "Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine"
as a child in movie theaters.

French: 
Le monde entier ne s'y est d'ailleurs pas trompé,
car même si Bébel a finalement refusé
une carrière américaine
qui s'ouvrait à lui à la fin des années 60,
un peu partout à l'étranger,
la silhouette, le visage et le style de l'acteur
ont véritablement imprégné
la culture populaire de ces 60 dernières années.
On le retrouve par exemple
selon le propre aveu de leurs auteurs
sous les traits du cow-boy de BD Blueberry
créé par Jean Giraud et Jean-Michel Charlier
mais aussi du héros du fumetto à succès Goldrake
ou encore sous ceux de Cobra,
le célèbre personnage de manga
créé par Buichi Terasawa, à la fin des années 70.
Au Japon toujours, un emblème
de l'animation nippone comme Lupin 3,
le petit-fils du célèbre
gentleman cambrioleur français Arsène Lupin,
possède certains traits physiques et comportementaux propres à ceux de notre Bébel national.
En Chine, il a laissé une trace indélébile
comme peut l'attester la légende Jackie Chan
qui dit avoir trouvé sa vocation en
découvrant enfant "L'Homme de Rio"
et "Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine"
sur un écran de cinéma.

English: 
although Bébel eventually turned down
an american career
offered to him at the end of the 60s,
all over the world
his figure, face and style
have truly pervaded
pop culture these last 60 years.
Various authors acknowledge
giving their characters Belmondo's features:
cowboy Blueberry
from the comic book by
Jean Giraud and Jean-Michel Charlier,
Goldrake's hero
or even Cobra,
from the late 70s manga by Buichi Terasawa.
An emblem of Japanese anime,
Lupin The Third,
grandson of the famous French burglar Arsène Lupin,
also possesses certain features and traits
which are characteristic of Bébel.
He marked permanently Chinese cinema
as legendary Jackie Chan
said he had a calling
when he saw "L'Homme de Rio"
and "Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine"
as a child in movie theaters.

English: 
although Bébel eventually turned down
an american career
offered to him at the end of the 60s,
all over the world
his figure, face and style
have truly pervaded
pop culture these last 60 years.
Various authors acknowledge
giving their characters Belmondo's features:
cowboy Blueberry
from the comic book by
Jean Giraud and Jean-Michel Charlier,
Goldrake's hero
or even Cobra,
from the late 70s manga by Buichi Terasawa.
An emblem of Japanese anime,
Lupin The Third,
grandson of the famous French burglar Arsène Lupin,
also possesses certain features and traits
which are characteristic of Bébel.
He marked permanently Chinese cinema
as legendary Jackie Chan
said he had a calling
when he saw "L'Homme de Rio"
and "Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine"
as a child in movie theaters.

English: 
although Bébel eventually turned down
an american career
offered to him at the end of the 60s,
all over the world
his figure, face and style
have truly pervaded
pop culture these last 60 years.
Various authors acknowledge
giving their characters Belmondo's features:
cowboy Blueberry
from the comic book by
Jean Giraud and Jean-Michel Charlier,
Goldrake's hero
or even Cobra,
from the late 70s manga by Buichi Terasawa.
An emblem of Japanese anime,
Lupin The Third,
grandson of the famous French burglar Arsène Lupin,
also possesses certain features and traits
which are characteristic of Bébel.
He marked permanently Chinese cinema
as legendary Jackie Chan
said he had a calling
when he saw "L'Homme de Rio"
and "Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine"
as a child in movie theaters.

English: 
Even French dramatic actor Albert Dupontel
claims to be a follower of Jean-Paul Belmondo,
particularly as he performs his own stunts too.
Anyway, if you don't like stunts
and knuckle sandwiches,
if you don't like cinema,
and you don't like Belmondo either...
"Go fuck yourself!"
"Listen to me, miss,
you seem to be taking us lightly, but we're serious.
Stop asking questions and buy it.
You'll be satisfied.
I work out every morning with this music.
And look how fit I am!
But I must admit this suit
doesn't show my muscles off.
Don't miss "Hold up", two movie theatres are still showing it...
It's worth it, I swear.
If you go, it'll be screened
in four theatres, what a thrill!

English: 
Even French dramatic actor Albert Dupontel
claims to be a follower of Jean-Paul Belmondo,
particularly as he performs his own stunts too.
Anyway, if you don't like stunts
and knuckle sandwiches,
if you don't like cinema,
and you don't like Belmondo either...
"Go fuck yourself!"
"Listen to me, miss,
you seem to be taking us lightly, but we're serious.
Stop asking questions and buy it.
You'll be satisfied.
I work out every morning with this music.
And look how fit I am!
But I must admit this suit
doesn't show my muscles off.
Don't miss "Hold up", two movie theatres are still showing it...
It's worth it, I swear.
If you go, it'll be screened
in four theatres, what a thrill!

English: 
Even French dramatic actor Albert Dupontel
claims to be a follower of Jean-Paul Belmondo,
particularly as he performs his own stunts too.
Anyway, if you don't like stunts
and knuckle sandwiches,
if you don't like cinema,
and you don't like Belmondo either...
"Go fuck yourself!"
"Listen to me, miss,
you seem to be taking us lightly, but we're serious.
Stop asking questions and buy it.
You'll be satisfied.
I work out every morning with this music.
And look how fit I am!
But I must admit this suit
doesn't show my muscles off.
Don't miss "Hold up", two movie theatres are still showing it...
It's worth it, I swear.
If you go, it'll be screened
in four theatres, what a thrill!

English: 
Even French dramatic actor Albert Dupontel
claims to be a follower of Jean-Paul Belmondo,
particularly as he performs his own stunts too.
Anyway, if you don't like stunts
and knuckle sandwiches,
if you don't like cinema,
and you don't like Belmondo either...
"Go fuck yourself!"
"Listen to me, miss,
you seem to be taking us lightly, but we're serious.
Stop asking questions and buy it.
You'll be satisfied.
I work out every morning with this music.
And look how fit I am!
But I must admit this suit
doesn't show my muscles off.
Don't miss "Hold up", two movie theatres are still showing it...
It's worth it, I swear.
If you go, it'll be screened
in four theatres, what a thrill!

French: 
Et même en France, un comédien dramatique
de la trempe d'Albert Dupontel
se réclame de l'héritage physique
de Jean-Paul Belmondo,
notamment lorsqu'il s'agit pour lui aussi
d'exécuter ses propres cascades.
Bref, si vous n'aimez pas les cascades
et les gnons dans la gueule,
si vous n'aimez pas le cinéma,
si vous n'aimez pas Belmondo...
"Allez vous faire foutre !"
"Je vais vous dire, mademoiselle, vous semblez plaisanter avec nous, mais on est sérieux.
Arrêtez de poser des questions, achetez c'est tout.
Et vous serez contents.
Moi, je suis entraîné, le matin je fais ma gym, là-dessus vous vous rendez compte.
Et regardez quel athlète !
Et encore, j'ai pas un costard qui met en valeur.
Si vous pouvez aller voir "Hold up", il est encore dans deux salles...
Ça vaut le coup, hein.
Et puis si vous y allez, ils vont en mettre quatre,
alors on va être contents !

English: 
Even French dramatic actor Albert Dupontel
claims to be a follower of Jean-Paul Belmondo,
particularly as he performs his own stunts too.
Anyway, if you don't like stunts
and knuckle sandwiches,
if you don't like cinema,
and you don't like Belmondo either...
"Go fuck yourself!"
"Listen to me, miss,
you seem to be taking us lightly, but we're serious.
Stop asking questions and buy it.
You'll be satisfied.
I work out every morning with this music.
And look how fit I am!
But I must admit this suit
doesn't show my muscles off.
Don't miss "Hold up", two movie theatres are still showing it...
It's worth it, I swear.
If you go, it'll be screened
in four theatres, what a thrill!

English: 
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French: 
Faut s'abonner, gros père, faut s'abonner.

English: 
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English: 
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English: 
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English: 
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