UPGRADED TV PROGRAM
The television channels are turning their programming upside down to pay tribute to the sacred monster of cinema Jean-Paul Belmondo, who died on Monday at the age of 88, by showing in particular some of his most emblematic films.
Monday evening, TF1 deprograms the launch of its mini-series “A perfect mother” with Julie Gayet to broadcast at 9:05 p.m., after a special edition of its newscast, “Itinerary of a spoiled child” by Claude Lelouch, released in 1988.
Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Sam Lion, a business manager who, in his late fifties, decides to make people believe that he died at sea. This last major role in the cinema earned him his only César for a film.
Viewers will then be able to (re) discover the documentary “Belmondo par Belmondo”, a “road movie” following the actor, accompanied by his son Paul, on the locations of his shootings, of his films.
France 2 deprograms its daily soap opera “Un si grand soleil” to extend its special edition newscast, which will be followed by the film “L’As des As” and a rerun of the magazine “Un Jour, un destin” devoted to “l ‘enfant terrible,’ the public group told AFP.
Special Monday evening programming on Arte as well, with “The Thief” by Louis Malle from 8:55 pm, followed by Philippe de Broca’s film, “The tribulations of a Chinese in China”, and a tribute from the magazine “Blow Up”.
W9 will broadcast in the first part of the evening “Flic ou voyou” by Georges Lautner, where Jean-Paul Belmondo gives the reply to Michel Galabru and Marie Laforêt. The channel of the M6 group will present in the wake of the documentary “Belmondo, route …”, directed by Vincent Perrot.
The channel of the Canal + group, C8, will broadcast “Le Magnifique” from 9:15 pm, after a tribute in the program “Touche pas à mon poste”.
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