Vincent lindon

Vincent Lindon was born on July 15, 1959 in Boulogne-Billancourt, and he truly has a remarkable family pedigree. One of his great-grandfathers was Alfred Dreyfus, the notorious French officer falsely accused of treason in one of the most publicized cases of anti-Semitism in living memory. Other flashy relatives are Jêrome Lindon, his uncle, director of the publishing label Éditions de Minuit; Raymond Lindon, a grandfather, who intervened in the liberation of France from the Nazis and participated in the creation of the state of Israel; and his great-grandmother Fernande Citroen, daughter of the creator of the famous car brand. The future actor’s Jewish origin becomes clear if one remembers that his Polish-born great-grandfather was called Abner Lindenbaum, who would change his name to Alfred Lindon when he immigrated to London, England.

The son of an industrialist and a journalist, in his youth Vincent was fond of boxing, but his parents were not very in favor of that ending up being his professional dedication, despite the fact that he undoubtedly has a suitable physique for the sport of boxing. the fists. Cinema seems to have attracted him, because after finishing high school he worked as a wardrobe assistant in a film by Alain Resnais , My Uncle from America (1980).

Young and eager for adventure, he crossed the Atlantic and settled in New York, where he studied piano and singing; he also took theater classes in Boston and New York itself. Back home, in 1981 he became the manager of the comedian Coluche, whom he accompanied on his tournées in the same year that he ran as a candidate for the French presidency, since he evidently did not succeed. He hadn’t quite found Lindon his site, and he worked during 1982 in the newspaper Le Matin. However, he longed to make movies and enrolled in the Florent course; there he was noticed by one of his teachers, the actor Francis Hunter, and together with him he made his screen debut with Le faucon (1983). He will be adding small roles like the one in Notre histoire ( Bertrand Blier , 1984), together withAlain Delon , with whom he also made Palabra de ley (1985). His good command of English allows him to also be in La calle de la crescent (Bob Swain, 1986), along with Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine . In the very bawdy A Man in Love ( Diane Kurys , 1987 ) he shared the bill with Peter Coyote , Greta Scacchi , Jamie Lee Curtis and Claudia Cardinale .

But it wasn’t until 1988 that he got the opportunity for a starring role. It was in L’étudiante ( Claude Pinoteau , 1988), where he fell in love with a young Sophie Marceau . The actor shines, and several directors emerge who will become fond of requiring his services. Claude Lelouch did it for three consecutive years in Il ya des jours… et des lunes (1991), La belle histoire (1991) and All this…for this?! (1992); and Coline Serreau in his comedies The Crisis (1992) -a prize for Lindon at Cannes and the first of the four César nominations he has accumulated-, The Free Planet (1996) andChaos (2001). Other “repeaters” are Benoît Jacquot and Pierre Jolivet .

Lindon showed that he could play roles of very diverse sizes, he was laconic, and yet moved, produced laughter or tears. He impacted his role as a former terrorist in Gaspard and Robinson ( Tony Gatlif , 1990), where he coincided with Yves Montand . Among his most celebrated roles, Paparazzi (1998) stands out, a film to which he also contributed as a screenwriter. Curiously, Lindon had been the subject of interest to these sticky photographers because of his publicized sentimental relationship with Carolina de Monaco. But it was in 1998 when he married the actress Sandrine Kimberlain, born in the same city as him, and with whom he had worked the previous year in Le septième ciel(Benoît Jacquot); He would shoot one of her best films with her more than a decade after her, in Mademoiselle Chambon ( Stéphane Brizé , 2009), when they had already separated from her; both are parents of a girl.

His presence in two recent thrillers, La mustache ( Emmanuel Carrère , 2005) and Pour elle ( Fred Cavayé , 2008), together with Diane Kruger , which has been the subject of a Hollywood remake directed by his presence in two recent thrillers, gives an idea of ​​the ability to adapt to any genre. Paul Haggis , where his role is taken over by Russell Crowe . Among his dramatic roles as love-stricken men, the one he assumes in Welcome (2009) stands out. His composition of his swimming teacher deeply touched by the intention of a student, a Kurdish immigrant in love, who intends to cross the channel of love, is magnificent. La Mancha swam to be reunited with his beloved.