Gérard Depardieu once seemed larger than France itself. With his hulking frame, crooked nose, and volcanic charisma, he ...
He was prolific, omnipresent — messy, magnetic, and untouchable ... played Louis XV in “Jeanne du Barry”, the opening film at the French Cannes Film Festival. Amid the trial, Dior, the ...
He drifted into acting and exploded onto the French stage with “Les Valseuses,” or “Going Places”, a 1974 film so provocative ... He was messy, magnetic and untouchable.