The Pool : the shooting that has seen the birth of the romance between Alain Delon and Mireille Darc – Gala

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In 1968, while he is in the middle of shooting of The swimming PoolAlain Delon disappeared for a weekend, and share find Mireille Darc. This is the beginning of their relationship legendary, a passionate relationship that would last almost 15 years.

Alain Delon and Romy Schneider on display in The swimming Pool, broadcast on France 5 on Monday 11 September. The two actors are a couple tormented in the heat of the summer of the year 1968, taking good time in a villa in Saint-Tropez. During the filming, however, it is another icon, blonde, actress, legendary, who steals the heart of the great play-boy of the time : Mireille Darc. Alain Delon finds the actress during a weekend spent in Rome. He now has eyes for ” the lady of the heart “ and forget totally Romy Schneider, the one who, a few years before, was his girlfriend. “It is lighter, without worries. In front of her, Romy, more tormented, displays a sorrowful beauty”, recalled Henry-Jean Servat in the columns of Nice-matin.

The result, it is known : Mireille Darc and Alain Delon will love dearly for 15 years, a passion that will lead the couple up to his distressing separation, in 1983. The former lovers become friends for life. “If I had ceased any relationship with him, it would have wanted to say that I reniais all that I had promised during our history, “explained Mireille Darc, interviewed by Gala in 1996. The things that I could say to him, and cthat I have been able to hear “, said she.

During the funeral of the actress, who died at the end of August, Alain Delon appeared prostrated with sadness, upsetting even his son Anthony Delon, who has cracked a message on his account instagram. “Il is also refusing to let the loved one to his final abode “, he noted. The couple become legendary in any case, now, timeless.

Mireille Darc, Alain Delon

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