“Because of too much pain,” the actress Claudia Cardinal will not attend Alain Delon’s private and secret funeral this afternoon in the chapel of the actor’s property in Douchy, in the Loiret region. Cardinale’s agent announced.
“They ask me to say words, but the sadness is too intense and I join in the pain of his children, his loved ones, his fans”, Claudia Cardinale, 86, reacted to the announcement of the death of Delon, protagonist in The Leopard, a cult film by Luchino Visconti. “The ball is over. Tancredi has gone to dance with the stars. Forever yours, Angelica,” Cardinale added, referencing the names of the characters in the iconic film.
The sacred monster of French cinema, who died last Sunday at the age of 88, will be buried in private at the end of a ceremony celebrated by the former bishop Jean Michel DiFalcoconsidered the chaplain of celebrities in France.
The funeral will begin at 4 pm, according to what was reported by the three children of the deceased actor, Anthony, Anouchka and Alain-Fabien. Around 1 7 Delon will be buried as he wished at home, with dozens of his dogs who died over time. About fifty close friends of the ‘Delon clan’ are invited and expected at the Douchy property from 2 pm.
According to French media, they should be present Rosalie van Breemenex-wife of the actor and mother of Anouchka and Alain-Fabien, the actresses Nicole Calfan, Muriel Robin And Geraldine Danon, who is also Delon’s goddaughter. According to several newspapers, he would also be invited Paul Belmondoson of former rival and friend Jean Paul Belmondo.
