Pierre Clémenti

Pierre Clémenti 28 September 1942 27 December 1999 was a French actor Born in Paris Clémenti studied drama and began his acting career in the theatre He secured his first minor screen roles in 1960 in Yves Allégrets Chien de pique performing alongside Eddie Constantine Arguably his most famous role was that of gangster lover of bourgeois prostitute Catherine Deneuve in Belle de jour the 1967 classic by Luis Buñuel in whose film La voie lactée he played the Devil He appeared in several highly regarded films of the period working with many of Europes best known directors including Luchino Visconti The Leopard Pier Paolo Pasolini Pigsty and Bernardo Bertolucci The Conformist and Partner Other directors he has worked with are Liliana Cavani Glauber Rocha Miklós Jancsó and Philippe Garrel In 1972 his career was derailed after he was sentenced to prison for allegedly possessing or using drugs Due to insufficient evidence Clémenti was released after 17 months later he penned a book about his time in prison After his release he played the role of everoptimistic sailor of the Potemkin in Dusan Makavejevs scandalous movie Sweet movie and the role of the seductive saxophone player Pablo in Fred Hainess film adaptation of Herman Hesses novel Steppenwolf Throughout his career he continued to be active onstage He was also involved with the French underground film movement directing several of his own films which often featured fellow underground filmmakers and actors Visa de censure no X was an experimental work made up of two of films New Old was a feature length work released in 1978 in which Viva appeared La Revolution ce neest quun debut continuons le combat followed by In the shadow of the blue rascal and Sun He died of liver cancer in 1999 Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Clémenti licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia