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		</div><p>France has paid tribute to screen star Jean-Paul Belmondo, whom the French president portrayed as the nation’s Everyman in a speech that drew applause and tears from fans, stars and the actor’s family.</p>
<p>The ceremony at the site of Napoleon’s final resting place combined military pomp and precision with the emotion of adoring fans.</p>
<p>Some 1,000 were allowed inside the immense courtyard of the gold-domed monument, while others watched on a big screen from a lawn outside.</p>
<p>“Jean-Paul Belmondo was part of the family, brother, cousin, uncle, seductive friend, outstanding father … in whom we all find a bit of our own” families, Emmanuel Macron said in a eulogy.</p>
<p>The star of the iconic French New Wave film Breathless died on Monday at the age of 88.</p>
<p>His death jolted the country into mourning for the man whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin made him one of the country’s most recognisable leading men.</p>
<p>The outpouring of grief reflected Belmondo’s prominent role in France’s cultural world.</p>
<p>“We loved Jean-Paul Belmondo because he resembled us,” Mr Macron said. “Jean-Paul Belmondo was a bit each of us but better.” He was the “friend everyone wanted to have” Mr Macron said.</p>
<p>Recounting memorable scenes, the president reviewed Belmondo’s long career — more than 80 films over six decades.</p>
<p>The star worked with a variety of major French directors. Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 movie Breathless (A Bout de Souffle in its original French title) brought both men lasting acclaim.</p>
<p>Belmondo, affectionately known as Bebel, played roles from thug to police officer, thief to priest, Cyrano de Bergerac to an unshakable secret agent.</p>
<p>He was also a gifted athlete who often did his own stunts.</p>
<p>“He is an eternal sun,” said grandson Victor in a tribute.</p>
<p>When the sun sets, “it rises elsewhere,” he said in a sometimes trembling voice.</p>
<p>“Have fun with your buddies,” he concluded in a reference to Belmondo’s band of friends who have died.</p>
<p>The star of the iconic French New Wave film Breathless died on Monday at the age of 88.</p>
<p>His death jolted the country into mourning for the man whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin made him one of the country’s most recognisable leading men.</p>
<p>The outpouring of grief reflected Belmondo’s prominent role in France’s cultural world.</p>
<p>“We loved Jean-Paul Belmondo because he resembled us,” Mr Macron said. “Jean-Paul Belmondo was a bit each of us but better.” He was the “friend everyone wanted to have” Mr Macron said.</p>
<p>Recounting memorable scenes, the president reviewed Belmondo’s long career — more than 80 films over six decades.</p>
<p>The star worked with a variety of major French directors. Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 movie Breathless (A Bout de Souffle in its original French title) brought both men lasting acclaim.</p>
<p>Belmondo, affectionately known as Bebel, played roles from thug to police officer, thief to priest, Cyrano de Bergerac to an unshakable secret agent.</p>
<p>He was also a gifted athlete who often did his own stunts.</p>
<p>“He is an eternal sun,” said grandson Victor in a tribute.</p>
<p>When the sun sets, “it rises elsewhere,” he said in a sometimes trembling voice.</p>
<p>“Have fun with your buddies,” he concluded in a reference to Belmondo’s band of friends who have died.</p>
<p>To drum rolls, members of the Republican Guard brought the actor’s coffin draped in a French flag into the immense courtyard of Les Invalides.</p>
<p>A portrait of the actor, wearing a cap, a grin and grisly beard, watched over the ceremony, accompanied by military troops in full dress.</p>
<p>Lengthy applause broke out at the end of Mr Macron’s moving speech, and as the coffin was taken out with the Republican Guard orchestra playing the well-known score Chi Mai, from Belmondo’s 1981 film Le Professionnel.</p>
<p>“Adieu, Bebel,” Mr Macron said.</p>
<p>A private funeral for Belmondo is planned on Friday.</p>
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