Yves Montand, who died thirty years ago, would have been 100 years old today. François Roux, the boss of the Colombe d’Or, in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, almost grew up with him. And Simone Signoret, with whom the games of Scrabble lasted. “One day, we had to stop because Milos Forman asked for it at the entrance. “ It could also be Peter Falk, Georges Géret, Miou-Miou and Dewaere, Bedos or Chéreau. “It was she, above all, that we came to see. “
Even at the end of his life, in the dark years, when Golden Helmet “was destroying himself, drinking and smoking a lot “. Despite Montand’s affection: “Every day that God does, he is calling.”
According to a ritual shown in the photos, the couple had lunch on the first table on the terrace. And had dinner in the dining room, “with family”, that is to say with François’s parents. “Montand was a bit like an uncle. I have only good memories. He played bowls or cards, you could meet him outside, he took part in the life of the village. I hear the tourists talking about him, still today.”
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“Simone laughed at it”
At the Colombe, Montand, courted enough not to have “no need to try to seduce”, had his own room “at the bottom of the annex “, behind closed doors. François Roux remembers an affable man, “sometimes soup with milk, but who could be generous “. Also loving to have fun. “At the beginning of the seventies, there was a whole period when we went to nightclubs, in Marina Baie des Anges. He was dancing, having fun. “
Montand President? “Simone laughed at it.” The boss of the Colombe has not forgotten the affair of the stamp: “For two hours on the set of Anne Sinclair, he had been paid by TF1, American style, for him it was natural. We jumped on him saying it was a scandal, after giving lessons to the French, he could say that everything would be given to charity, the damage was done. “
Carole Amiel is Montand’s last companion. Mother of her only child.
“Macron sings it in the shower”
One subject can make her angry: the evocation of the Drossart affair (and of her mother), this young woman claiming a supposed paternity, exhumation to the key. Sordid legal backwater that Carole no longer wants to hear about: “An organized sham. “ DNA has spoken. “It’s not part of Montand’s life.”
Montand, he belongs to the French. “He has brought happiness to millions of people around the world “, summarizes Carole Amiel. “Even today, Macron sings it in the shower. I know, it was Brigitte who told me. “
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