Claude Chabrol, one of the creators of the New Wave movement, died yesterday at the age of 80. Our favorite films from him are Le Beau Serge, Les Bonnes Femmes, Landru, Les Biches, La Femme infidèle, Le Boucher but also Madame Bovary, L’ivresse du pouvoir and Bellamy. This year he played Gainsbourg’s Music Producer in 2010 drama film: Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque by Joann Sfar.

He loved to study human behavior and all his characters had something strong, dark, sometimes broken. But in real life, he had a brilliant sense of humour and he loved food and wine; he was a ‘bon vivant’ and he had an incredible ‘joie de vivre’. So much to remember about Chabrol, his movies, les Cahiers du cinéma, the French New Wave… He will be missed.

Au revoir, Monsieur Chabrol!