仏大物俳優ミシェル・ブーケさん死去　９６歳

【ＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスの映画・演劇界で活躍した大物俳優ミシェル・ブーケさんが１３日、パリの病院で死去した。９６歳。ブーケさんの広報担当者がＡＦＰに明らかにした。（写真はフランス・パリで２００４年、ウジェーヌ・イヨネスコ作の戯曲「瀕死（ひんし）の王」で主役を演じるミシェル・ブーケさん）
　仏映画運動「ヌーベルバーグ」をけん引したフランソワ・トリュフォーとクロード・シャブロル両監督らの作品への出演で知られ、フランス版アカデミー賞であるセザール賞では主演男優賞を２００２年と０６年の計２回受賞。
　演劇作品では、主役を８００回以上演じた劇作家ウジェーヌ・イヨネスコの不条理演劇「瀕死（ひんし）の王」や、モリエールの「守銭奴」での名演が知られていた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/04/14-08:43）

Michel Bouquet, a legend of French stage and screen known for his collaborations with new wave directors like Francois Truffaut and Claude Chabrol, died on Wednesday at the age of 96.
Bouquet passed away in a Paris hospital, his spokesperson told AFP.
He was particularly known for playing the lead role in Eugene Ionesco's absurdist drama Exit the King no fewer than 800 times, as well as iconic performances in The Miser by Moliere.
Despite his love of the stage, he was also a force on the big screen, winning best actor at the Cesars (France's version of the Oscars) for his uncanny impression of former president Francois Mitterrand in the 2005 film The Last Mitterrand.
It was his second win, having picked up the same award for the 2001 film How I Killed My Father, playing alongside Juliette Binoche.
In his younger years, he was cast in several classics of 1960s new wave cinema, including Chabrol's The Unfaithful Wife and Truffaut's The Bride Wore Black and Mississippi Mermaid.
Born on November 6, 1925 in Paris, Bouquet inherited his love of performing from his mother who took him regularly to the Opera Comique.
He was key to popularising contemporary foreign writers including Britain's Harold Pinter and Ireland's Samuel Beckett, as well as his dedication to the classics.
In the theatre, the personality of the author is so majestic, whether it be Pinter or Moliere, that all one does is try to convey the word as obediently as possible, he told AFP in 2019, announcing his retirement.
Michel Bouquet was a genius, an immense actor, actor-director Nicolas Briancon told AFP after his death was announced.