While his children are publicly torn apart in a legal war, Alain Delon continues to inspire the world of culture. The play Mr Klein, why not you?, taken from the film co-produced and performed by the actor in 1976, intends to put him back on stage in the form of a hologram. It is still necessary to have the approval of the main interested party whose state of health is at the heart of all concerns.
At the age of 88, Alain Delon retired to his property in Douchy. If it is proven that he is physically diminished by the illness, his degree of clairvoyance raises questions. According to medical expertise carried out as part of the case between the children of Alain Delon and his former lady-in-waiting, Hiromi Rollin, it would be “totally abolished”. A version contradicted by the actor’s lawyer who believes that his client is “always very consistent”.
To take no risks and avoid “total confusion, or even conflicts of interest”, Emmanuel Ludot, advisor to screenwriter André Bendjebbar and director Iulian Furtuna, sent a request to the Montargis prosecutor, according to information from Le Parisien . He must appoint an administrator who will be responsible for obtaining the opinion, or even the agreement, of Alain Delon. The Montargis prosecutor is familiar with the “Delon files”: it was he who filed the cross-complaints of the three children and Hiromi Rollin. It is the same prosecutor who contacted an authorized doctor in order to assess the state of health of Alain Delon as part of a potential legal protection measure.
Monsieur Klein takes place during the German Occupation. While the Vel d’Hiv roundup stretches in the background, Alain Delon plays Robert Klein, an unscrupulous art dealer buying works from Jews for a pittance. Ambitious, the film directed by Joseph Losey addressed a reality still taboo in the 1970s, that of collaborationist France and profiteers who enriched themselves during the war. Delon, who embraced the project to the point of co-producing it, immersed himself in this subject “which scared everyone”, and plays a role that is the polar opposite of those he had played until then. Well done: in 1977, the film received the César for best film, and remains, to this day, a landmark film.
