his face is unmistakable john paul belmondo has appeared in nearly one hundred lives. in september twenty sixth team the french film icon was joined on the red carpet by a famous compatriot sophie marceau. the man that was being awarded a golden lion for lifetime achievement at the venice film festival i thank you thank you the ceremony he recalled his acting debut decades ago in italian film. when i was young i was eighteen i went to rome. i went looking for chennai cheetah. i searched and i searched and i searched but i couldn't find out. you know all so i went back home. and then vitoria they seek god. he sent me a telegram asking me to work with sophia loren who on the. so. all . that was in one nine hundred sixty belmondo appeared alongside lorena in the war film two women the italian actress was already an international star. the young french actor had his own major breakthrough that same year with another film as the antihero is shown with existential gangster movie breathless he plays the part of a petty criminal who shoots a policeman. while on the lam mondo's