The famous French actress Marie Trintignant met a cruel end. Her story sends shivers down my spine. While she was enjoying a glittering film career, her husband, Bertrand Cantat, attacked her with violence worthy of horror movies. At a time when society is trying to end domestic violence, it is incomprehensible to learn that a woman has been beaten to death by her lover.
Men can kill for a variety of reasons, and it often happens when money is at stake. If we misunderstand this type of gesture, it is even worse in the case of actress Marie Trintignant.
A simple story of jealousy towards her ex-husband and father of her child was enough for her companion, the singer Bertrand Cantat, to go berserk and attack her so violently that he killed him for many punches in the face.
Apparently he loved her too much and lost control. is that a reason love til death?
Circumstances made Marie Trintignant a symbol of feminicide in France.
In her biography, written by Françoise Piazza, we discover a gentle woman, mother of four children from four different fathers, an accomplished actress loved by the public.
Born into a family of artists who found success in the film industry, she followed in the footsteps of her father, the great Jean-Louis Trintignant, who was an actor, and her mother, Nadine Trintignant, a director, producer and screenwriter.
She died in August 2003 at the age of 41 from cerebral edema caused by injuries inflicted by her spouse three days earlier.
A frail woman
Marie Trintignant liked to keep in touch with her ex-spouses, the fathers of her children, and this made her last spouse terribly jealous.
The 41-year-old actress was aware of her lover Bertrand Cantat’s unhealthy jealousy and began to have serious concerns about it shortly before his death, according to messages to her mother.
But Marie Trintignant also had her weaknesses. She drank heavily and smoked cannabis daily. She was insecure, fragile, and emotionally dependent on men.
The violent and jealous man
The autopsy report shows twenty marks of beatings on Marie Trintignant’s body. Several bruises on the face, a wound at the level of the frontal bone and the bursting of the nasal bones. Due to the rings the singer wore, both optic nerves were severed. There are also numerous injuries to the abdomen, legs and arms. According to experts, she should have experienced terrible suffering before falling into a deep coma.
In addition, the singer did not want to call the emergency services on site to downplay the facts. It was the actress’ brother, Vincent Trintignant, who came to the scene and called the emergency room, but it was already five hours after the tragedy.
Bertrand Cantat, recognized in the community as a violent, extremely possessive and terribly jealous man, risked 15 years in prison. He was charged and sentenced to eight years in prison for the murder of Marie Trintignant. Having served only half of his sentence, he is now free. His group, Noir Désir, died with his crime.
Today in France, several voices are raised against the singer, who has resumed his activities with the release of a solo album and has returned to the stage. We wonder, with good reason, whether applauding the man who killed Marie Trintignant is legitimate. his killer. A documentary on the subject was broadcast in France in 2019.
Throughout her career, Marie Trintignant has received several awards and has been nominated for five César.
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Marie Trinity
A broken life
Françoise Piazza
Issues of the Archipelago
272 pages
- The biographer Françoise Piazza, who was a professor of literature and theater, has published several biographies, including those of Juliette Gréco, Entering the Light, and Petula Clark, Une baladine.