The director of the French youth film classic "La Boum", Claude Pinoteau, is dead. The screenwriter, director and producer died on Friday at the age of 87 in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, his agent confirmed to the French news agency AFP Saturday. Pinoteau had worked with many of the greats of French cinema, including Jean Cocteau, Claude Lelouch and Sophie Marceau. He is considered to be the discoverer of Marceau, to whom he gave the leading role in "La Boum - Die Fete" (1980).
Claude Pinoteau was born on May 25, 1925 as the son of director Lucien Pinoteau in Boulogne-Billancourt west of Paris. His career in the film business began as early as 1939, first as a prop and later as an assistant to Jean Cocteau, Henri Verneuil and Claude Lelouch. In 1972, he made his first full-length feature film, “I – The number one” (“Le Silencieux”), starring Lino Ventura. Pinoteau is also credited with discovering the actress Isabelle Adjani, who first starred in 1974's La Gifle. Claude Pinoteau became famous with “La Boum” – and not only Sophie Marceau owes her career to him. It was the breakthrough for Sophie Marceau, who played the lead role of 13-year-old Vic. In 1987 he shot "The Student" with her. The film “La Boum” moved an entire generation of teenagers in the 87s. Now the director has died at the age of XNUMX.
Upon hearing the news of his death, Marceau said Pinoteau was "perfect" as a director for the film "La Boum". "He had this youthfulness, this loveliness, this romance, but also this chastity," the actress said, visibly moved, on TV channel TF1. Claude Pinoteau is "a bit like the father of a whole generation that saw this film". France's head of state, François Hollande, praised the director as an "outstanding figure in French film". Pinoteau had "the ability to strike a chord with an entire generation," he explained...
'La Boum' director Claude Pinoteau dead
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