DON QUIXOTE IS DEAD, BUT WILL LIVE FOREVER!
Jean Rochefort has passed on.
I am absolutely stunned, especially as we are in the final stages of editing The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. He was the 1st and utterly iconic Don Quixote, the beginning of the film’s long journey. He was a great actor, a brilliant comedian.. brave and determined to continue shooting despite being in severe pain. His was the face and spirit of The Knight of the Mournful Countenance.
When I saw him a couple of years ago he seemed to be growing younger, not older. I imagined that, like Quixote, he was capable of living forever. That he should be gone is unbelievably sad. Farewell, Jean.