The funeral of Brigitte Bardot is celebrated next week in Saint-Tropez, as his Foundation reported this Monday, December 29, while France debates how to honor this film legend who, in his last years, has taken positions close to it extreme right.
The diva of the seventh art He died on Sunday at the age of 91. in her home in the small port town on the Mediterranean where she had lived in retirement for decades. Media outlets around the world released their key photos and tributes following the announcement of his death.
His funeral will take place on January 7th in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption of Saint-Tropez and a private and confidential funeral will follow, he said on Monday AFP the Brigitte Bardot Foundation.
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The ceremony in the church will be broadcast on screens installed in the port and in the central square of Saint-Tropez. At the end of the funeral, a tribute is planned for all the city’s residents and their admirers.
Bardot became famous with the film in 1956 And God created woman She then appeared in around 50 films and became a sex and fashion icon. But In 1973 he left the cinema to devote himself to the fight for animal rights..
Since then, his ties to the far right have sparked controversy. She was convicted five times Hate speech against Muslims but also against the residents of the French island of Réunion, whom he described as “savages”.
Bardot died before dawn on Sunday with her fourth husband at her side, Bernard d’Ormale, a former far-right adviser. “He whispered a word of love to her (…) and left,” explained Bruno Jacquelin, representative of his animal protection foundation, to the BFM television station.
The reaction of French politicians after Brigitte’s death
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, praised the actress as a “legend” of 20th century cinema who “embodyed a life of freedom,” but far-right figures were among the first to mourn her death.
Marine Le Pen, whose party Rassemblement National (RN). She is at the top in the polls, and he described her as “incredibly French: free, indomitable, upright.” Bardot supported Le Pen in the 2012 and 2017 presidential elections, describing her as a modern-day “Joan of Arc” who she hoped could “save” France.
“Brigitte Bardot was an outstanding personality, a symbol of freedom, rebellion and passion,” Socialist Party lawmaker Philippe Brun told the radio station Radio Europe 1, without pointing out his controversial political views.
Environmentalist Sandrine Rousseau was more critical. “To be moved by the fate of dolphins but indifferent to the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean…” What level of cynicism is this?“, he said ironically on the BlueSky social network.
He New York TimesIn an article entitled “From Sex Appeal to the Far Right,” he argues that Bardot was not a “consensus figure,” but rather one of the first controversial stars of modern times.
Some, like far-right MP Eric Ciotti, are calling for a national honor like the one organized for the French rock legend in 2017. Johnny Hallyday.
Bardot once said she wanted to be buried in her garden, with a simple wooden cross on her grave, just like her animals, and that too He wanted to avoid “a lot of idiots” at his funeral.
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Bardot was born in Paris on September 28, 1934 and grew up in a traditional and wealthy Catholic family. She was married four times and had a son, Nicolas-Jacques Charrier, with her second husband, actor Jacques Charrier. After leaving the cinema, Bardot retreated to her home in Saint-Tropez to devote herself to defending animal rights.
“I am very proud of the first chapter of my life,” she said AFP in an interview in 2024, before he turned 90. “It gave me fame, and that fame allows me to protect animals.” the only reason that really matters to me“.
*With information from AFP
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