On August 18, a ceremony will be organized in tribute to Alain Delon, a sacred monster of the cinema, a year after his death, in Douchy-Montcorbon, in the Loiret, where the actor was buried, AFP learned from the mayor of the city Abel Martin.
In the program, the name of the city’s football stadium that will bear “the name of Alain Delon”, but also the projection of the documentary film Delon-Y“On the relationship between the actor and the municipality,” said the mayor, confirming information from the regional newspaper La République du Center.
United by AFP, Anthony Delon, the artist’s eldest son, said that this tax was organized “with the Children’s Agreement”, but that his presence, that of his sister and his brother “are not sure of a date.”
Ceremony for invitation and projection open to the public
The first part of the ceremony, scheduled for the beginning of the afternoon in the football field, “adjacent to the property of Mr. Delon”, will be held “by invitation, in the presence of the authorities and, therefore, without a public,” said the mayor. A plaque must be revealed, but no retransmission is planned.
“The projection, on the other hand, is scheduled for 6:00 pm at the City Council of Montcorbon,” in the presence of director Ghislaine Graillet, and open to the public with entrance ticket, added Abel Martin.
Alain Delon, legend of world cinema, was buried on August 24, a few days after his death on August 18 at the age of 88, in the strict intimacy of the chapel of his property in Douchy.
The actor rests near his dogs, as he wanted, an exceptional procedure that required a prefecture authorization. The day of the funeral, but also during the days that preceded, several hundred fans had met in front of the doors of the farm to pay a final tribute.
Source: BFM TV
