ROMY SCHNEIDER

Henri-Georges Clouzot, “L’enfer” (1964) clip

Someone should do a film about Romy Schneider and Alain Delon’s relationship. Heartbreaking due to his infidelity (sic) with Nico of Velvet Underground fame by whom he had a son. 

Alain Delon's greatest love was Romy Schneider. After five years of passion, Alain broke it off by leaving Romy in an empty apartment, with a bouquet of roses and a note saying he's joining Nathalie in Mexico. After their separation, they remained good friends and even shared posters for several films. The death of Romy Schneider in 1982, was a terrible blow for Alain. Delon never really let go, in a most romantic gesture he showed a journalist the photos he kept of her in his wallet, years after her death. He freely admits she was the love of his life. It was too painful for Alain to attend her funeral, and so he privately paid his respects the next day and visited her graveside. He also arranged for her son to be buried alongside her.

He left a note on her grave saying (in French) “You have never been so beautiful. You see I even learned some German for you “Ich Liebe Dich Meine Liebe”” 

Romy Schneider & Henri-Georges Clouzot on the set of “L'enfer”, 1964