According to Robert Enrico in his biography, he and Lino Ventura did not speak to each other anymore after Enrico made an unintentional joke about people with learning difficulties. Lino Ventura had a child with major learning difficulties.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973
Buried in Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris, France.
President of the jury at the entrance examination of La Fémis (France's
national film school) in 1996.