Bertrand Cantat killed his girlfriend, Marie Trintignant, in 2003. He punched Marie several times in her head, which led to an untreatable brain injury.
Marie Trintignant was a French film and stage actress. She was part of more than 30 movies during her 36-year career. Her family was also involved in the French movie industry, as her father was a talented actor and her mother was a director, screenwriter, and producer.
Who Is Marie Trintignant Killer Bertrand Cantat?
Bertrand Cantat is a french singer and performer who is popularly known as the former frontman of the French rock band Noir Désir. In 2003, he was found guilty of the murder of French actress Marie Trintignant.
He was born on March 5, 1964, in Pau, France. He was sent to jail after being accused of killing his girlfriend, Marie Trintignant. She died of a brain injury from several blows to her head that Bertrand hit.
He served four years until 2007 in prison, which was only half his total sentence. After his release from prison in 2007, he rejoined Noir Désir and remained with the band until it split in 2010.
Why Did He Kill His Girlfriend, Marie Trintignant?
In 1997, Bertrand Cantat married a Hungarian art director Krisztina Rády. He started his affair with the French actress in 2003. In the July of the same year, Trintignant, along with her mother and Cantat, traveled to Vilnius, Lithuania, to complete the shooting of the French movie Colette, Une femme libre.
Trintignant and Cantat were alone in the room on July 26, 2003. Everything started when she received a text from her ex-husband. That led Cantat to rage furiously out of jealousy. He hit Trintignant severely in her head which sent her into a coma. Seven hours later, she was discovered in an unconscious state by the emergency service team, which the actress’s brother sent.
Later on August 1, 2003, she died because of brain swelling, which damaged her brain in such a way it was impossible to treat. Her autopsy report suggested that she received 19 blows on her head, which is lethal. However, Cantat admitted that he had slapped Trintignant four times before sending her to bed.
About ‘Marie Trintignant – Your broken dreams’ Documentary
The Documentary about Marie Trintignant, which is named ‘Marie Trintignant – Your broken dreams,’ was released in 2021 as a tribute to the French by her mother, Nadine Trintignant. The latter is also the writer and director of the Documentary.
She says this is a letter to her long-lost daughter, whom she loved very much. She said there hadn’t been a day in her life when she hadn’t thought about her late daughter.
The Documentary is mostly a 52-minute monolog presented by Nadine herself.
Lawyers of Bertrand Cantat are trying to take down the Documentary using legal forces as it affects the personal image of the french singer.