Macron praises the legacy of Brigitte Bardot, whom he describes as “a legend of this century”

The president of France, Emmanuel Macron, mourned this Sunday the death at the age of 91 of the actress and singer Brigitte Bardot, whom he described as “a legend of this century.”

“Her films, her voice, her dazzling fame, her initials, her sorrows, her generous passion for animals, her face that became Marianne: Brigitte Bardot embodied a life of freedom,” the president said on his account on the social network

The Elysée has also published a statement in which it highlights that “Brigitte Bardot was the one through whom God created woman”, in reference to the film ‘And God created woman’, by Roger Vadim. “She was an absolute star of French and international cinema, the figure of women in the national imagination, and a free and committed voice,” he maintained.

Likewise, he stressed that Bardot was “a free” and “committed” woman, after “resigning definitively from cinema in 1973 to devote herself to the protection of animals, the great fight of her life.” “For the French, for millions of members and for so many volunteers, Brigitte Bardot embodied this cause of progress,” he praised.

“The President of the Republic and his wife pay tribute to a great actress, a free spirit, an icon who moved the world and embodied the French dream,” said the Elysée, in which it conveyed the “most sincere condolences” of Macron and his wife to “the family, loved ones and all those who appreciated” Bardot.