René Cleitman
by Andre Soares
French Producer René Cleitman has died of an undisclosed illness at a Paris hospital. Cleitman produced more than 20 feature films, including Cyrano de Bergerac, a major international hit starring Gérard Depardieu; the unabashedly romantic Le Hussard sur le toit / The Horseman on the Roof with Olivier Martinez and Juliette Binoche; Monsieur Hire with Michel Blanc; and the Academy Award nominated Urga / Close to Eden. He also appeared as himself in Terry Gilliam’s Lost in La Mancha, the documentary about Gilliam’s failed attempt to make "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote."
Cleitman’s last film, Jerome Bonnel’s Les Yeux clairs, is scheduled for a March 2005 release. René Cleitman was 64.
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