Jean-François Adam
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Jean-François Adam was a French actor and director mostly famous for his mysterious death.
. Their daughter is the actress Marie Adam. He was an assistant of François Truffaut
and Jean-Pierre Melville. He is known for having played the small rôle of the lover of Colette in the Antoine Doinel
saga, and above all, for playing the philosophy teacher in Maurice Pialat
's Graduate First
. He directed the 1979 film Return to the Beloved
, which starred Isabelle Huppert
.
. His wife of 14 years, Brigitte Fossey
, told media
that he said he was out to catch a plane for England
for a movie. Some rumors fly around to this day that he was murdered by strangling
. Speculators actually thought that he might have been thrown from the plane he was supposed to be taking, as high winds and pouring rain came about. A plane crashed in western France
that day, so to this day the cause of his death is unknown, although the coroner
for this case ruled his death to be a suicide
.
Career
Adams lived with Brigitte FosseyBrigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey, born in Tourcoing, Nord, is a French actress.-Early years:The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games. Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II...
. Their daughter is the actress Marie Adam. He was an assistant of François Truffaut
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
and Jean-Pierre Melville. He is known for having played the small rôle of the lover of Colette in the Antoine Doinel
Antoine Doinel
Antoine Doinel is a fictional character created by French film director François Truffaut. Doinel is to a great extent an alter ego for Truffaut, sharing many of the same childhood experiences, looking somewhat alike and even being mistaken for one another on the street.Although Truffaut did not...
saga, and above all, for playing the philosophy teacher in Maurice Pialat
Maurice Pialat
Maurice Pialat was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films...
's Graduate First
Graduate First
Graduate First is a 1978 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and starring Sabine Haudepin. The film is set in the north of France, in Lens, in a region profoundly affected by unemployment - the students, from modest backgrounds, try to forget their fears of what tomorrow will bring.The...
. He directed the 1979 film Return to the Beloved
Return to the Beloved
Return to the Beloved is a 1979 French drama film directed by Jean-François Adam.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Jeanne Kern* Jacques Dutronc - Julien* Bruno Ganz - Dr...
, which starred Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
.
Death
On October 14, 1980, Jean was found dead laying in a dumpster in the western border of FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. His wife of 14 years, Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey
Brigitte Fossey, born in Tourcoing, Nord, is a French actress.-Early years:The daughter of a schoolteacher, Fossey was five years old when she was cast by director René Clément to star in his film, Forbidden Games. Fossey played the role of an innocent child orphaned by World War II...
, told media
News media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
that he said he was out to catch a plane for England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
for a movie. Some rumors fly around to this day that he was murdered by strangling
Strangling
Strangling is compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death by causing an increasingly hypoxic state in the brain. Fatal strangling typically occurs in cases of violence, accidents, and as the auxiliary lethal mechanism in hangings in the event the neck does not break...
. Speculators actually thought that he might have been thrown from the plane he was supposed to be taking, as high winds and pouring rain came about. A plane crashed in western France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
that day, so to this day the cause of his death is unknown, although the coroner
Coroner
A coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...
for this case ruled his death to be a suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
.