Philippe Léotard is born in 1940 in Nice, France and died in Paris in 2001. After literature studies, he lead a career in theater and almost cinema. He played namely in films directed by François Truffaud, Maurice Pialat, Agnès Varda, Claude Lelouch... Most known of his films are "MAx et les ferrailleurs", Les deux anglaises et le continent", "Avoir vingt ans dans les aurès", "Tchao Pantin". At the end of his career, he registered four albums, which style can be described as french song. He l...
Philippe Léotard is born in 1940 in Nice, France and died in Paris in 2001. After literature studies, he lead a career in theater and almost cinema. He played namely in films directed by François Truffaud, Maurice Pialat, Agnès Varda, Claude Lelouch... Most known of his films are "MAx et les ferrailleurs", Les deux anglaises et le continent", "Avoir vingt ans dans les aurès", "Tchao Pantin". At the end of his career, he registered four albums, which style can be described as french song. He lead his life excessively, and was even condemned for drugs' dealing. This had an influence in his very specific voice. (Feel free to complete this article, as I am not a specialist of this artist)
Discography: 1990 : À l'amour comme à la guerre 1994 : Léo chante Ferré (adaptations of poems from Léo Ferré) 1996 : Je rêve que je dors 2000 : Demi-mots amers
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