From the 1960s, Jean-Luc Godard was among those who pushed cinema's aesthetic and narrative limits while embodying the New Wave. The French-Swiss filmmaker died on September 13.

Born on December 3, 1930 in Paris, the most illustrious of Franco-Swiss artists died on September 13, Le Monde learned, confirming an earlier report by Libération. And he did not leave empty-handed. Like all exceptional creative figures, he is taking with him something that has been torn from the collective consciousness.

First, there is the loss of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, the electroshocks of images and sounds that his work rekindles in the memory of his contemporaries around the world and with a sphere of influence that very few French filmmakers ever reached...

Le Monde: Jean-Luc Godard, legendary film director, dies aged 91