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The charismatic 83-year-old star, best known for movies such
as the 1964 hit "L'Homme de Rio" (That Man from Rio), received a
long standing ovation as he walked on stage, leaning on a cane,
to receive the coveted award.
Asked before the ceremony whether there was anything else he
wanted to have experimented with, Belmondo smiled and said
wistfully:
"Yes, I understand. I would say I've done everything I wanted
to. I love the sun. I love the sea, voila," he told reporters.
"It's a great feeling, I'm very happy and really honored to be
here in Venice."
Belmondo said he hadn't always known he wanted to be an actor.
As a young man, the Frenchman trained to become a professional
boxer, but then got involved in theater from where his acting
career took off, lasting more than half a century.
While he has done a lot of work in French auteur cinema, many
think of him today as a star of action films, where he almost
always insisted on doing his own stunts.
Asked which of the two he preferred, he said there was time for
both.
"I had fun doing both types of roles. Both are good. One day you
laugh and the next day you cry, that's how it is," he said.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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