(FILES) French director Jean-Paul Rappeneau (L) and in the background French director Bertrand Tavernier and French actress and singer Jane Birkin are received by the President of the Republic François Mitterrand at the Elysée Palace before the 43rd Cannes Film Festival, on May 9, 1990. French filmmaker Jean-Paul Rappeneau, the multi-César-winning director of eight feature films, including "Cyrano de Bergerac" (1990), died in Paris on September 1, 2026 at the age of 94, one of his sons announced to AFP on September 2, 2026. (Photo by Gilles LEIMDORFER / AFP via Getty Images)