(FILES) French director Jean-Paul Rappeneau attends the funeral of French director Alain Resnais at the Saint-Vincent de Paul church in Paris on March 10, 2014. 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 Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP via Getty Images)