Bertrand Cantat

Person · Open Library

Works

2

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Film & TV

Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Bertrand Cantat (born 5 March 1964) is a French songwriter, singer, and musician known for being the former frontman of the rock band Noir Désir. In 2003, he was proven guilty without a doubt and convicted of the murder ("murder with indirect intent" – dolus eventualis) of French actress Marie Trintignant, which occurred in a hotel room in Vilnius. Cantat returned to Noir Désir after his release…

Known for

• Noir Désir: Intégrale — Self - Chant/Guitare2020
• Détroit : La Cigale — Self2014
• Holy Motors — Church Musician2012
• The Case of the Grinning Cat — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2006
• Noir Désir : Lyon (Le Transbordeur 1993) / Paris (La Cigale 1993) — Self - Chant, Guitare2006
• Noir Désir - En images — Self - Chanteur2005
• Noir Désir ‎: Dies Irae — Self1994
• Victoires de la musique — Self1985

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

France

Active from

1964-03-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

18,422

Total plays

160,237

Bertrand Cantat (born in Pau, France, March 5th 1964) is a French singer and songwriter. He is the leader of the rock band Noir Désir. He served a prison sentence and was released in October 2007.Together with Pascal Humbert he founded the band Détroit in 2012. At the helm of Noir Désir, he became one of the most prominent figures of French music in the 90s. His left leaning political views saw him take position against globalisation, desertification of urban areas in Bordeaux and the 2003 inva

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Bruno

Gender

male

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Pau

Spouse

Marie Trintignant

Occupation

singer-songwriter

Languages spoken

French

Genre

rock music

Instrument

guitar

Record label

Barclay

Image

Bertrand Cantat avec Detroit en 2014 1 (cropped).jpg

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