Music Crimes (2): neither Romeo nor Juliet, the Ballad of Bertrand Cantat and Marie Trintignant

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Vilnius is a beautiful city, but it did not appear in the imaginary of rock until 2003. That year, the capital of Lithuania was the scene of an atrocious event that would end the life of a powerful actress, which some identified with the cinema of Claude Chabrol. Rebound, as collateral damage, would wipe out one of the great French rock bands, Noir Désir.

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In 2003, Black Désir's singer, Bertrand Cantat, was sentenced for having caused the death of actress Marie Trintignant after having beaten him violently in Vilnius, Lithuania. The court found him guilty of homicide and sentenced him to eight years in prison, but after four years he went out for good conduct. On March 27, Netflix posted From rockstar to killer: the Cantat case. A striking documentary co-directed by several journalists, including …

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Following a documentary, French authorities have reopened the case of the suicide of rock star Bertrand Cantat's Hungarian wife.