French screenwriter Gerard Brach has died, aged 79.
The writer who wrote Bitter Moon and adapted French classics Jean de Florette and Manon de Sources, passed away after a long illness.The Paris-based veteran worked with directors including Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud and had been working on a further collaboration with Annaud - Minor - when he died.
Annaud said: "His tender and outlandish universe, fueled by surrealism and ancient history, made him one of the most inspired screenwriters of cinema's first century."
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