Alain Delon (1935) et Romy Schneider (1938-1982)Alain Delon, one of French cinema’s greatest male actors, had a long running on- and off-screen affair with Romy Schneider.In 2009 he told the French newspaper Le Provence that Romy was The Love of His Life, whom he met while filming the film "Christine" in 1958.Although the couple moved in Paris to live together, and even became engaged, they broke up in 1964. Whatever the reasons for the split (even while he was with Romy, he had an affair with the German model and singer Nico, who even fathered a son, Ari Boulogne), it seems Delon never really let go of Romy, showing to one journalist the photos he kept of her in his wallet, years after her death.In February 2008, at the Césars (France’s Baftas), Romy Schneider was given an award marking what would have been the 70th anniversary of her birth. Delon took to the stage to receive it on her behalf, requesting a standing ovation for her.Schneider’s death in Paris in 1982 was the result of a combination of pain killers and alcohol, but whether it was suicide or an accident has never been confirmed. It came less than a year after her teenage son was killed in a freak accident, puncturing his femoral artery after slipping while climbing a spiked fence.Delon did not attend the funeral of Romy, but paid his respects the next day. He also arranged for her son to be buried alongside her. In a memorial issue of Paris Match, he wrote:"You were never so beautiful. You know, I learnt some Germanfrom you: Ich liebe dich, meine Liebe"...The Love Story of Alain and Romy, was my inspiration to paint the painting "Alain et Romy", which is soon to be seen on my website:http://www.amypolling.weebly.comMusic: Les Etoiles by Melody Gardot