Kamal Haasan mourns loss of Jean-Claude Carriere

Tamil film icon and politician Kamal Haasan has mourned the death of Oscar-winning screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere, and says he will always miss his young friend.

Carriere, the French screenwriter and novelist, passed away at his home in Paris. He died of natural causes.

Haasan took to Twitter to condole his death.

“Jean Claude Carriere, An internationally reputed French Novelist and screenplay writer stepped into his 90th year recently and stepped out of life today. I will always miss my young friend. Our mutual love and our works will live on,” he wrote.

Carriere won an Oscar in 1963 for his work with Pierre Etaix on a live-action short film, and received an honorary Academy Award at the Governors Awards in 2014.

He also was Oscar-nominated for his screenplays for “The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie” (1972) and “That Obscure Object Of Desire” (1977).

More recently, he wrote “The Salt Of Tears” (2020), directed by Philippe Garrel.

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