Serge Rezvani

Serge Rezvani (born Cyrus Rezvani in 1928) is an Iranian painter, engraver, writer[1] (novels, plays), as well as a songwriter-composer-performer (he describes himself as "multidisciplinary"[2]) He is also known by his pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak.

He is the author of more than 150 songs, including the famous Le Tourbillon [fr], sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film Jules and Jim,[3] as well as J'ai la mémoire qui flanche [fr], also performed by Moreau (he signed these songs under pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak, which means "barefoot" in Russian).

[3] Rezvani also wrote two songs for Godart's Pierrot le fou: Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina sing, Jamais je ne t'ai dit que je t'aimerais toujours, ô mon amour and Ma ligne de chance.

[4] After losing his first wife, Lula, to Alzheimer's in 2004, in mid-2005, he re-established acquaintance with the French actress Marie-José Nat, who was then the widow of Michel Drach.

[5] Serge and Marie-José married on 30 September 2005, aware (as they said) that they would have only a few more years to live, and he wrote a book about their relationship, Ultime amour.