Presentation
The Domaine de Jean-Claude Brialy in Monthyon opens its doors to the public, discovering an authentic residence in which visitors are instantly immersed in the world of Jean-Claude Brialy.
In 1959, Jean-Claude Brialy was just twenty-six when he acquired "Monthyon". While shooting Claude Chabrol's Le beau Serge, his first major role with "Nouvelle Vague" star Bernadette Laffont, he broke two vertebrae during a particularly brutal wrestling scene.
Bedridden for five months, the doctor recommended that he go to the countryside for his convalescence.
Jean-Jacques Debout and Marie-José Nat showed him photos of a property for sale: the château de Monthyon, sixty kilometers from Paris.
However, his friends advised him against embarking on a twenty-million-franc extravaganza - the old francs from before the 1960 reform - as the interior of this château of over 600 m2 had to be completely redone!
He obtained a bank loan, and three of his friends - not least François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol - lent him the rest.
Twenty years later, Jean-Claude Brialy would confide, "I signed this house on my birthday, March 30, 1959... without seeing it and without any money.
He would come here every weekend until his death in 2007, welcoming numerous personalities from the worlds of cinema, theater, politics and the arts.
Shortly before his death, he donated the estate to the City of Meaux. For testamentary reasons, implementation of the cultural project began in 2021 and continues today.
An authentic place, open to the public:
During a visit, the public can relive the days when the Dorléac sisters, Romy Schneider, Marie-José Nat, Barbara, Claudia Cardinale, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Marais, François Truffaut... were all guests of the master of the house.
As visitors enter each room of the château, they are instantly immersed in the world of Jean-Claude Brialy.
History, culture and heritage
Built on the ruins of a 12th-century fortified castle, this Louis XIV-style building has the appearance of a large bourgeois house. Following successive renovations, the moat has been transformed into a water feature, and a double row of French windows overlooks the park. Today, the estate consists of a 500 square-meter building dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, built on the ruins of a 12th-century château.
Rates/Opening
Rates
Full price: €15
Reduced rate : 12 € (Upon presentation of proof of entitlement: Meaux residents
Meaux, young people under 26, students, jobseekers, people on minimum social benefits, seniors over 65, teachers).
Adult groups (reservation on 01 64 33 10 99): €120 (per group).
Free for children under 8, disabled persons and their accompanying adults
accompanying adult, journalists, teachers (in preparation for a school project), Balad'Pass cardholders purchasing full-price tickets
members of the Friends of Jean-Claude Brialy association.
Group rate for 10 people or more.
Open
Réouverture du domaine (visites guidées) en avril 2025.