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What aspect of Jean-Paul Belmondo's acting style appealed to the youth of the 1960s?

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His particularly disengaged style appealed to young audiences of the day, making him France's most popular male film star throughout the 1960s. This antiheroic demeanor also made him one of the most important actors in the nouvelle vague (new wave) films of such filmmakers as Jean-Luc Godard , François Truffaut , and Louis Malle .

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