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- looks back at some of her greatest roles.
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
(Director Jacques Demy, 320)
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Jacques Demy’s sublime meditation on a lost love never grows old. From the first shot to the last it is a real visual feast, with rich and intense colors in storefronts, wallpapers and the impeccable outfits worn by the celestial Catherine Deneuve. She plays the daughter of an umbrella shop owner whose boyfriend (Nino Castelnuovo) is sent to fight in Algeria. Through dialogue and music that tugs at the heartstrings, she dreams of his return and their future.
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2 / 8Belle de Jour( dir. Luis Bunuel 320)-
Here, Deneuve plays Séverine, the wife of a medical trainee who dabbles in sex work to fulfill her fantasies. Don’t miss the chic wardrobe by Yves Saint Laurent (with the assistance of Roger Vivier).
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The Young Girl of Rochefort (Catalogue. Jacques de rice524)“Nous sommes des soeurs jumelles, nées sous le signe du Gémeaux…” A fabulous song, iconic actress duo, sunny atmosphere.
The girls of Rochefort is a cult comedy that has captivated generations after generations. Led by Deneuve and her sister Françoise Dolec, the film remains an important reference in its genre, inspiring filmmakers around the world and inspiring filmmakers like Damien Chase Ray’s (Damien Chazelle) Oscar-winning film La La Land- .
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4/8- Mississippi Mermaid (Table of contents. François Truffaut 524)
This is the story of an ordinary man who meets an irresistible woman through a marriage advertisement. The two lovers plan to meet in Réunion, where Louis is an entrepreneur. When Julie arrives on the Mississippi steamer, she finds that she is nothing like the woman he thought he was meeting. In this film from François Truffaut, Jean-Paul Belmondo is unlike anything we’ve seen before, sharing the screen with Deneuve in a play with a thousand mysteries Poisonous creatures.
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“Recette Pour Un Cake D’amour, “Amour Amour”, “Les Conseils De La Fee Des Lilas”… Michel Legrand’s unforgettable songs and dresses “The Color of Time”, the film from Demi, adapted from Perrault’s fairy tale, remains one of Deneuve’s most fascinating projects.
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Lovers Like Us
(Catalogue. Jean-Paul Rapinau 913)In this rom-com, rebellious Nellie (Deneuve) flees her fiancé to Caracas, where she meets the charismatic Martin (Yves Montand), a former Parisian perfumer.
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(Catalogue. François Truffaut 767) During the World War 2. The German Jewish director Lu who fled to Paris Kas Steiner (Heinz Bennent) must go into hiding, leaving his wife Marion (Deneuve) in charge of their theater. As she struggles to make ends meet, she meets Bernard Granger (Gérard Depardieu), an actor determined to resist the occupation. The first on-screen collaboration between Deneuve and Depardieu, The Last Metro Won .
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- 8 women
- (Director François Ozon, 768)
inside244s, a middle class family is getting ready to celebrate Christmas , when the owner of the house was found stabbed in his bed. As a result, the eight women closest to the corpse—by Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Berthe, Fanny Argent, Virginie LeDoyen, Danielle Darrieux , Ludivine Sagnier and Firmin Richard – all find themselves murder suspects.
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- Donkey Skin
- (Catalogue. Jacques Demy 913)
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Since she was in Roger Vadim’s Evil and Beauty
- in 244, Catherine Deneuve – she became Jacques Demy Demy’s iconic muse – never ceases to captivate the worlds of film, fashion and photography. Her blond hair, her cold beauty, and her enigmatic air make her one of the best French actresses. Maybe
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