A few days ago, it was reported that French actress Catherine Deneuve had a stroke while filming Emmanuel Beckett's new drama and was sent to the hospital. Although the manager stated that she had a minor stroke, her mobility was not affected, and she just needed to rest for a while, but this news still reveals the cruelty of time and the difficulty of staying youth: it reminds us that this legendary beauty has been unconsciously 76 years old now.
entered the industry at the age of 13, and has been in the film industry for more than half a century. Deneuve has starred in French film scenes such as "The Umbrella of Cherbourg", "The Beauty of the Day", "The Last Metro in Paris" and "The Eight Beautiful Pictures". It was shortlisted for the "French Oscar" for the Caesars Award, and won two post-screening awards, and was awarded lifetime achievement awards at the Berlin Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.
She is known as the light of French cinema. New Wave director François Truffau wrote in an article: "What can I compare to Catherine? If I must use an object to describe her In her words, a flower or a bunch of flowers is not appropriate... I compare her to a vase, a vase in which all the flowers can be inserted."
For more than 60 years, the French film world has been rich in "goddess". New Roses of France are constantly appearing, Isabel Huppert, Isabel Adjani, Sophie Marceau, Audrey Tato, Maria Gottion... But Catherine De There is only one Neve. It is no exaggeration to say that she is the only surviving actress who has personally experienced the entire European film history since the French New Wave.
▲She set off from "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" to embrace a whole era
On October 22, 1943, Catherine Deneuve was born in a family of performing arts in Paris. Initially, her name was Catherine Fabiana Dore. Unlike her sister who is lively and outgoing and who likes movies and dramas, Catherine has a quiet personality. Before meeting the director Jacques Demi (the husband of New Wave godmother Varda), she had no vision for the movie. At a reception, Catherine met Jacques for the first time. He told Catherine, who had never gone to film school or received any professional courses, and hoped to cooperate with her. He wants to try a very bold way in the new film he is preparing: sing all the notes with notes. This made Catherine feel both novel and exciting. She was told that she had to memorize each piece of music by heart before shooting, and then reproduce it every minute before the camera. Whenever the music in the studio sounded, she would be deeply moved by it. She has fallen in love with the movie before shooting.
This movie is "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (also known as "The Yiren of Autumn Water").
In this way, the 20-year-old Deneuve walked into "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" and played the 17-year-old Gennevillier who was in love with the boy at the gas station regardless of family opposition. Their love is pure and passionate. She took Guy's hand and said over and over again: "I love you", desperately trying to follow him away. But the war broke them up ruthlessly.
The boy went to the front line, how can the occasional letters and photos comfort the heart of Genivier’s day and night? In the embarrassing life, she gradually lost the courage to wait, and finally married diamond merchant Roland.
Years later, that day, Neveye and Guy met again in the heavy snow. Although the two have never forgotten this relationship, the once pure dreams can never be found again.
"The Umbrella of Cherbourg" every day strange things happen on the set. For example, singing in the street in the middle of the night; making some gizmos to move the camera if you don't have the money to buy equipment; putting a timer on the spot to ensure the accuracy of each sentence. All these creative things opened Pandora's box and made Catherine Deneuve clearly realize for the first time that making movies is to be with some extraordinary people and have an extraordinary dream.
And this year, life also carved important marks on Deneuve. When she was 17, she fell in love with the French director Roger Vadim who was 16 years older than her. This year, she gave birth to a son for him, and then became a single mother. Jacques Demy was forced to stop the entire crew and waited for her for several months before filming "The Umbrella of Cherbourg". The pain of life on Deneuve transformed into the delicate inner world of the character. In "The Umbrella of Cherbourg", Catherine's performance presents a qualitative breakthrough. People can see some innocent things in the eyes of Genivier, played by her, broken and disappeared a little bit...
▲Later Oscar’s hit song and dance film "Philharmonic"City" is considered to have a great tribute to "The Umbrella of Cherbourg"
This is one of the most beautiful shots left in film history. Under a overhead shot, passers-by with colorful umbrellas face each other diagonally And the line passed by, walking back and forth, like a beating note on a sheet of music. At the end of the film, Genivier drove away with his daughter, and the protagonist’s wife and children returned to him. Deneuve's face flashed with an indescribable indifference, such a performance almost never seen in previous music films. In Cannes that year, director Jacques Demi took home the only Palme d'Or for the Left Bank, and Catherine Deneuve's name began to be remembered. At that time, she shouldn't have thought that she was setting out to embrace an entire era: All big-name directors in Europe, including Polanski, Bunuel, Melville, Oliveira, were waiting for her in front.
▲Deneuve and Yves Saint Laurent
If Jacques Demey guided Deneuve a door to the movie, then Bunuel opened the door of the world for her. 1967 was a significant year for Catherine. She starred in "Beauty of the Day" and therefore met the legendary Yves Saint Laurent in the fashion industry. When Bunuel started to write the script, Catherine was already his heroine. She has all the qualities he needs: young and beautiful, aloof and cold, in line with the temperament of a middle-class wife. The film was well received when it was released, and over time, the role of "Severina" has also become a symbol and a symbol.
▲ In "Day Beauty", Deneuve performed an unusual "married wife" image. When the Japanese drama "Hiyan" became a phenomenon-level work, she was regarded as the earliest prototype of "Hiyan" wife
in special It can be seen from Ruffer's record that the cooperation between Catherine and Bunuel did not go smoothly. Bunuel is not talkative, does not make any demands on the performance, and does not allow actors to watch the filmed footage, which makes the young Catherine at a loss-she is not an active person. These have caused the two people to have a deviation in their understanding of the role throughout the filming process. Bunuel and the producer were disappointed after seeing the sample, and felt that this was not what he wanted. However, it took him three or four days to edit, and the results were surprisingly good. The performances that he thought were not suitable before became just right. No one can explain why, this incident has become one of the mysteries in the film industry.
▲Truffau and Catherine Deneuve
There is no doubt that Truffau and Catherine Deneuve have left a deep mark in each other's lives. He gave her the affirmation of the first big prize, and she was his muse. Deneuve and Truffaut’s first collaboration was in 1969's "Fairy Marriage", when Truffaut had passed his peak period. The film has a strong Hitchcock suspense routine, but the essence is to explore the elusive issue of love. It seems that there is nothing special about the movie. The only thing that is remarkable is Deneuve's performance.
▲The character in "The Last Subway" is tailor-made for Deneuve by Truffau. Catherine Deneuve plays a complicated woman.
"In that era, it was difficult for an actress to meet such a role, not just a lover or a wife, but her identity as a wartime troupe gave her a kind of perseverance in her character. Because there are many things hidden in her heart, her behavior Sometimes it looks weird, it's a fusion of rigidity and fierce conflict," Catherine Deneuve once described this role. Truffaut hopes that through this role, she will be different from the past, not just a beautiful blonde.
▲ "The Last Subway" stills
During that time, it was a sweet time. They chatted together for a long time, talking about movies, actors and scripts. Truffau did not like to attend crowded occasions, while Catherine would go. When he came back, Truffaut asked her to tell him what he had seen and heard. They always have endless topics. Until Truffau's death, the two men maintained an indestructible friendship. Deneuve has expressed his appreciation for Truffaut's talents more than once, and Truffaut has used extreme words to describe his muse. "Catherine Deneuve is really beautiful, so that the film with her as the female number one will be very popular even if there is no storyline." Truffaut firmly believes that as long as the audience looks at Catherine, they will feel Happiness, "Her face makes people believe that even if the movie has no plot, she is the plot itself."
In 1972, Deneuve collaborated with French veteran director Jean Pierre Melville in "The Great Dawn". The film is the prototype of Wu Yusen's "Across the World" and it is Melville's posthumous work. She gave this old French director who had personally experienced World War II one last time. In the 1980s, Deneuve's works seemed to be quiet, the new wave receded, and French cinema fell into decline.
In 1995, even Jacques Demi who brought her to the world has passed away. In his wife Varda's documentary "Jacques Demi's World", Deneuve appeared in the camera. Her gratitude to Demi was endless in the interview.
▲In "Dancer in the Dark", the middle-aged Deneuve became a housewife in a small American town. In "Dancer", the middle-aged Deneuve plays a kind neighbor. The former goddess, a housewife in a small American town, has robbed her of her youthful appearance through time, but she cannot rob her of her beauty. It is a kind of extraordinary beauty, a mark left by time.
▲ is Hirokazu Ee's new film "The Truth"
Deneuve's movie map has expanded last year. In the new film "The Truth" by the Japanese director Hirokazu Ee, she and another French legendary actress Juliet Binoche play a complicated, love-hate mother and daughter. These directors have all left indelible traces in Catherine Deneuve's acting career. Together with her, they use lens to sculpt art and use art to fight time.
▲Truffau presents Deneuve's peak value in "A Deception"
"Your face is a landscape. Your eyes are a small green lake...spit out pearls when tender, and toad when lying. I close. I close my eyes, but I still see you." In "The Deception", Marcion, played by Catherine Deneuve, defrauded Louis of all his money. He forgave her, sold the factory and killed her. people. On the way to escape, she poisoned him, and he still had a deep affection for her. How many people fell in love with this goddess at first sight in the movie, but in the real world, Catherine is still alone. The love between
and 33-year-old Roger Vadim at the age of 17 affected her life and made her a single mother. However, with it, Catherine Deneuve also ushered in the peak of her career. In 1965, she and the British photographer David Bailey began a long-term marriage, but after five years of sadly broke up, cut off all her yearning for marriage.
However, love is always irresistible. In 1971, Catherine met Marcelo Mastroianni, the chief male god of Italy, on the set. Her passion made her blind again. She gave birth to a daughter for him regardless of his married status. Even after the breakup, they maintained a good relationship until Marcelo died in 1996. She and her daughter stayed in front of the hospital bed to accompany him through the last journey of life. Catherine Deneuve has conquered many talented men, including Clint Eastwood, Truffau, and Burt Reynolds, but she has never been able to conquer love. At the end of "A Deceptive Marriage", he was as cold as Marcion, and was warmed by the burning love: "Is this love? It turns out that it is so painful." Yes, it is pain and joy.
Catherine Deneuve lived in Paris in her later years, and lived very close to Nobel Prize winner Moriano.
She spends half a year working and enjoying life for half a year. In 2005, she published "Catherine Deneuve's Secret Diary", which recorded what she saw and thought on the set. She does not intend to write an autobiography, but only hopes to leave a few words about the movie through this diary. She has been passionate about movies for many years. For her, watching a movie or acting out a story in person is always an exploration.
Cherbourg's Umbrella (1964)
In 1964, the young Catherine Dorie (real name) has been in the film industry for eight years, but has not yet taken on a role that made herself known to the world. Catherine waited for "The Umbrella of Cherbourg" (the Palme d'Or in the same year), which was the beginning of a series of collaborations between her and director Jacques Demi. Jacques strengthened her desire to become a film. She sometimes indulges in fantasies and sometimes serious interpretation of the melancholic Gennevillier, pushing her into the ranks of first-line actresses.
day beauty(1967)
In 1967, she was criticized for taking on the role of the wandering middle-class woman Severina Celitz in the film "Day Beauty" directed by Luis Buñuel. Disappointed by her husband as a doctor, the contemporary "Emma Bovary" found spiritual freedom in betraying her body. Catherine Deneuve showed another side of her as an actress, when she was less than 23 years old.
The Last Subway (1980)
Everyone has seen or at least heard of François Truffaut’s famous work "The Last Subway", the story of the little Montmartre theatre during the German occupation. The Jew Lucas Steiner, the theater manager, was forced to leave France. He let his wife Marian (Catherine Deneuve) take charge of the theater and guide the actors to rehearse the drama that will be performed in the near future. The hired actor Bernard Granger (Depatillo) sparks the spark of love. With this calm, gentle, independent and capable female character, Catherine won her first French Caesar film trophy.
Indochina (1992)
Time does not constitute an obstacle to Catherine Deneuve's film career at all, but instead makes her status in the French film industry increasing day by day. In the 1990s, she starred in a series of comedies, tragedies, and movies adapted to the tastes of ordinary audiences, always carefully selecting roles. In 1992, she won the critics and public applause for her role in Regis Wagner's magnificent historical masterpiece "Indochina." This film earned her a second Caesar Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress 12 years after "The Last Subway."
Bamitu (2001)
In this musical suspense film by François Ou Jong, she returned to the musical comedy route, playing the role of a cold, arrogant and profit-only big bourgeois. Her husband was found to have died of murder. Catherine Deneuve, dressed in a fur shawl, sang Sylvie Vartan's "You Never Ever", which shocked the audience.
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