Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago

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#catherinedeneuve #portrait #documentary
Her image as the cool and mysterious blonde notwithstanding, Catherine has freed herself from it by choosing her roles instinctively and working with her favorite directors to embrace her passion for cinema in a wide range of projects.
Her image as an impassive blonde, mythologized by Luis Buñuel's sultry Belle de jour, has long clung to her. Some directors have played on this fantasy, while others, like François Truffaut, have sought to circumvent it. Catherine Deneuve, on the other hand, has freed herself from it, pursuing her career according to her instincts, her encounters and her passion for cinema. Over the decades, she has explored all registers, from truculent comedies ("La Vie de château" by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, "Potiche" by François Ozon) to incursions into demanding worlds (with Manoel de Oliveira or Raúl Ruiz, among others), revealing unprecedented facets of her acting.
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Danielle Darrieux ... Self (archive footage)
Jacques Demy ... Self (archive footage)
Arnaud Desplechin ... Self
Patrick Dewaere ... Self (archive footage)
Léa Domenach ... Self
Nicole Garcia ... Self
Henri Garcin ... Self (archive footage)
Joana Hadjithomas ... Self
Benoît Jacquot ... Self (as Benoit Jacquot)
Hirokazu Koreeda ... Self (archive footage)
Catherine Leterrier ... Self
Philippe Noiret ... Self (archive footage)
François Ozon ... Self (archive sound)
Jean-Paul Rappeneau ... Self (archive footage)
François Truffaut ... Self (archive footage)
André Téchiné ... Self (archive footage)
Agnès Varda ... Self (archive footage)
Régis Wargnier ... Self (archive footage)