Catherine Deneuve, in the film “The Truth”, one of her latest works.
Actress Catherine Deneuve, icon of French cinema and one of the great stars of her generation, will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 79th Venice Film Festival, to be held from 31 August to 10 SeptemberThe organization reported today.
“It is a joy to receive this prestigious award at the Venice Film Festival, which I love and have known for a long time, ever since beautiful by day Luis Buñuel received the Golden Lion. It is an honor to be chosen for this tribute for the Mostra, because he accompanied me very often in many films “, were the first words of Deneuve, 78, after learning of the decision.
why they chose it
A scene from the famous Belle de Jour, Golden Lion in Venice in 1967.
The director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera, appreciated Catherine Deneuve’s “impressive number of films, most of them major international successes”. one of the greatest divas of French cinemaaccording to a statement.
“An equally sizeable amount of awards from major festivals around the world, to which we have to add an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Rolea rare privilege for a non-American artist, “he added.
Barbera also highlighted his collaborations with the most important European directors and actors, such as for example Roger Vadim, Jacques Demy, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, Roman Polanski, Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni and Gérard Depardieu.
Catherine Deneuve, a dip at the Cannes Film Festival. photo by Reuters
“An undisputed talent at the service of the interpretative skills that a refined and unusual beauty They have contributed to making her the very face of French cinema, a timeless diva, a true icon of the silver screen “.
The director of the ‘Mostra’ highlighted how Catherine Deneuve went “from being one of the most representative faces of the Nouvelle Vague (…) to embody the essence of the universally recognized diva, placing herself among the greatest interpreters in the history of cinema. “.
“For these reasons the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement awarded by the Venice Biennale on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the first edition of the Venetian festival, after the Leone d’Oro won with beautiful by day by Luis Buñuel in 1967 and the Volpi Cup as best actress for Vendôme square by Nicole Garcia in 1998 ”, he concluded.
Catherine Deneuve, in The Last Madness, a film by Claire Darling.
a great scare
In November 2019, Catherine Deneuve was shooting In their life, Emmanuelle Bercot’s film, near a hospital, when she began to feel ill and was immediately taken to the hospital. She was diagnosed with a stroke.
However, it was nothing more than a scare (one of the biggest, yes) and after a few months of shooting, the diva managed to get back to work, in June 2020. Obviously the news was celebrated by her fans from all over the world. .
At the time he was starring in the film De son vivant (the original title), rumors spread that his condition was serious. Immediately, a medical statement warned that the image was “reversible”.
Eventually, his relatives made it clear that he was “a very limited ischemic vascular event”, who showed no motor problems. The cause of his decompensation has to do with “a burnout due to his overloaded schedule for his age”.
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