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Death of Anouk Aimée: the end of a long love affair with cinema
Death of Anouk Aimée: the end of a long love affair with cinema
(France 2)
Main actress in the film A Man and a Woman by Claude Lelouch, actress Anouk Aimée died on Tuesday June 18, at the age of 92. The conclusion of a successful career.
In the eyes of the cinema, she will forever remain this woman in love, whirling in the arms of Jean-Louis Trintignant on a beach in Deauville in the film A man and a woman, released in 1966. Its success earned him his star status in front of Claude Lelouch’s camera. It was almost by chance that Anouk Aimée became an actress at the age of 13, questioned in the street by a man. The character in her first role is called Anouk, which will become her stage name.
Sensitive, magnetic, she responds to the greatest of her time: Gérard Philipe, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Serge Reggiani. With his slender silhouette, his enigmatic acting, and his eyes full of melancholy, the greatest directors of Italian cinema, such as Federico Fellini and Bernardo Bertolucci, are in demand. Freedom will guide his choices throughout his seventy-year career. Five years ago, the actress came full circle with Claude Lelouch, playing in a final version ofA man and a woman, The most beautiful years of a lifeconsecrating for eternity one of the emblematic couples of the 7th art.
