French icons of the seventh art are not commonplace… However, for many years, Catherine Deneuve has belonged to this very closed circle. Indeed, with more than a hundred films to her credit, the one who celebrates her 80th birthday this Sunday, October 22, 2023 can boast of being a true legend of cinema throughout the world.
A star of the seventh art who continues to amaze critics from role to role, like his last feature film
Bernadette
in which she plays the main character.
A longevity in cinema that goes hand in hand with a natural charm that does not fade over the decades. As proof, on the occasion of Catherine Deneuve’s birthday, the Instagram account of the National Audiovisual Institute was released an interview from 1962.
An interview in which the actress, aged 19 at the time, answers a journalist’s questions with a cigarette in her hand.
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A question considered far too daring
“What is wrong with you, Catherine Deneuve, is that we have the impression that you are looking for yourself, that you are looking for a style. We see a lot of photos of you, ultimately, you are never the same. It seems that you are, excuse me, not quite finished. How do you see yourself?that in fact asks the man who questions him.
“But it’s normal you know that I’m still quite young […] A lot of girls are in my case, whether she works in cinema or not, it’s normal that at 19 you haven’t always found a style.” then answers Catherine Deneuve.
A video that surprised Internet users a lot. Most felt that the journalist’s question was phrased in a condescending manner. “Would he have asked this question to Delon or Belmondo? I don’t think so”, “But such ridiculous questions, which are meant to be belittling and humiliating. How is it possible that the girls did not dare to rebuff these guys…”, “The abysmal stupidity of the interviewer”, “Not quite finished”? The violence of the statement”, peut we read.