Romy Schneider, the myth still intact 40 years later

Forty years after her death on May 29, 1982, Romy Schneider remains very present in the hearts of the French. On the 23h set of franceinfo, Sarah Briand, journalist and biographer of the icon, and Clémentine Derudille, curator of the Romy Schneider exhibition at the Cinémathèque française, tried to explain the reasons which made the actress a myth. “Romy Schneider is first of all an exceptional photogenius. Who has not dreamed in front of this couple that she formed with Alain Delon?, analyzed Sarah Briand. And to remember that she also represented the woman “free” and the “French woman”.

The actress herself admitted to being “photogenic” rather than “beautiful”thus returning the credit of this image to “head operator” of his films. Clémentine Derudille added to this table the “game genius”. “We forget to talk about work when we talk about actresses and actors”. “He was someone who immersed himself in his roles, who gave everything”she recalled.