Catherine Deneuve in Venice: “It’s much better to be in Europe than in America if you’re an actress and you’re older”

Catherine Deneuve in Venice: “It’s much better to be in Europe than in America if you’re an actress and you’re older”

French film legend Catherine Deneuve entered the Venice International Film Festival press conference room on Wednesday with all smiles.

Deneuve received a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Venice Film Festival.

Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera named a long list of famous creatives Deneuve worked with and was inspired by, from directors Roger Vadim, Jacques Demy, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut and Roman Polanski to actors like Marcello Mastroianni and Gerard Depardieu. She is also one of the rare performers to receive an Oscar nomination for a foreign language performance, for Best Actress for the 1993 film directed by Vargnier. Indochina.

“It’s always very difficult when you have to stop and look back, like you make decisions as if you’re thinking about the future, but you never do,” Deneuve said. “Good luck, good decisions, sometimes wrong. After all these years, you have a list to look at and hope you got it right most of the time.”

Deneuve singled out Demi Cherbourg umbrella (1964), as well as his work with Truffaut and André Téchiné as the most important of his career.

Not that the 78-year-old actor plans to stop working. He has two new projects with Leah Domenach The turtle Currently filming and presenting in English. funny birdsDirected by Marco La Via and Hanna Ladul, production will begin later this year.

Considering his age, Deneuve said he feels “it’s much better to be in Europe than America if you’re an actor and you’re older… things have changed a lot. [around ageism in the film business]But I still think everything is better in Europe for that.

Deneuve is a regular in Venice. your debut film, beautiful by day Directed by Buñuel, it won the Golden Lion in Venice in 1967, and Deneuve won the Coppa Volpe at the 1998 best actress festival for her portrayal of Nicole García. Vendôme place.

Deneuve will receive a lifetime achievement award at the opening gala on Wednesday.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

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