A rare artist and an interpreter of extraordinary beauty. These are the words chosen by the director Alberto Barbera to define Catherine Deneuve, that during the 79th Venice International Film Festival, scheduled from 31 August to 10 September, will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The decision was made by the Board of Directors of the Biennale, which made Barbera’s proposal its own: “It is a joy to receive this prestigious award at the Venice Film Festival, which I have loved and known for a long time, since Beautiful during the day by Luis Buñuel received the Golden Lion at the time, ”said Catherine Deneuve.
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Speaking of the award, the Director declared: «An impressive number of films, most of which are major international successes. An equally impressive amount of awards obtained in the major festivals in the world, which must be added an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, a rare privilege for a non-American artist. A succession of artistic partnerships with some of the most important European directors and actors: Roger Vadim, Jacques Demy, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, Roman Polanski, Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni and Gérard Depardieu. An indisputable talent at the service of interpreter skills which a refined and out of the ordinary beauty have contributed to making it the very face of French cinemaa timeless diva, a real icon of the big screen ».
“As one of the most representative figures of the Nouvelle Vague and privileged witness of an idea of style that is identified with fashion from across the Alps, Catherine Deneuve has gone on to embody the essence of the universally recognized diva, establishing itself among the greatest interpreters in the history of cinema ». Beyond Beautiful during the day by Buñuel in 1967, Catherine Deneuve in Venice also managed to take home the Coppa Volpi as best actress in 1998, on the occasion of the presentation of the film Place Vendôme by Nicole Garcia. This year, to keep her company, he will also be the director of American Gigolo Paul Schrader, also awarded the Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
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