VIDEO – French actress played opposite John Malkovich in the film of the great Portuguese director Le Couvent , who died last Thursday at the age of 106. She paid tribute to his talent.
In 1995, Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich playing in Le Couvent Manoel de Oliveira. In an interview with our colleague Libération , the actress spoke fondly and accurate memory of the great filmmaker, who died last April 2 at the age of 106 years.
The actress remembers that it was she who made the first professional “in a Portuguese newspaper citing a desire to work with Oliveira.” This is Portuguese producer Paulo Branco who had established between them, the first contact
Catherine Deneuve poses critical of a thin film buff on the work of Manoel de Oliveira. “We had to an effort to enter his film, but once inside this world, we found ourselves facing unprecedented wealth, not far from those huge filmmakers such as Sergei Parajanov. ”
A little later in this posthumous testimony, the great French actress highlights the perfectionism of the Portuguese director: “We had to obey and do what he wanted. I saw him stop shooting in the middle because it lacked a simple accessory to a scene. For a few hours, we waited as the object comes to his vision is complete. There really are not many filmmakers who can afford to work well. “
Artisan demanding, picky even in his approach to his art, Manoel de Oliveira was also a great director of actor. Catherine Deneuve describes his character with his usual acuity, “Manoel de Oliveira was very special, both seductive and authoritarian, often charming”
Le Couvent (1995. ) Manoel de Oliveira with Catherine Deneuve and John Malkovich:
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