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Catherine Deneuve's cold beauty - those immaculately arched eyebrows, and inhumanly perfect cheekbones - matched with an understated, enigmatic acting style to make her the best actress of her generation. This season at the NFT not only offers thirty years of great films, but also the chance to meet the lady herself at a Q and A on 21 September.
Fortunately, there's no risk of missing The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), the scintillating musical that transforms a workaday romance between a shop assistant and a mechanic into the stuff of fairytale. The NFT have sensibly decided to show it 24 times, and if you haven't seen it you should get down there immediately.
For those who prefer darker fare, there's Polanski's punishing psychological thriller Repulsion (1965), in which the director famously bullied and ostracized Deneuve, forcing her into a performance of scorching integrity.
There's plenty more on offer here, from the brilliant, and shamefully underrated, vampire movie The Hunger (1983), to Lars von Trier's bleak tale of factory life Dancer in the Dark (2000). Perhaps her greatest role of all is in Belle de Jour (1967) as the bourgeois housewife who seeks illicit thrills working in a brothel, a part she played with an icy eroticism that could never be matched by any other actress. |
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| London Event |
| London Jazz Festival 2009 |
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Southbank Centre,
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2 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| London Event |
| World Press Photo |
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Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall,
Belvedere Road,
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2 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| American photographer Anthony Suau is the winner of the World Press Photo of the Year 2008 and you can see his award-winning photograph along with ...More...
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| London Hotels |
| London Marriott County Hall |
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Westminster Bridge Road,
London,
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7 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| London Hotels |
| Park Plaza County Hall |
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Addington Street,
London,
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14 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| Close to Waterloo, the 4 star Park Plaza is – as the name suggests – just behind County Hall. Near to the Thames, it’s also ...More...
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| London Sights and Attractions |
| The Hayward Gallery |
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Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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1 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| The Hayward Gallery has been the originator or host of influential exhibitions since 1968. It mounts temporary exhibitions of contemporary and historical art. The gallery, ...More...
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| London Sights and Attractions |
| The Poetry Library |
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Level 5,
Royal Festival Hall,
Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
London,
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2 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| The most comprehensive and accessible collection of poetry from 1914 in Britain, The Poetry Library within the Southbank Centre contains 90,000 items and is still ...More...
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| London Shopping |
| Konditor & Cook |
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22
Cornwall Road,
South Bank,
London,
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6 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| Konditor & Cook specialise in the creation of amazingly tasty cakes which are also sold on to some of the finest restaurants in the city. ...More...
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| London Shopping |
| Oxo Tower and Gabriel's Wharf |
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Oxo Tower Wharf,
Bargehouse Street,
South Bank,
London,
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8 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| London Dining |
| Benugo Bar & Kitchen at BFI |
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Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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0 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| Benugo is a high class chain of cafes selling handmade sandwiches, salads and desserts. What makes it stand out from the over-crowded coffee shop market ...More...
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| London Dining |
| Canteen |
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Royal Festival Hall,
Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
London,
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2 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| London Leisure |
| Jubilee Gardens |
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3
Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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7 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| The concrete promenade along the South Bank greatly benefits from this large patch of green grass for striders, strollers and sightseers to relax on. ...More...
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| London Leisure |
| The London Bicycle Tour Company |
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1a
Gabriel's Wharf,
56 Upper Ground,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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5 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| Located on the South Bank, in the heart of one of London's prettiest thoroughfares, The London Bicycle Tour Company is ideally placed for a spot ...More...
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| London Pubs |
| The White Hart |
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29
Cornwall Road,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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5 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| London Pubs |
| King's Arms |
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25
Roupell Street,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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7 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| London Business |
| BFI Southbank (previously the National Film Theatre) |
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Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
Waterloo,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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0 minutes distance from Catherine Deneuve Season
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| Originally the National Film Theatre, the Southbank Centre BFI is the perfect film buff's cinema, with three screens showing 2000 films a year ranging from ...More...
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| London Business |
| National Film Theatre Delegate Centre |
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Belvedere Road,
South Bank,
Waterloo,
South Bank,
London,
SE1
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