Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival is honoring French screen icon Catherine Deneuve with its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.Through her career, Deneuve has worked with some of Europe’s greatest directors, such as Luis Buñuel, Francois Truffaut, Manoel De Oliveira, Roman Polanski, and Lars von Trier, to name a few.Deneuve’s long rapport with the Lido harks back to 1967 when Buñuel’s “Belle de Jour” in which she played a bourgeoise Paris housewife who seeks erotic liberation through part-time work in a brothel, won the Golden Lion.
Deneuve then won the Venice Volpi Cup for best actress for her role in Nicole Garcia’s “Place Vendôme” in 1998, and presided over the fest’s jury in 2006. “It is a joy to receive this prestigious award at the Venice Film Festival, which I love and have known for a long time, ever since Luis Buñuel’s ‘Belle de Jour’ received the Golden Lion,” Deneuve said in a statement.“It is also an honor to be chosen for this homage because the Mostra [as the Venice fest is known in Italy] has welcomed me so often for so many films.
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