Once upon a time there was Deneuve

How did Catherine Dorléac become Catherine Deneuve? Is it so difficult to embody the face of France in the world? What does it take to sustain a cinema myth for decades? If the devil wears Prada, why does Deneuve wear Saint Laurent? What would Jacques Demy's cinema be without her? And then what exactly is “the blond Deneuve”?So many questions to which the best writers of Sofilm magazine have sought answers in this reference work which takes a new look at an extraordinary existence and career, in addition to 250 pages richly illustrated with often rare photos.With unpublished testimonies from Gilles Jacob, Etienne Daho, Marjane Satrapi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Loïc Prigent, Laure Adler, Pierre Salvadori, Alain Terzian…