The Catherine Deneuve List

[swo17]

My list

1. Christmas Tale (Arnaud Desplechin, 2008)
2. "It's not important that I'm Catherine Deneuve." Chanel No. 5 commercial
3. "Sometimes I cannot bear to come out of my bath." Chanel No. 5 commercial
5. Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
6. Thieves [Voleurs] (André Téchiné, 1996)
7. Kings and Queen (Arnaud Desplechin, 2004)
8. Mississippi Mermaid (François Truffaut, 1969)
9. Time Regained (Raoul Ruiz, 1999)
10. After Him [Après lui] Gaël Morel, 2007)

No #4?

[Matt]

Sorry, I got lost in a reverie of being pelted with dung while I was posting:

4. Belle de Jour (Luis Buñuel, 1967)

[swo17]

Here was my list. I think that just leaves zedz and domino to share theirs:

01 O Convento (Manoel De Oliveira, 1995)
02 Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)
03 Peau d'âne (Jacques Demy, 1970)
04 Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
05 Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (Jacques Demy, 1967)
06 Pola X (Leos Carax, 1999)
07 Le Temps retrouvé (Raúl Ruiz, 1999)
08 Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (Jacques Demy, 1964)
09 Et Satan conduit le bal (Grisha Dabat, 1962)
10 Touche pas à la femme blanche (Marco Ferreri, 1974)

[therewillbeblus]

I know this list project was a failure, but if A Christmas Tale would have somehow won it still feels like a great success

[Never Cursed]

I would have been amazed if anything else had gotten the top spot

[therewillbeblus]

I was banking on one of the two popular Demy musicals or Repulsion, but glad to be wrong!

[senseabove]

I also assumed it would be Repulsion or one of the Demys, but A Christmas Tale was definitely my favorite and highest ranking new-to-me film on my list—which I don't feel particularly compelled to share in full since it was a pitiable collection of half-remembered and begrudged slot-filling, but my top five were Les demoiselles de Rochefort, 8 Femmes, Un Flic, A Christmas Tale, and Time Regained.

[knives]

Wow, even if the final list doesn’t come together, I’m pleased to know that Après Lui would not have been orphaned.

Easily my most unexpected discovery. It’s just so good.

Also a little shout out to Honore’s Beloved which I watched last minute and adored.

[swo17]

I must have miscalculated before. If there were only seven participants I guess they were:

zedz
knives
Never Cursed
therewillbeblus
Matt
swo17
senseabove

zedz, I want to see what you voted for!

[therewillbeblus]

domino doesn't count amongst the seven?

[domino harvey]

I would have submitted a list if we were one away, but as is there were only 9 movies I wanted to vote for, so I have no list

[zedz]

I think I heard somebody say my name three times into a mirror.

List of Films I Like* With Catherine Deneuve In Them

* or kinda like

1. Time Regained (Ruiz)
2. Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (Demy)
3. Repulsion (Polanski)
4. The Convent (De Oliveira)
5. I'm Going Home (De Oliveira)
6. Belle de Jour (Bunuel)
7. Lines of Wellington (Sarmiento)
8. Tristana (Bunuel)
9. Pola X (Carax)
10. The Truth (Kore-eda)

I didn't actually remember Deneuve in I'm Going Home (that's Piccoli's film all the way) or Lines of Wellington (though I'm not surprised she's in there, as it's kind of a cinematic petition in support of Raul Ruiz by everybody who'd worked with him.) Repulsion is the only film there that I think relies on Deneuve for its greatness, though The Truth has probably the best Deneuve performance on the list, even though I'm doubtful it would even make a Top Ten Kore-Era Films list if I ever did one. I'm lukewarm on everything outside the top five - i.e. none of them would be in contention for their respective decades lists.

For the record, I didn't vote for a Deneuve list and only submitted one out of pity!

[therewillbeblus]

The Kore-eda has a good Deneuve perf, but I hope people interested in late-era Deneuve seek out In the Courtyard, an inconsistent movie where she really shines. I know there are a few fans of Salvadori here, simply based on love for En liberté, so that's one reason to see it right there even if it's nowhere near as good

[swo17]

Thanks for sharing, zedz! Just to save someone else the effort, it looks like the unofficial top 10 would have looked something like this:

1. The Young Girls of Rochefort (1)
2. Repulsion
3. A Christmas Tale (3)
4. Time Regained (1)
5. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
6. Belle de jour
7. The Convent (1)
8. Kings and Queen
9. (tie) Et Satan conduit le bal
9. (tie) The Hunger

[knives]

Hopefully people will look into Liza and Apres Lui when they have a minute.

[therewillbeblus]

As a whole, I’m mixed on it but it’s definitely worth checking out, and Deneuve’s perf is a key reason for that tilt towards recommendation

[knives]

Decided to jump into the well if modern day Deneuve films again and was reminded of why I generally have stayed away with the pitifully lame All The Divides Us. Klifa’s drama is told incoherently so that the basic facts about its characters are obnoxiously enigmatic and we’re stuck with just big acting and nothing else. It’s the moody French equivalent to failed Oscar bait like that one Kunis drug movie from a few years ago that you probably forgot existed if you ever knew.

[zedz]

Decided to jump into the well if modern day Deneuve films again and was reminded of why I generally have stayed away with the pitifully lame All The Divides Us. Klifa’s drama is told incoherently so that the basic facts about its characters are obnoxiously enigmatic and we’re stuck with just big acting and nothing else. It’s the moody French equivalent to failed Oscar bait like that one Kunis drug movie from a few years ago that you probably forgot existed if you ever knew.

You've probably seen it already, but she's good in Kore-eda's The Truth (and I'm not any kind of Deneuve fan).

[knives]

I still haven’t had the opportunity yet. It’s on the list though.

[domino harvey]

This timely bump reminds me that I still have a collection of unwatched Deneuve films, including a DVD set packaged inside a padded plushie slipcover, perhaps to allow the viewer to nap on it during the films

[Lowry_Sam]

I guess I missed this one. Catherine Deneuve has always been one of my favorite contemporary actresses, even if the film she appears in is uninspired. She has become more play-by-numbers towards the end of her career seeming to be a work-for-work's sake (with 149 actress credits) but at the start of her careershe was fairly adventurous in her heyday.

1. The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
2. Repulsion
3. My Favorite Season
4. Belle du Jour
5. Time Regained
6. 8 femmes
7. Indochine
8. Dancer In The Dark
9. Tristana
10. Persepolis

[Roger Ryan]

I guess I missed this one. Catherine Deneuve has always been one of my favorite contemporary actresses, even if the film she appears in is uninspired. She has become more play-by-numbers towards the end of her career seeming to be a work-for-work's sake (with 149 actress credits) but at the start of her careershe was fairly adventurous in her heyday.

1. The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
2. Repulsion
3. My Favorite Season
4. Belle du Jour
5. Time Regained
6. 8 femmes
7. Indochine
8. Dancer In The Dark
9. Virdianna
10. Persepolis

Deneuve doesn't actually appear in Viridiana; do you mean Tristana?

[Lowry_Sam]

9. Virdianna

Deneuve doesn't actually appear in Viridiana; do you mean Tristana?

Thanks, yes. I mixed up the titles from spending so much time on the year's titles (and it doesn't actually make as Radiance's is 2024& Criterion's is 2026).

[Matt]

Ah, no, why did you have to remind me that my Radiance Buñuel set has been sitting unwatched for a full year now?

[Aunt Peg]

This timely bump reminds me that I still have a collection of unwatched Deneuve films, including a DVD set packaged inside a padded plushie slipcover, perhaps to allow the viewer to nap on it during the films

I purchased that set around July/August this year to catch up with a few unseen Deneuve films. I had seen Hotel des Amerique & Le Choc decades ago with no desire to revisit either of them. Deneuve is hardly in Fort Saganne and I found it insufferable. La Sauvage was one of those 3rd rate French comedies that were very typical from the 70s. Manon 70 was easily the highlight of the set and I'd seriously consider purchasing a Blu Ray should some enterprising company release it.