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Anouk Aimée, Oscar-Nominated French Star of ‘A Man and a Woman,’ Dies at 92
Anouk Aimée, the French actress known for her cool sophistication in films including Claude Lelouch's 'A Man and a Woman,' has died. She was 92.
Fairly described in one encyclopedia as an “an aloof but alluring presence on the screen,” Aimée was frequently described as ““regal,” “intelligent” and “enigmatic,” giving the actress, according to journalist Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, “an aura of disturbing and mysterious beauty that has earned her the status of one of the hundred sexiest stars in film history (in a 1995 poll conducted by Empire magazine).” (Aimée reprised the role of Lola in Demy’s Los Angeles-shot 1969 film “Model Shop,” in which her character worked in a photo studio where men could rent cameras and take pictures of naked women; she encounters a young man played by Gary Lockwood. Aimée also gave a memorable performance in Belgian filmmaker André Delvaux’s 1968 surrealist classic “Un Soir, un train,” in which she starred with Yves Montand, he as a linguistics professor in Flanders, she as his lover, a Frenchwoman who designs costumes for a theater and feels uncomfortable in her alien surroundings while he shows no signs of wanting to take the next step in their relationship.
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