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Anna Karina: French New Wave cinema legend dies aged 79 | Anna Karina: French New Wave cinema legend dies aged 79 |
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Anna Karina, an icon of French New Wave cinema, has died at the age of 79. | Anna Karina, an icon of French New Wave cinema, has died at the age of 79. |
The Danish-French actress died in a hospital in Paris after living with cancer, her agent told AFP news agency. | The Danish-French actress died in a hospital in Paris after living with cancer, her agent told AFP news agency. |
French culture minister Franck Riester tweeted in tribute: "Today, French cinema has been orphaned. It has lost one of its legends." | French culture minister Franck Riester tweeted in tribute: "Today, French cinema has been orphaned. It has lost one of its legends." |
Karina rose to prominence as the muse of her director ex-husband Jean-Luc Godard in the 1960s. | Karina rose to prominence as the muse of her director ex-husband Jean-Luc Godard in the 1960s. |
She got her big break as a teenager, soon after moving to Paris from her native Denmark, when she was spotted by Godard. | |
He wanted to cast her in his first and most famous film Breathless, Karina recalled years later, but she turned him down because the role required nudity. | He wanted to cast her in his first and most famous film Breathless, Karina recalled years later, but she turned him down because the role required nudity. |
After a few months he offered her another role, cementing their fruitful working relationship and her place in cinematic history. | After a few months he offered her another role, cementing their fruitful working relationship and her place in cinematic history. |
In 1961, she and Godard got married - and just months later, Karina won best actress at the Berlin Film Festival for Godard's A Woman is a Woman. | In 1961, she and Godard got married - and just months later, Karina won best actress at the Berlin Film Festival for Godard's A Woman is a Woman. |
Although they divorced just four years later, their relationship became almost as iconic as the films they made together. | Although they divorced just four years later, their relationship became almost as iconic as the films they made together. |
"It was really a great love story, but very tiring in a way for a young girl because he would go away a lot," Karina told Vogue in 2016. | "It was really a great love story, but very tiring in a way for a young girl because he would go away a lot," Karina told Vogue in 2016. |
"He would say he was going to buy some cigarettes and he would come back three weeks later." | "He would say he was going to buy some cigarettes and he would come back three weeks later." |
After their divorce, she continued to have a long and prosperous career, working with filmmakers Jacques Rivette, Luchino Visconti and Tony Richardson. | After their divorce, she continued to have a long and prosperous career, working with filmmakers Jacques Rivette, Luchino Visconti and Tony Richardson. |
In the early 1970s she worked behind the camera too, directing Vivre Ensemble, a film about a turbulent romance between a history teacher and a free-spirited young woman that ends in domestic violence and drug abuse. | In the early 1970s she worked behind the camera too, directing Vivre Ensemble, a film about a turbulent romance between a history teacher and a free-spirited young woman that ends in domestic violence and drug abuse. |
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