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The 77-year-old is a pillar of French cinema
and still appears in multiple movies. Wearing a black velvet
dress and a chunky gold necklace, Deneuve returned to Cannes on
Saturday for the premiere of "Peaceful" by French director
Emmanuelle Bercot, which is being presented out of the main
competition.
Deneuve and the crew received a standing ovation, visibly moving
the actress. She has appeared infrequently in public after the
pandemic forced fashion shows to shift online and Cannes
festival organisers to cancel the 2020 edition.
"It was absolutely extraordinary. Until the last minute, we were
wondering if it could really take place," Deneuve told a press
conference for the film.
"I've known Cannes for such a long time. Each time it's
something very different. But I think maybe I was never as moved
as I was yesterday evening, when I entered the theatre and
seeing the way the public welcomed the film and myself."
Deneuve was hospitalised in November 2019 in Paris after
suffering what her family said at the time was a "limited"
stroke.
Asked about tackling "Peaceful" - in which a young man is struck
by illness and has to grapple with the prospect of dying along
with his mother, played by Deneuve - the actress said the last
year of pandemic and her own health scare had affected her.
"A lot of things happened to me during a time that has been
quite remarkable," Deneuve said.
(Reporting by Sarah White, Fedja Grulovic and Michaela Cabrera;
Editing by Frances Kerry)
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