French citizen – Art Blart _ art and cultural memory archive

Exhibition dates: 2nd July – 2nd September 2012

Anonymous photographer
Romy Schneider
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© Botti Stills / Gamma-Rapho

“Elle est tourmentée, pure, violente, orgueilleuse…”

“She is tormented, pure, violent, proud…”

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Claude Sautet

Continuing my love affair with the woman that is, eternally, Romy Schneider. J’adore!

Marcus

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Many thankx to the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a a larger version of the image.

Jean-Pierre Bonnotte
Romy Schneider
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© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

Rarely has an actress been both as beautiful and moving. Rarely has an actress made history so young with an aura so accomplished, just looking, driven by a great desire for the absolute, to escape her own legend. Rarely has a star been both blessed by the gods and as much struck by fate. Rarely has a woman been as bright and as turbulent. Rarely has a foreign aura at this point incarnated France …

It is these paradoxes that this exhibition will highlight. Rare documents, personal items, professional memories and unseen photos tell stories because the route of an actress and a woman of passion, well beyond the screen, has touched the heart of audiences while accompanying the story of the century. We want this exhibition to show the height of what was Romy Schneider was, of what she represents. We want visitors to leave uplifted by her grace and beauty, by which life emerges from it despite the tragedies that have struck – by the obviousness of her talent, the wealth of her career and her encounters.

~ Jean-Pierre Lavoignat

Jean-Pierre Bonnotte
Romy Schneider (with Alain Delon)
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© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

“She reminds me of those thoroughbreds who prance, hypersensitive, at the slightest glance. They need to be flattered and excited at the same time but as soon as they loose the rein, they are capable of achieving the most breathtaking performance! ”

~ Alberto Bevilacqua

Jean-Pierre Bonnotte
Romy Schneider
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© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

Anonymous photographer
Romy Schneider
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© Keystone-France /Gamma-Rapho

Jean-Pierre Bonnotte
Romy Schneider
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© Jean-Pierre Bonnotte / Gamma-Rapho

“She is beautiful with a beauty that she has forged itself. A poisonous mixture of charm and virtuous purity. She is as proud as a Mozart concerto and recognises the power of her body and her sensuality.”

~ Claude Sautet

Anonymous photographer
Romy Schneider
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© Botti Stills / Gamma-Rapho

“An amazing actress, she does not manufacture the emotion, does not fake it. She recreates the very far, very deep as the huge waves that shake the sea. No trick. (…) It goes straight to the point. All the superficial, bookish, theoretical disappears. This game seems lyrical and requires musical comparisons. Sautet talking about Mozart with regard to Romy. Me, I want to talk of Verdi, Mahler … ”

~ Bertrand Tavernier