Can you recollect your first appearance in a routine film like Les Portes Claquent (1960)?
You were not noticed in your maiden film… I dont remember very much of my first movie, a passable one, except that I was approached by the director to play a role suitable for me. Well, that was just the beginning. Jacques Demys musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) turned you into an international star. How was it to work with him? I remember Jacques Demy as a free-mixing kind but he was tough while tackling artists in his films. He is very serious on the set though he allowed free space for actors and actresses to find their feet. He is one director from whom we could learn a lot. How was it work with Luis Bunuel, who made you famous with his two films, The Golden Bowl (1967) and Tristana (1970). I was only 25 when the great Bunuel, then a citizen of France, called me to meet him. He was planning to make The Golden Bowl but was in quest of a new face, not very familiar on the screen. A screen test was done and I passed the ordeal. It is a difficult character of a call-girl, str
