Simone Signoret: The Star As Cultural Sign - Couverture rigide

Hayward, Susan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0826413935 ISBN 13 : 9780826413932

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2004

Synopsis

Susan Hayward charts the career of Simone Signoret, one of the great French actresses of the 20th century. Signoret - who won an Oscar in 1960 for her performance in "Room at the Top" - was a key figure in French cinema for 40 years. But it is not so much her longevity that impresses, as it is the quality of work she produced as her career progressed. She started out as a stunningly beautiful woman, winning major international awards five times for her roles, and yet was only moderately in demand during those years. From the 1960s onwards, when her looks began to decline significantly, Signoret was in greater demand, and produced most of her output. She insisted on playing roles consonant with her real age, and often chose to play roles that portrayed her as even more ugly than she had become.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Susan Hayward is Professor of French at the University of Exeter. She is the author of Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts (2000) and co-editor of French Film: Texts and Contexts (2000).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0826413935
• ISBN 13: 9780826413932
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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