Françoise Dorléac, from The Man from Rio to The Young Girls of Rochefort
Born into a family of actors, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve's older sister, began her career at the age of 15. She shone a few years later alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo in "L'Homme de Rio". From there, a great international career is announced to the young actress. But in 1967, a few months after filming the "Demoiselles de Rochefort" with her sister, she died tragically in a road accident, at the age of 25. Nevertheless, she leaves behind an abundant career and thus continues to be present in the minds of cinephiles.
Cast
Françoise Dorléac
Self (archive footage)
Catherine Deneuve
self
Philippe Labro
self
Jacques Perrin
self
Olivier Gérard
self
François Truffaut
archive footage
Roman Polanski
self
Michel Legrand
self
Macha Méril
self
Elizabeth Gouslan
self
Philippe Lombard
self
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Born into a family of actors, Françoise Dorléac, Catherine Deneuve's older sister, began her career at the age of 15. She shone a few years later alongside Jean-Paul Belmondo in "L'Homme de Rio". From there, a great international career is announced to the young actress. But in 1967, a few months after filming the "Demoiselles de Rochefort" with her sister, she died tragically in a road accident, at the age of 25. Nevertheless, she leaves behind an abundant career and thus continues to be present in the minds of cinephiles.
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