Catherine Deneuve

The great French actress Catherine Deneuve talks about her new film, “On My Way,” written specifically for her by writer-director Emmanuelle Bercot.  After being dumped by her married lover for a 25-year-old woman, former beauty queen Bettie impulsively sets off on a road trip adventure with an unexpected traveling companion, the 10 year old grandson she barely knows. “On My Way” opens at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas on March 14.

Actress Catherine Deneuve talks about her starring role in “Potiche,” Francois Ozon’s new comedy. She plays Suzanne Pujol, a submissive, housebound trophy wife, who steps in to manage her husband's umbrella factory, when the workers go on strike and take him hostage. Based on a hit play from the 1970s, the film is a satirical take on the war of the sexes and classes. “Potiche” is playing at Paris Theatre, Angelika Film Center, and Clearview Chelsea Cinemas. She also discusses the retrospective of her work at BAM.

Catherine Deneuve became an international star in films like Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Belle de Jour, and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion. She still epitomizes a kind of continental classiness. Deneuve's now 67 and stars alongside Gérard Depardieu in the new comedy Potiche, a French ...