Anouk Aimée died this morning at the age of 92. Do you know its story? Some remains are found in Poitou-Charentes.
Chabadabada… Chabadabada… This air, we almost all know it. Sometimes without knowing where it comes from… or whose skin it sticks to. It’s Anouk Aimée’s. She was Anne Gauthier in “A Man and a Woman” by Claude Lelouch, “Lola” by Jacques Demy, Maddalena in “La Dolce Vita” by Federico Fellini. Anouk Aimée was one of those actresses who are described as elegant, chic, captivating.
But if today we decide to talk about her here, it is because the actress has a history with our territory. Her territory, the one on which she grew up. The Charente. It was in Barbezieux that the little Jewish girl hid during the occupation… The one who was actually called Françoise Dreyfus.
At the time, for fear of being unmasked, of being arrested and sent to camps, Françoise Dreyfus had to forget her name, or rather, no longer pronounce it. She then calls herself Fanchon Durand, and she is the one you see in the 3rd row in the photo.
Anouk Aimée, at the Barbezieux school, in the 1940s, 3rd row. Anouk Aimée family archives
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It was only in 1948, on the set of a film, that Jacques Prevert baptized her Madame Aimée. Anouk Aimée.
Anouk Aimée’s passion for animals was born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire. She grew up in La Picauderie, the property of her godmother and godfather, surrounded by dogs, geese and ducks, her first admirers.
Anouk Aimée, little girl in Barbezieux in the 1930s. Anouk Aimée family archives
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© Anouk Aimée, little girl in Barbezieux in the 1930s. Anouk Aimée family archives
But Charente is not just a good memory for Anouk Aimée. Because Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire is an occupied town. A city which sees its men go to war like everywhere in France, Anouk Aimée too.
The Germans occupy the ground floor of his house. Françoise Dreyfus must not make any missteps. She greets the new occupants every morning before going to school. Terrible pain for a resistance girl.
Anouk Aimée at La Picauderie in Barbezieux in 1936 with her grandmother Émilie Boussiron, who worked as a horticulturist. Anouk Aimée family archives
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© Anouk Aimée at La Picauderie in Barbezieux in 1936 with her grandmother Émilie Boussiron, who worked as a horticulturist. Anouk Aimée family archives
Since she left the region to make a living from her art (like her actor parents), Anouk Aimée has only returned to Barbezieux twice. In the 1950s, and in 2009. We were there and captured this great emotion upon his return to his childhood home.
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From 1947 to 2019, Anouk Aimée appears in the credits of more than 80 films. Here are five of these masterpieces. “A Man and a Woman” (1966)
“The Most Beautiful Years of a Life” (2019)
“Lola” (1961)
“Montparnasse 19” (1958)
“Eight and a Half” (1963)
