Emanuelle Beart

 Born August 14, 1963
 She decided acting was for her at 13 and caught Robert Altman's attention, though the contemplated project did not materialize. Her breakthrough role was as MANON OF THE SPRING (1986).
 A plausible choice as "most beautiful woman alive," at least until she went collagen crazy recently and got what the catty European press delights in referring to as "duck lips." (Fortunately collagen is not permanent... the body absorbs it.) I was asking myself why the most beautiful woman in the world would get work done and realized for the first time that Ms. Beart is over forty! How do the French do it?
 
8 Women (DVD)    2002
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A completely charming movie. Following the lead of George Cukor's THE WOMEN (1939) DIRECTOR Francois Ozon shows us a wholly feminine world where men are referred to but not seen. 8 Femmes is a murder mystery and a musical of sorts starring ... (see full description)
 
Mission Impossible (DVD)    1996
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Really admirable movie. Rather than doing a James Bond knock-off producer Tom Cruise and director Brian DePalma went for a continental spy feel. kind of a high-tech THE THIRD MAN. European locations, lots of European stars in the cast. sort... (see full description)