Romy Schneider

Synopsis of Romy Schneider

This book tells the story of Romy Schneider's life, an actress who, consecrated as a screen princess in her adolescence, quickly tired of the cloying characters she seemed destined to play. Her meeting with Alain Delon allowed her to start a second career in France, becoming the favorite actress of the French-speaking public. Directed by great international filmmakers, Romy Schneider knew how to imbue her characters with a particular style, close to melancholy. A tragic heroine both in film and in her private life, she never managed to reconcile personal serenity with her professional career. A series of dramas, including the death of her son, contributed to her early disappearance. With the help of testimonies and documentation, Françoise Arnould and Françoise Gerber reconstruct Romy Schneider's life and career, paying tribute to her talent and sincerity.