Danielle Darrieux in 2006: “Some days, Gérard Philipe would arrive without saying hello to anyone, as if he were already gone.”

Danielle Darrieux in 2006 in Anne Fontaine's film, "Nouvelle Chance".

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She has worked with Marcel L'Herbier and Max Ophuls, been the partner of Gérard Philipe and Jean Gabin, married Henri Decoin, sung with Jacques Demy... Starring in Anne Fontaine's new film, "Nouvelle Chance", Danielle Darrieux kindly agreed to look through her album of memories.

Two years ago, she moved into a beautiful, quirky Anglo-Norman-style house, some 80 kilometers from Paris. She's lost count of the number of houses she's lived in, as she likes to move often. Since leaving Paris almost sixty years ago, she loves "coming back as a tourist." Likewise...