Arts

Charlotte Rampling dazzles – still.

Watching her being interviewed at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where she was promoting “The Look”, a new documentary about her life by Angelina Maccarone, we were charmed by this “une femme d’un certain âge” – an icon of British and French cinema.

While the legendary American actress Jane Fonda was all dolled-up, botoxed and lifted, wearing and changing several glamorous evening gowns, flashing the typical “Fonda” smile, and gesticulating like only “Hollywood” can gesticulate, she looked superb for her age, but a bit too over the top for my liking – a bit trying too hard – to be “blasé” and soignée”…