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1968
La Chamade (Heartbeat)

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Director: Alain Cavalier
Screenplay: Alain Cavalier and Françoise Sagan, adapted from the novel by Françoise Sagan
Music: Maurice Leroux
Costumes: Yves Saint Laurent for Catherine Deneuve
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Roger Van Hool, Amidou, Philippine Pascal, Louis Rioton, and Monique Lejeune

After Belle de Jour, Yves Saint Laurent dressed Catherine Deneuve for Alain Cavalier’s La Chamade (Heartbeat). Based on the novel by Françoise Sagan, La Chamade follows three moments in the life of Lucile, who leads a carefree, luxurious, and frivolous existence marked by moments of seriousness. Wearing Saint Laurent’s clothes, Deneuve embodies the supreme Parisian.

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Sketch of a costume for Catherine Deneuve in the role of Lucile in the film La Chamade (Heartbeat), directed by Alain Cavalier in 1968 and based on the novel by Françoise Sagan., © Fondation Pierre Bergé — Yves Saint Laurent
Sketch of a costume for Catherine Deneuve in the role of Lucile in the film La Chamade (Heartbeat), directed by Alain Cavalier in 1968 and based on the novel by Françoise Sagan.
© Fondation Pierre Bergé — Yves Saint Laurent
Catherine Deneuve, dressed by Yves Saint Laurent, and Michel Piccoli in the film La Chamade (Heartbeat) by Alain Cavalier, 1968., © Collection CSFF /Bridgeman Images
Catherine Deneuve, dressed by Yves Saint Laurent, and Michel Piccoli in the film La Chamade (Heartbeat) by Alain Cavalier, 1968.
© Collection CSFF /Bridgeman Images