Isabelle Adjani & Giveaway Winner

As you all know, I love random movies. Especially ones that have fabulous lead actresses.

I was lucky enough to stumble upon another gem at my local library.

Adele H.



It is the true story of Victor Hugo's daughter, Adele, who was obsessed with a soldier stationed in Halifax. I don't want to give too much of the film away, since I want you all to netflix/rent/borrow it immediately.




This film, which I kind of expected to be lame, absolutely blew me away. It was raw, passionate, and honest. Knowing that it was all based on a true story absolutely gave me chills.



The reason this film affected me so much was not just because it was brilliantly written and gorgeously captured, but because of the lead actress: Isabelle Adjani.

Her performance as Adele is unbelievable. Pure genius, actually.

When this film came out in 1975, Isabelle became the youngest person to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Lead Actress.

I was so entranced with Isabelle's performance I decided to learn more about her.

I was not disappointed.



Isabelle is one of the most talented and well-known actresses in French cinema.

In 1981, Adjani received the Cannes Film Festival's best actress award for the Merchant Ivory film Quartet based on the novel by Jean Rhys, and for the horror film Possession.

The following year, she received her first César Award for Possession, in which she portrays a woman having a nervous breakdown. In 1983, she won the César, for her depiction of a vengeful woman in the blockbuster One Deadly Summer.



In 1989, she co-produced and starred in a biopic of the tragic sculptor Camille Claudel. She received her third César and second Oscar nomination for her role in the film, which was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.



In 1990, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the '50 Most Beautiful People' in the world.



Her fourth César win was for the 1994 film Queen Margot, an ensemble epic directed by Patrice Chéreau.



Her private life is a little evasive. She has two sons, one with director Bruno Nuytten, and the other with Daniel Day-Lewis. She was engaged to a musician seven years ago but broke it off because he had been cheating on her.



I am looking forward to seeing more of her films, especially the ones I mentioned above.

Isn't she divine?

Anyway, last but not least, I wanted to reveal the winner of my Perricone Cold Plasma giveaway.

The winner is...the lovely Karyn Bernard of *French Charming*!!! E-mail me with your contact information, sweetie! Congrats!