Catherine Deneuve

Celia Imrie tells the story of the woman known as the Ice Queen of French cinema, the great Catherine Deneuve. Interview moments from the BBC's rich film archives provide Deneuve's own take on her fascinating and acclaimed career. We hear the stories of her experiences on classic movies like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Hunger - and the controversial Belle de Jour. This latter film saw BBC cameras given unusually open behind-the-scenes access, capturing the tensions that made the film an unhappy experience, and yet also one that helped define Deneuve's image as cinema's ultimate 'cool blonde' over the decades that followed.