Most American viewers were first introduced to Audrey Tautou in The Da Vinci Code. While an entertaining movie, it doesn’t serve to celebrate Audrey’s considerable acting talents in a way that might encourage a viewer to explore her other work. This is unfortunate because some of her best films are French and the average American’s aversion to reading subtitles dictates that she will likely remain under appreciated in our culture. You may be interested to know that Tautou has been selected to star in a bio-pic about the early life of French designer Coco Chanel. I can’t think of anyone more suitable for the task and am eagerly awaiting the completion of this project! Production is scheduled to begin early this year.
I first ran across Audrey Tautou in the French comedy Amelie. She struck me as being quite similar to Audrey Hepburn and her angelic face, Mona Lisa smile and soft manner work quickly to establish an impression. Delighted by Amelie I have sought out some of her other films in the hope that her range might truly be as impressive as I’d imagined. I have not been disappointed! Since joining SwapaDVD I have placed a number of her films on my wish list in the hope of building this portion of my collection more quickly.
