La Chanson d'Hélène,
performed in duet by Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli, has been
one of the most beautiful jewels of French song since the release of the film
Les Choses de la vie .
“
Tonight is September
And I closed my room
The sun will no longer enter
You do not love me anymore.
»
Composed by Philippe Sarde to words by Jean-Loup Dabadie, it marked a rare irruption of the actress into music.
Thanks to the 40th anniversary of his death, the excellent Stéphane Lerouge - a great specialist in film music - had the rich idea of devoting an entire album to Romy, in his collection Listen to cinema.
We find the voice of the actress, who sings in the
Chanson d'Hélène
, and speaks in the moving letter that she reads in the film
César et Rosalie
.
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The songs and dialogues of Jean-Loup Dabadie re-enchant the stage
The album focuses on the German actress' second career, which began with
La Piscine
in 1968 before tragically ending less than fifteen years later.
The big names in film composition include…
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