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There is a shroud of mystery surrounding the figure of Charlotte Rampling. For some, she is a taboo breaker; for others, she is a style icon. But without a doubt, she is an international star and a fearless avant-gardist – because she follows her gut feeling rather than thinking about whether or not it will be good for her career.

She was the Chelsea Girl in the swinging London of the 1960s. For his film THE DAMNED, Visconti brought her to Italy, where her role in Cavani’s THE NIGHT PORTER set off a huge taboo debate. She inspired Helmut Newton to his very first nude photo. She was the perfect woman for Woody Allen in New York and she stood before the camera in Hollywood with Paul Newman. Avowedly, she prefers to work with “auteurs”, like Nagisa Oshima and Francois Ozon.

Often characterized as the “object of desire”, the view in THE LOOK is hers: she is the subject of the film.

With companions like Peter Lindbergh and Paul Auster, she plumbs in nine chapters the great topics in life, beyond the anecdotal and mere chronological memories: EXPOSURE, BEAUTY, AGE, RESONANCE, TABOO, DESIRE, DEMONS, DEATH, and LOVE.