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Anna Karina (born Hanna Karin Blarke Bayer September 22, 1940) is a Danish born film actor. Her father was a ship's captain who had left her mother before Anna turned one. After being raised by her maternal grandparents, where she stayed until the age of four, she spent time in and out of foster homes, before returning to live with her mother from the age of eight. She has described her childhood as "terribly wanting in love" and made numerous attempts as a child to run away from home. She began her career in Denmark, where she sang in cabarets and worked as a model playing in commercials and short films. She came to Paris in 1958 at age 17 where she met Pierre Cardin and Coco Chanel, who convinced her to change her name to Anna Karina.
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Along with tracks from France-based artists Khaled ("Ragda"), Anna Karina ("Sous le Soleil Exactement"), and Manu Chao ("Mentira) is a song by the director's nephew and collaborator, the late filmmaker Ted Demme. "Bigga Man" is described as a "wackily autobiographical" reggae track that was spontaneously recorded with producer Dave Stewart while working on the soundtrack for Ted Demme's 1996 film "Beautiful Girls."
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With her big, expressive eyes and radiant presence, French New Wave icon Anna Karina hearkened back to the heyday of silent film while simultaneously embodying the brash new spirit of the '60s. That combination made her the perfect symbol for a movement that reinvigorated and revolutionized film while paying frequent homage to its forebears. Born in Denmark, Karina moved to France and began working as a model while she was still a teenager. Her ads drew the attention of Jean-Luc Godard, who later became her husband and regular collaborator. The duo first worked together on The Little Soldier, a controversial treatise on France's Algerian War that was shelved for years due to its incendiary content. After The Little Soldier's production but before its 1963 release, Karina appeared in a number of films, most notably A Woman Is A Woman, Godard's ebullient tribute to musicals and the comedies of Ernst Lubitsch.
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Franz (Sami Frey), Odile (Anna Karina), and Arthur (Claude Brasseur) sit restlessly in a small cafe with only a few onlookers in sight. The tense mood concerns Arthur's fast-break courting of Odile, who Franz initially fancied. Upbeat music is playing in the background, and the three unlikely acquaintances decide to dance. With unbelievable ease, they break into the Madison, an American dance not usually performed in French cafés. Tapping their shoes on the hardwood floor and swaying with hip, rhythmic movements, the trio create an amazing scene. The entire sequence lasts several minutes, and does little to further the plot, but it stands as a remarkable cinematic moment.
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Synopsis: Sheherazade (Anna Karina) is promised to a powerful Sultan as a gift in exchange for free passage to the Holy Land. When the Sultan's underling saves her from certain death, she falls madly in love with her hero. The Sultan discovers the indiscretion and banishes the couple to wander the desert inRead More
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Anna Karina is best known for her work with her director/husband Jean-Luc Godard. Their relationship was a classic example of the male auteur constructing his personal film universe, as well as constructing his wife's persona to fit or perform within that universe. Godard's work with Karina is the best of his repertoire, and Karina's work with most other directors is merely ordinary.
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