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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Even at age 64 Catherine Deneuve still looks fantastic. Is it her charm? Her healthy lifestyle? Hollywood-style cosmetics that hide all the imperfections? In the end, who really cares? She looks great.

Not much different, in fact, from when she played a bisexual vampire in the 1983 film The Hunger, alongside Susan Sarandon and David Bowie.
Confused? This isn’t a joke; it’s real.

Deneuve plays Miriam Blaylock, a vampire seductress who offers immortality to those who want to act as her human consorts through the ages. Bowie acts out this part as an 18th century celloist; but he is beginning the feel the effects of aging, however slowed they might be, and seeks out Sarandon to try and stop his rapid descent into old age. What follows is a vampire tale with a number of bizarre twists which, though critically panned, has since emerged as a cult classic among fans.

Here is the most famous scene from The Hunger that Catherine Deneuve & Susan Sarandon star in: