Anna Karina, the Danish-born model who became a primary leading lady of the French New Wave, has died at age 79. She was married to Jean-Luc Godard, her first director, when he was still making good movies in the early 1960s. Later, she made films for iconic European directors like Rivette, Visconti and Fassbinder.
I love her in the dance scene in Band of Outsiders (Bande à part), especially at the very end, when she suddenly veers from frivolity to confusion. Here it is, and, just for fun, here also is the band Nouvelle Vague’s video of their song Dance with Me, set to the images of Band of Outsiders.