"Lots of resistance. People really didn’t like it. ‘What is she doing here? This is not her job, she should stay being an actress.’ But I just wanted to see if I could do it, that’s all. And I wrote novels. And did singing – two albums, or did I say that already?"
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On making her directional debut in her 1973 film Vivre ensemble
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Anna Karina
Hanne Karin Bayer (22 September 1940 – 14 December 2019), known as Anna Karina, was a Danish-born French actress, director, writer and singer.
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