Annie Girardot may not be a name with which many people outside of France are that familiar - especially if you're not a lover of this country's cinema. But she was a giant of the big screen in France during the 1970s, and had a career that spanned five decades and included more than 150 films. She has been described as "one of the most popular screen actresses in modern French cinematographic history", and was called "The finest dramatic temperament of the Postwar period" by Jean Cocteau.
