I'll Never Forget Those Eyes……
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Valérie Quennessen
msdemos — 17 years ago(May 07, 2008 11:48 AM)
Those eyes; I'll never forget those eyes..
I first discovered those gorgeous,
amazing
eyes, when Valerie Quennessen, as Lina, appears to Michael (played by Peter Gallagher) on a beach off the beautiful Aegean Sea at the beginning of the movie,
Summer Lovers
.
Were her eyes
green
? Were they
blue
? To tell you the truth, even to this day I'm not quite sure.
But you know what? It doesn't really matter. Because whatever the color, they were
absolutely
S
T
U
N
N
I
N
G
!!
And Michael's reaction, upon first seeing
those eyes
, is utterly priceless! Without saying a word, his involuntary, almost comical double-take gives him away as he desperately tries to look somewhere,
anywhere
, but back into those
amazing
eyes! It goes without saying, of course, that he fails
miserably
!
Unfortunately, like a refreshing cool rain that drifts in on a hot summer's day, she was gone all too soon. And just barely into her 30's. What a
shame
But rather than dwell on the negative, instead I encourage anyone who has never seen Ms. Quennessen's three American releases,
Summer Lovers
,
Conan The Barbarian
, and
French Postcards
(my all-time fave, and now,
finally
, available on dvd for the first time); to enjoy the wonder of this enchanting actress in her prime.
Valerie, thank you for the beautiful memories!
Like your lovely
eyes
, they haunt us still -
adresher — 17 years ago(May 12, 2008 12:41 PM)
Happy to know there is someone else out these who also feels the same way about Valerie Quennessen's eyes!
They are STUNNING! I have never in all my years of living seen eyes as remarkable as them!
RIP Valerie Quennessen! You are missed! -
Woodyanders — 17 years ago(July 06, 2008 06:49 PM)
I too consider Valerie Quennessen's eyes to be strikingly luminous and magnetic. She was such a lovely, talented and charismatic actress who died way too young.
"We're all part Shatner/And part James Dean/Part Warren Oates/And Steven McQueen" -