9. "The Hunger" was a film made in the U.K. in 1983. The principal character is Miriam Blaylock, portrayed by which actress?
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Catherine Deneuve
Catherine is a beautiful and less than effusive character actress. She can convey moods in complete silence or a concise statement. One of her very early films, "Repulsion", features her as an adolescent who fears men and reacts violently to their advances. She generally became cast as a mysterious femme fatale, elegant and aloof.
In "The Hunger" she is Miriam Blaylock, a very, very old vampire who enjoys perpetual youth. In her attic she keeps many caskets with the remains of her former lovers going back to ancient Egypt. They are not dead and cannot die while she lives. She promised them eternal life and that is what they suffer from, but they didn't get eternal youth and some of them are mere skeletons, still living and screaming.
This film does not abide by some of the vampire myths: Miriam goes out in daylight, and she wears an ankh (cross-shaped amulet). She must feed on people regularly to sustain herself; this involves more than drinking their blood, as there is not much left of the body once drained, so it is carried down to the furnace for disposal. When she takes a lover, it is by drinking only some of the blood and allowing the victim to drink of herself. Her blood keeps her lover alive. No fangs are shown, and very little blood. The basic premise of the film is the fear of aging more than of death.
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