Tina Aumont, mystery of flesh and bone
The disappointment of Casanova Casanova found her irresistible. He changed his wife as much as his shirt, climbed castles and removed a thousand pillows, always fighting to have the pavilion higher than his more direct rival, Don Juan. Casanova became mythical and the great directors of world cinema could not escape their charms either. They needed to take their story to the movies, it was necessary to hire the most beautiful actresses, the women most worthy of being loved by Casanova. But the selection ran into a stumbling block: the most sought after lover of the half-century courtesans had not been able to retain a mysterious young woman who now became a headache for Federico Fellini. He had to find a woman, a good actress, a mystery of flesh and blood that could bring the screen to Casanova's great disappointment. What a difficult ballot ... but Fellini kept a letter in the lining of his sleeve. And that trick was called Tina Aumont. Daughter of María Montez and Jean Pierre Aumont, pampered by the Bolognini, Bertolucci, Vincent Minnelli and Franco Rosi, Tina had not yet been among us [Spain]. She has come to see her friend Maria Schneider and, before leaving, she has left us her body and her mystery. And her eyes, especially her eyes have left us. And now we see everything much clearer.
Tina pictured by Sylvia Polakov. Photos and caption from Spanish magazine Interviu, 14th July 1977.
*Please, notice that the article says: Tina had not yet been among us. Well, this is not true, she has filmed some spagetthi westerns in Almería, which is located in the South of Spain.