Adieu

Madeleine Lebeau, the last surviving cast member of Casablanca, has died. Hers was a minor but memorable role, as Rick's ex-girlfriend; the moment when the camera focuses on her, during the singing of the Marseillaise, is the point where I always lose it - she's turned away from the German officer she was flirting with, singing and crying, and at the last it is she who calls out "Vive la France!"

Rest in peace, Ms. Lebeau.

(I think I'll watch that movie tomorrow evening.)