Jacqueline Bisset had “mixed feelings” when presented a Torino Film Festival lifetime achievement honor for a simple reason: “I have not finished my career!”

Even so, she gladly embraced Torino’s invitation to champion the films closest to her heart — many small, independent titles that never found distribution in Italy. “They may not be widely known, but they show an actor’s craft at its best,” Bisset said, noting that she has often been “judged, to some degree, by my earlier work, where the film roles were not great.”

She brought that same candor and enthusiasm to a Sunday press conference, happily sharing anecdotes about her iconic screen partners, while reserving her most generous praise for lesser-known collaborators.

Of Paul Newman, she spoke affectionately of “a truly kind man

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