'I Lived 152 Lives,' Claudia Cardinale Says in Bulgaria's Sofia

Italian actress Claudia Cardinale on Thursday was awarded an honorary degree by the National Academy for Theater and Film Arts (NATFA) in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Shooting movies is like "dreaming a dream together with other people - even though I am hardly a good example, since I've never dreamed of becoming a cinema actress," Cardinale told the audience of students who attended the ceremony.

Cardinale arrived in Sofia on Tuesday for the first screening of Twice Upon a Time in the West, a Sergio Leone tribute movie by Bulgarian director Boris Despodov where the legendary Italian actress is starring as herself for the first time in her career.

She also had a meeting on Thursday with Bulgarian Culture Minister Vezhdi Rashidov.

"We laughed as I told her Philippopolis [the ancient name for Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city] is older than Rome," BGNES wire service quotes Rashidov as saying.

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