One of her subtlest performances was as the divorce who resists but then gives in to a cavalry officer (Grard Philipe) who romances her on a bet in The Grand Maneuver (1955), directed by Rene Clement.
French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand called Schneider "a great artist" and saluted her ability to convey ambiguity on the screen, at once seductive and enigmatic, when working with directors like Rene Clement and Bernardo Bertolucci.