Brigitte Roüan
Biography
Brigitte Roüan (born 28 September 1946) is a French director, screenwriter and actress. Rouan was born into a French naval family in Toulon in 1946. She was orphaned at age six and spent her childhood in Algeria and Senegal. At age 12, she left for convent school in Paris. Her acting career began at age 21, on the stage. Her performance lead the way to small film roles for directors including Alain Resnais, Jacques Rivette, and Bertrand Tavernier. Rouan became a director in her own right when she helmed a short film titled Grosse. It won a César Award in 1986. She would become a feature film director with Overseas (1990), which won the Critics' Week award at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. She co-starred in the film with Marianne Basler and Nicole Garcia to portray sisters in colonial North Africa during the 1950s. The now actor-director would continue in roles, including one in Olivier, Olivier (1991) for Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Rouan's 1997 film Post Coitum, Animal Triste garnered attention for its depiction of an affair between a middle-aged woman (played by Rouan herself) and a younger man. The film was a success in its native country and received strong notices in America, where it screened at the New York Film Festival before playing to arthouse crowds. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. In 1998, she was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. Source: Article "Brigitte Roüan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Ma chair et mon sang
Béa
Le temps du loup
Quand je serai jeune
Julie's Mother
Les Chansons d'amour
Josepha Degère
Pourquoi pas moi ?
Jeanne
Bar des rails
Elle-même
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
Paule
Marie Baie des Anges
Christiane
Le Café des Jules
Nicole
Tout le plaisir est pour moi
Lydie, la mère de Joanna
La Chance de ma vie
The prostitute
Que la fête commence !
Diane Clovier
Post coïtum animal triste
Clara Haiek
Les Mois d'avril sont meurtriers
Social worker
De l'amour
La sourde muette
Suivez mon regard
Christina
Le petit garçon
Constance
Grosse
Catherine
Sa mère la pute
Victoire
Jeanne
Juliette's mother
Corps inflammables
Suzanne
Demain les mômes
Veronique
Demi-sœur
Woman at cafe
Le silence de Rak
Marie Elizabeth
Made in Italy
Les Barbares
Martine
Inséparables
Malène
Outremer
Martine
100% Cachemire
Madame Klein
Je m'appelle Régine
Francis' wife
Double messieurs
Marjolaine
Le Quart d'heure américain
Hélène Labrède
Les Combattants
Elisabeth Duval
Olivier, Olivier
Mother
Les Agneaux
Les Capricieux
Receptionniste
Bien agités
Liv
Intérieur Jour
Catherine
Le grain de sable
Philippine
Chœur de rockers
Hotel owner
Juana tenía el pelo de oro
Miss Blandish
Out 1
Amel Brehli
D'une pierre deux coups
Adéle
Mal de pierres
Rose
La Messe dorée
Françoise, Maurice's wife
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Véronique Troney
Le boiteux: Baby blues
Self
Cinéast(e)s
The Documentalist
D'après une histoire vraie
Josiane
À mort la mort !
La détective
Ôtez-moi d'un doute
Madame la consule
Going to Brazil
Amy
Ce que savait Morgan
Antoinette Dagostino
Roulez jeunesse
Margaux's mother
La Belle et la Belle
Gauthier's Mother
Guy
Isa Lemoine
Train de vies ou les voyages d'Angélique
Irène Breiman
Lune de miel
Jacqueline Prenois
Le Poulain
Janine's Friend
Mon oncle d'Amérique
La photographe
Le Mors aux dents
Francesca
Voir le jour
Madame Marianne
Vénus beauté (institut)
Hotel Manager
The Man in the Hat
Claire
Andy
Marie-Thérèse 'Biche'
La Petite Allumeuse
Marie-Mécanique
Charlie Dingo
Marcelle
L'éducatrice
Suzanne, la folle
L'Honneur de la Tribu
Eliane
Rupture pour tous
Françoise Martoret, la fille du maire
le 16 a Kerbriant
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
71
Gender
Female
Birthday
1946-09-28
Place of Birth
Toulon, Var, France
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