Brigitte Roüan
Acting
Born 1946-09-28
Toulon, Var, France
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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.
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54 credits
Police Commissioner Moulin
Clem
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
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Venus & Apollo
Based on a True Story
L'éducatrice
From the Land of the Moon
The Murderous Months of April
Second Chance
Henry James Stories
Olivier, Olivier
Venus Beauty Institute
Just to Be Sure
My American Uncle
The Lambs
Love Songs
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Inséparables
Time of the Wolf
L'Aîné des Ferchaux
The Little Coquette
Love Is Dead
The Bit Between the Teeth
The Man in the Hat
Cinéast(e)s
Corps inflammables
Love at First Fight
Out 1
Follow My Gaze
Quand je serai jeune
Meet the Barbarians
Going to Brazil
The Golden Mass
The Ultimate Accessory
My Polish Honeymoon
The Pleasure Is All Mine
We Need Your Vote
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
Guy
Guys in the Cafe
Jeanne
Why Not Me?
Made in Italy
Grain of Sand
Double Gentlemen
Ladies' Choice
The Troubleshooter
Half-Sister
Into the World
Intérieur Jour
When Margaux Meets Margaux
À mort la mort !
Forever Young
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