Brigitte Roüan
Born (1946-09-28) 28 September 1946
Toulon, France
Occupation(s)Actress, screenwriter, director
Years active1971–present

Brigitte Roüan (born 28 September 1946) is a French director, screenwriter and actress.[1]

Life and career

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.[2]

In 1998, she was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

Selected filmography

As director

  • Overseas (1990)
  • Post Coitum, Animal Triste (After Sex) (1997)
  • Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... (Housewarming) (2005)
  • "Tu honoreras ta mère et ta mère" (2012)

As actress

References

  1. ↑ This article borrows largely from a profile of the artist in The New York Times. Riding, Alan. "When the Tables Are Turned in Adultery's Secret Rooms", The New York Times, March 8, 1998
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: After Sex". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  3. ↑ "Berlinale: 1998 Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
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