Suzanne Lindon
Lindon at the 69th San Sebastián International Film Festival in 2021
Born (2000-04-13) 13 April 2000
Paris, France
EducationLycée Henri-IV
École des Arts Décoratifs
Occupations
  • Actress
  • filmmaker
Years active2016–present
Parents

Suzanne Lindon (born 13 April 2000) is a French actress and filmmaker. In 2020, she made her directorial debut with Spring Blossom, which she also wrote.

Early life

Lindon was born in Paris on 13 April 2000,[1] the daughter of César-winning actress Sandrine Kiberlain and actor Vincent Lindon, recipient of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.[2] Through her father, she is the great-granddaughter of Raymond Lindon, who served as the magistrate and mayor of Étretat between 1929 and 1959, and the great niece of Jérôme Lindon, director of Les Éditions de Minuit. Through her father, she is also the great-great-granddaughter of Fernande Citroën, who was the older sister of André Citroën and the wife of Alfred Lindon (born Abner Lindenbaum), a Jewish jeweler and modern art collector originally from Kraków, Poland.[3] Through her paternal grandmother, Alix Dufaure, a journalist for Marie Claire,[4][5] she is also a descendant of French Prime minister Jules Dufaure and Marshal Rémy Joseph Isidore Exelmans.[3]

In 2015, Lindon entered the elite Lycée Henri-IV in Paris,[1] where she earned a baccalauréat L (littéraire) with highest honors (mention très bien).[6] After a one-year preparatory course in drawing, Lindon entered the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs.[1]

Career

Lindon was largely kept out of the spotlight of her parents, who wanted her to have a private childhood.[7] She made her first film appearance in 2016, as an extra in the short film Bonne figure (Smile),[8] directed by her mother and starring Chiara Mastroianni as a famous actress who attends a cocktail party held in her honour.[9] The film was presented as one of the closing films of Critics' Week at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[10]

In 2020, Suzanne Lindon directed her first feature film, Spring Blossom (Seize Printemps), in which she starred in the lead role opposite Arnaud Valois.[7] Selected in the First Features section of the official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, the film was however not presented at Cannes after the festival was cancelled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.[11] The film tells the story of a bored 16-year-old French teenager who passes in front of the same theatre each day and comes to meet there a 35-year-old actor (played by Valois) for whom she falls head over heels in love. Lindon wrote the screenplay when she was 15, in the summer before she entered Lycée Henri-IV. She shot the film immediately after completing her baccalaureate exams at the age of 18. She was motivated to prove herself as an actress on her own merit.[7] The soundtrack of the film, which features original music by Vincent Delerm, includes a title track sung by Lindon.[12][13] The film received praise from critics.[14]

In 2022, she joined the cast of season 2 of the drama television series In Therapy (En thérapie), alongside Frédéric Pierrot, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jacques Weber, and Eye Haïdara.[15] Lindon starred in the role of Lydia, a young architecture student with cancer who stubbornly refuses treatment. Lindon's seven episodes were directed by the César-winning director Arnaud Desplechin.[16]

Alongside her acting career, Lindon has been active in fashion. In 2017, while she was still a high school student, the magazine Vogue Italia devoted several pages to her where she was interviewed and featured in a series of photographs taken by Paolo Roversi. In 2020, when she was 20 years old, the designer Hedi Slimane chose her as the face of the fashion house Celine, of which he was the artistic director, seduced by her androgynous appearance and "eminently Parisian style".[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Bonne figure Short film
2021 Spring Blossom Suzanne Also director and writer
2022 Forever Young The Waitress

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2022 In Therapy Lydia 7 episodes

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for Suzanne Lindon
Award Date of ceremony Category Result Ref.
San Sebastián International Film Festival 26 September 2020 New Directors Award Nominated [17]
São Paulo International Film Festival 4 November 2020 New Directors Competition Nominated [18]
Mar del Plata International Film Festival 29 November 2020 SIGNIS Award - Special Mention Won [19]
Macau International Movie Festival 8 December 2020 Best Director Won [20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Suzanne Lindon". Numéro (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ↑ Potdevin, Pascaline (8 June 2020). "Suzanne Lindon, 20 ans et "Seize printemps"". Madame Figaro (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 Beaucarnot, Jean-Louis; Dumoulin, Frédéric (2015). Dictionnaire étonnant des célébrités (in French). First Éditions. p. 42.
  4. ↑ Gurrey, Béatrice (23 March 2009). "Vincent Lindon, nature vive". Le Monde (in French).
  5. ↑ Perrin, Ludovic (9 February 2014). "Vincent Lindon, la conversion d'un rebelle". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French).
  6. ↑ Champenois, Sabrina (13 April 2022). "Entretien avec Suzanne Lindon, réalisatrice en vogue". Vogue France (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 Goodfellow, Melanie (30 September 2020). "Suzanne Lindon talks precocious debut feature 'Spring Blossom'". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Yakoubaly, Samya (13 January 2017). "Sandrine Kiberlain et Vincent Lindon : Leur fille Suzanne pose pour Vogue !". Purepeople (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (25 November 2020). "France TV boards Sandrine Kiberlain's 'A Radiant Girl', releases first image (exclusive)". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (18 April 2016). "Cannes: Critics' Week 2016 Lineup; Chloe Sevigny-Helmed Short To Close Section". Deadline. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  11. ↑ Sharf, Zack (3 June 2020). "Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: 'French Dispatch,' 'Ammonite,' New McQueen and Ghibli". IndieWire. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "'Spring Blossom' ('Seize printemps') Soundtrack EP to Be Released". Film Music Reporter. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Discreet 16: On Suzanne Lindon's "Spring Blossom"". Los Angeles Review of Books. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  14. ↑ "Spring Blossom (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  15. ↑ Balle, Catherine (14 April 2022). "En Thérapie, saison 2 : Suzanne Lindon assume son «désir profond» d'être comédienne et crève l'écran". Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ↑ Fournier, Audrey (7 April 2022). "En thérapie : Suzanne Lindon sous l'œil d'Arnaud Desplechin". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  17. ↑ De Pablos, Emiliano (4 August 2020). "San Sebastian's New Directors Showcase Selects 'Spring Blossom,' 'Memory House,' 'Chupacabra'". Variety. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  18. ↑ "88 films in New Directors Competition run for the Jury Prize". Jornal da Mostra. São Paulo International Film Festival. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "Reparto de premios entre las asociaciones en el Festival de Cine de Mar del Plata". Télam (in Spanish). 29 November 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  20. ↑ Brzeski, Patrick (8 December 2020). "Macao Film Festival's Top Prize Goes to Ben Sharrock's Indie Breakout 'Limbo'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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