Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 28, 1946
Place of Birth
Toulon, Var, France
Credits
81 titles
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
Filmography
Meet the Barbarians
Jacqueline Moulin
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
Self
Forever Young
Philippine
Intérieur Jour
Liv
The Man in the Hat
Hotel Manager
Into the World
Francesca
Andy
Claire
My Polish Honeymoon
Irène Breiman
We Need Your Vote
Jacqueline Prenois
Guy
Gauthier's Mother
The Troubleshooter
Antoinette Dagostino
Train de vies
Isa Lemoine
When Margaux Meets Margaux
Margaux's mother
Based on a True Story
The Documentalist
Just to Be Sure
La détective
Going to Brazil
Madame la consule
Love Is Dead
Eliane
From the Land of the Moon
Adéle
Two Birds, One Stone
Amel Brehli
Love at First Fight
Hélène Labrède
The Ultimate Accessory
Martine
Cinéast(e)s
Self
Half-Sister
Veronique
A Greek Type of Problem
Director
Second Chance
Lydie, la mère de Joanna
Clem
Evelyne Carbonnier
Made in Italy
Marie Elizabeth
Love Songs
Julie's Mother
Juana Had Hair of Gold
Hotel owner
Venus & Apollo
Ingrid
Housewarming
Director
The Pleasure Is All Mine
Nicole
Totally Nuts
Receptionniste
Time of the Wolf
Béa
L'Aîné des Ferchaux
Mireille Bosson
Her Mother, the Whore
Catherine
All About Love
Social worker
Inséparables
Martine
À mort la mort !
Josiane
Venus Beauty Institute
Madame Marianne
Baby Blues
Véronique Troney
Why Not Me?
Josepha Degère
Marie from the Bay of Angels
Paule
After Sex
Diane Clovier
The Silence of Rak
Woman at cafe
The Lambs
Mother
Je m'appelle Régine
Madame Klein
L'éducatrice
Marcelle
Corps inflammables
Juliette's mother
The Little Boy
Christina