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.
Personal Details
Movies (47)
Meet the Barbarians
2024
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
as Self
2023
Forever Young
as Philippine
2022
Intérieur Jour
as Liv
2022
The Man in the Hat
as Hotel Manager
2020
Into the World
as Francesca
2020
Andy
as Claire
2019
My Polish Honeymoon
as Irène Breiman
2019
We Need Your Vote
as Jacqueline Prenois
2018
Guy
as Gauthier's Mother
2018
The Troubleshooter
as Antoinette Dagostino
2018
Train de vies
as Isa Lemoine
2018
When Margaux Meets Margaux
as Margaux's mother
2018
Based on a True Story
as The Documentalist
2017
Just to Be Sure
as La détective
2017
Going to Brazil
as Madame la consule
2017
Love Is Dead
as Eliane
2016
From the Land of the Moon
as Adéle
2016
Two Birds, One Stone
as Amel Brehli
2016
Love at First Fight
as Hélène Labrède
2014
The Ultimate Accessory
as Martine
2013
Cinéast(e)s
as Self
2013
Half-Sister
as Veronique
2013
A Greek Type of Problem
Director (Directing)
2013
Second Chance
as Lydie, la mère de Joanna
2011
Made in Italy
as Marie Elizabeth
2008
Love Songs
as Julie's Mother
2007
Juana Had Hair of Gold
as Hotel owner
2006
Housewarming
Director (Directing)
2005
The Pleasure Is All Mine
as Nicole
2004
Totally Nuts
as Receptionniste
2004
Time of the Wolf
as Béa
2003
Her Mother, the Whore
as Catherine
2001
All About Love
as Social worker
2001
Inséparables
as Martine
1999
À mort la mort !
as Josiane
1999
Venus Beauty Institute
as Madame Marianne
1999
Baby Blues
as Véronique Troney
1999
Why Not Me?
as Josepha Degère
1998
Marie from the Bay of Angels
as Paule
1997
After Sex
as Diane Clovier
1997
The Silence of Rak
as Woman at cafe
1997
The Lambs
as Mother
1996
Je m'appelle Régine
as Madame Klein
1996
L'éducatrice
as Marcelle
1996
Corps inflammables
as Juliette's mother
1995
The Little Boy
as Christina
1995
