Brigitte Roüan
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.
78 acting credits · 6 directing credits
Acting · 78
Police Commissioner Moulin
1976
Clem
2010
Out 1
1971
From the Land of the Moon
2016
My American Uncle
1980
We Need Your Vote
2018
Based on a True Story
2017
Venus & Apollo
2005
Time of the Wolf
2003
Why Not Me?
1998
The Man in the Hat
2020
Venus Beauty Institute
1999
Love at First Fight
2014
Love Songs
2007
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
Marie from the Bay of Angels
1997
Out 1
1990
L'Aîné des Ferchaux
2001
Olivier, Olivier
1992
The Ultimate Accessory
2013
Second Chance
2011
Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
1979
Going to Brazil
2017
Just to Be Sure
2017
After Sex
1997
Into the World
2020
Meet the Barbarians
2024
À mort la mort !
1999
Guy
2018
Forever Young
2022
Follow My Gaze
1986
Totally Nuts
2004
When Margaux Meets Margaux
2018
The Golden Mass
1975
Cinéast(e)s
2013
The Bit Between the Teeth
1979
The Troubleshooter
2018
The Murderous Months of April
1987
Andy
2019
Tomorrow's Children
1976
Double Gentlemen
1986
Ladies' Choice
1982
Charlie Dingo
1987
Inséparables
1999
Half-Sister
2013
My Polish Honeymoon
2019
Overseas
1990
Love Is Dead
2016
Made in Italy
2008
The Pleasure Is All Mine
2004
All About Love
2001
Guys in the Cafe
1989
The Silence of Rak
1997
Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
2023
Baby Blues
1999
Jeu, set et match
1985
Grosse
1985
Ce que savait Morgan
1974
Two Birds, One Stone
2016
Les Capricieux
1984
Her Mother, the Whore
2001
The Little Boy
1995
The Honour of the Tribe
1993
Je m'appelle Régine
1996
Train de vies
2018
The Lambs
1996
Jeanne
1994
Quand je serai jeune
1988
Grain of Sand
1983
L'éducatrice
1996
Corps inflammables
1995
The Little Coquette
1987
Paradiso
1977
le 16 a Kerbriant
1972
Railway Bar
1992
Intérieur Jour
2022
Ma chair et mon sang
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Juana Had Hair of Gold
2006
