Years active 1971–present | Children Félix Dedet-Roüan | |
Born 28 September 1946 (age 70) ( 1946-09-28 ) Toulon, France Occupation Actress, screenwriter, director Awards César Award for Best Short Film - Fiction Nominations César Award for Best First Feature Film, European Film Award for Best Actress Movies From the Land of the Moon, Love at First Fight, Housewarming, Love Songs, A Greek Type of Problem Similar Nicole Garcia, Thomas Cailley, Adèle Haenel, Fejria Deliba, Tonie Marshall | ||
Brigitte Roüan (born 28 September 1946) is a French director, screenwriter and actress.
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Brigitte ro an
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.
In 1998, she was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
As director
As actress
