Brigitte Roüan
Known For
Acting
Born
1946-09-28 in Toulon, Var, France
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.
Most Known For
Clem
as Evelyne Carbonnier
Police Commissioner Moulin
as Joëlle Lévêque
Overseas
as Malène
Olivier, Olivier
as Elisabeth Duval
Her Mother, the Whore
as Catherine
Out 1
as Miss Blandish
Meet the Barbarians
Venus & Apollo
as Ingrid
Corps inflammables
as Juliette's mother
Based on a True Story
as The Documentalist
L'éducatrice
as Marcelle
From the Land of the Moon
as Adéle
Just to Be Sure
as La détective
The Golden Mass
as Rose
After Sex
as Diane Clovier
Love Songs
as Julie's Mother
Time of the Wolf
as Béa
All About Love
as Social worker
Love Is Dead
as Eliane
Andy
as Claire