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.
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Acting
Movie
Based on a True Story
as The Documentalist
2017
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Love at First Fight
as Hélène Labrède
2014
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From the Land of the Moon
as Adéle
2016
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Second Chance
as Lydie, la mère de Joanna
2011
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Love Songs
as Julie's Mother
2007
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Just to Be Sure
as La détective
2017
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Time of the Wolf
as Béa
2003
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My American Uncle
as Janine's Friend
1980
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The Troubleshooter
as Antoinette Dagostino
2018
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The Ultimate Accessory
as Martine
2013
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Guy
as Gauthier's Mother
2018
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Venus Beauty Institute
as Madame Marianne
1999
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We Need Your Vote
as Jacqueline Prenois
2018
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Going to Brazil
as Madame la consule
2017
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Let Joy Reign Supreme
as The prostitute
1975
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Meet the Barbarians
as Jacqueline Moulin
2024
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Love Is Dead
as Eliane
2016
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Out 1
as Miss Blandish
1990
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When Margaux Meets Margaux
as Margaux's mother
2018
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Andy
as Claire
2019
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Half-Sister
as Veronique
2013
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Ladies' Choice
as Marjolaine
1982
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Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses
as Françoise, Maurice's wife
1979
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Forever Young
as Philippine
2022
