Brigitte Roüan

Brigitte Roüan (born 28 September 1946) is a French director, screenwriter and actress.

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.

Theater Year Title Author Director 1969 La Sagesse ou la Parabole du festin Paul Claudel Victor Garcia 1970-71 The Boors Carlo Goldoni Jean-François Rémi 1971 L’Escalier de Silas Geneviève Serreau Michel Peyrelon 1972 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Chattie Salaman 1973 Smoking Jean-Pierre Bisson Jean-Pierre Bisson 1973-74 Sarcelles-sur-Mer Jean-Pierre Bisson Jean-Pierre Bisson & Jean-François Prévand Et ils passèrent des menottes aux fleurs Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal 1974 Madras, la nuit où... Eduardo Manet Claude Confortès Drums in the Night Bertolt Brecht Robert Gironès 1975 Quatorze juillet Serge Ganzl Denis Llorca Faust-Salpétrière Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Klaus Michael Grüber 1976 Regeneration Italo Svevo Bernard Chatellier, Robert Gironès, Ginette Herry & Jean Magnan Gl'innamorati Carlo Goldoni Caroline Huppert 1977-78 Hamlet William Shakespeare Benno Besson 1979 Le souper d'adieu Arthur Schnitzler Nat Lilenstein Un ou deux sourires par jour Antoine Gallien Jean-Claude Fall Le nouveau contrat de mariage Gérard Poitou-Weber Gérard Poitou-Weber 1980 La Nuit Régis Santon Régis Santon 1982 Kingdom of Earth Tennessee Williams Pierre Romans Vingt-deux coups de théâtre Jacques Weber Jacques Weber 1984-85 Le Pain dur Paul Claudel Gildas Bourdet 1985 Balise de toi Jean-Pierre Bisson Jean-Pierre Bisson 1986 Flirt pour deux Maurice Hennequin Jean-Pierre Bisson Six Characters in Search of an Author Luigi Pirandello Jean-Pierre Vincent 1988 Les Empailleurs Jenny Arasse Philippe Madral 2012-14 The Seagull Anton Chekhov Frédéric Bélier-Garcia 2017 À plusieurs Salomé Lelouch Jean-Philippe Puymartin

Filmography

As actress - Cinema Year Title Role Director Notes 1971 Out 1 Miss Blandish Jacques Rivette & Suzanne Schiffman 1975 La messe dorée Rose Beni Montresor Let Joy Reign Supreme The prostitute Bertrand Tavernier 1976 Demain les mômes Suzanne Jean Pourtalé 1977 Paradiso The sister Christian Bricout

As actress - Television Year Title Role Director Notes 1972 Les Boussardel Anne-Marie Mortier René Lucot TV series (1 episode) Le 16 à Kerbriant Françoise Martoret Michel Wyn TV series (9 episodes) 1973 Marie Dorval Gabrielle Pierre Badel TV movie 1974 Le cas Adam et Ève Ève Serge Witta TV movie Ce que savait Morgan Amy Luc Béraud TV movie Gil Blas de Santillane The Duchess Jean-Roger Cadet TV mini-series 1975 Le cardinal de Retz Madame de Pommereu Bernard d'Abrigeon TV movie Plain-chant The young girl Nat Lilienstein TV series (1 episode) 1977 L'enlèvement du régent Duchesse du Maine Gérard Vergez TV movie Les héritiers Véronique Chaumard Roger Pigaut TV series (1 episode) Commissaire Moulin Joëlle Lévêque Claude Grinberg TV series (1 episode)

Overseas (1990) as Malène Les Agneaux (1996) Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996) Post Coitum, Animal Triste (1997) as Diane Clovier Why Not Me? (1999) as Josepha Le Temps du Loup (Time of the Wolf) (2003) as Béa The Pleasure Is All Mine (2004) as Nicole Love Songs (2007) as Julie's Mother Spiral (TV series) (2008) as Karine Fontane The Ultimate Accessory (2013) Demi-soeur (2013) Love at First Fight (2014) From the Land of the Moon (2016) Guy (2018)

Filmmaker Year Title Notes 1985 Grosse Short 1990 Outremer 1997 After Sex 2001 Sa mère, la pute TV movie 2005 Travaux, on sait quand ça commence... 2006 Dix films pour en parler TV series (1 episode) 2009 Suite noire TV series (1 episode) 2013 Tu honoreras ta mère et ta mère Stop à la Grèce en slip Short

Awards and nominations Year Award Nominated work Result 1986 César Award for Best Fiction Short Film Grosse 1990 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Screenplay Outremer Stockholm International Film Festival - Bronze Horse 1991 César Award for Best First Film 1997 European Film Award for Best Actress After Sex Chicago International Film Festival - New Directors Competition Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur - Best Film