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.
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Filmography
all 87
Movies 79
TV Shows 8
Director 3
self 2
Writer 1
Forever Young (2022)
Hizia (2020)
The Man in the Hat (2020)
Into the World (2020)
Andy (2019)
My Polish Honeymoon (2019)
We Need Your Vote (2018)
Guy (2018)
The Troubleshooter (2018)
Train de vies (2018)
When Margaux Meets Margaux (2018)
Based on a True Story (2017)
Going to Brazil (2017)
Love Is Dead (2016)
Two Birds, One Stone (2016)
Love at First Fight (2014)
Half-Sister (2013)
Clem (2010)
Made in Italy (2008)
Love Songs (2007)
Juana Had Hair of Gold (2006)
Venus & Apollo (2005)
Housewarming (2005)
L'Aîné des Ferchaux (2001)
L'Aîné des Ferchaux (2001)
Her Mother, the Whore (2001)
All About Love (2001)
Inséparables (1999)
À mort la mort ! (1999)
Venus Beauty Institute (1999)
Why Not Me? (1999)
Baby Blues (1999)
The Silence of Rak (1997)
The Lambs (1996)
Je m'appelle Régine (1996)
L'éducatrice (1996)
Corps inflammables (1995)
The Little Boy (1995)
Jeanne (1994)
Venial Sin... Mortal Sin... (1994)
Open Season (1993)
The Honour of the Tribe (1993)
Olivier, Olivier (1992)
Railway Bar (1992)
Overseas (1990)
Guys in the Cafe (1989)
Charlie Dingo (1987)
The Little Coquette (1987)
The Murderous Months of April (1987)
Double Gentlemen (1986)
Follow My Gaze (1986)
Grosse (1985)
Les capricieux (1984)
Grain of Sand (1983)
Ladies' Choice (1982)
My American Uncle (1980)
The Bit Between the Teeth (1979)
Médecins de nuit (1978)
Paradiso (1977)
Police Commissioner Moulin (1976)
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Le 16 à Kerbriant (1972)
Out 1 (1971)
Out 1 (1971)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1946-09-28 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceToulon, France
CitizenshipsFrance
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