Diane Kurys
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Diane Kurys is a French
filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are autobiographical. Born in Lyon
, Rhône
, France, her parents divorced when she was a child. She began as an actress with Jean-Louis Barrault
's company. She gained film stardom, but didn't like the roles she was given or taking orders from others. With a government grant, she made her first film as director, Diabolo menthe (1977) (aka Peppermint Soda
), which explored her life as a child of divorced parents, and focused on her relationship with her sister, to whom she dedicated the movie.
Cocktail Molotov (1980) was her next film. In Coup de Foudre (1983) (aka Entre Nous
), the divorce issue is revisited, with Isabelle Huppert
playing the heroine's mother. Kurys made her first English-language film, A Man in Love
, in 1987. C'est la vie (aka La Baule-les-Pins) (1990) returned to her alter-ego leading character's adolescent years. Huppert also appeared in Après l'amour (1992) (aka Love After Love
). À la folie
(aka Six Days, Six Nights) (1994) examined the relationship between two adult sisters. She also directed the period film Children of the Century (1999). Her latest film is Sagan
, made in 2008, which stars Sylvie Testud
and Pierre Palmade
.
France
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filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are autobiographical. Born in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, Rhône
Rhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
, France, her parents divorced when she was a child. She began as an actress with Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist, training that served him well when he portrayed the 19th-century mime Jean-Gaspard Deburau in Marcel Carné's 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis .Jean-Louis Barrault studied with Charles Dullin in whose troupe he acted...
's company. She gained film stardom, but didn't like the roles she was given or taking orders from others. With a government grant, she made her first film as director, Diabolo menthe (1977) (aka Peppermint Soda
Peppermint Soda
Peppermint Soda is a 1977 French film directed by Diane Kurys. This autobiographical film was her directorial debut, and it won the Prix Louis Delluc. The high school where the film takes place is the Lycée Jules-Ferry, in Paris, France.- Plot :...
), which explored her life as a child of divorced parents, and focused on her relationship with her sister, to whom she dedicated the movie.
Cocktail Molotov (1980) was her next film. In Coup de Foudre (1983) (aka Entre Nous
Entre Nous
Entre Nous is a 1983 French biographical drama film directed by Diane Kurys, who shares the writing credits with Olivier Cohen. Set in the France of the mid twentieth century, the film stars Isabelle Huppert, Miou-Miou, Guy Marchand, Jean-Pierre Bacri and Christine Pascal...
), the divorce issue is revisited, with Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most...
playing the heroine's mother. Kurys made her first English-language film, A Man in Love
A Man in Love (film)
A Man in Love is a 1987 French-Italian drama film directed by Diane Kurys. Her first English language film, it was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Peter Coyote - Steve Elliott* Greta Scacchi - Jane Steiner...
, in 1987. C'est la vie (aka La Baule-les-Pins) (1990) returned to her alter-ego leading character's adolescent years. Huppert also appeared in Après l'amour (1992) (aka Love After Love
Love After Love (film)
Love After Love is a 1992 French romance film directed by Diane Kurys and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Lola* Bernard Giraudeau - David* Hippolyte Girardot - Tom* Lio - Marianne* Yvan Attal - Romain* Judith Reval - Rachel...
). À la folie
À la folie
The music by Michael Nyman has been praised as one of his better works, and considered unusually buried in the sound mix of the film. The album is Nyman's 23rd release, and the fourteenth with the Michael Nyman Band...
(aka Six Days, Six Nights) (1994) examined the relationship between two adult sisters. She also directed the period film Children of the Century (1999). Her latest film is Sagan
Sagan (film)
Sagan is a 2008 French biographical film, directed by Diane Kurys, starring Sylvie Testud as French author Françoise Sagan and Pierre Palmade as a dancer and a society man, Jacques Chazot, who was very well known in France...
, made in 2008, which stars Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud is a French actress, writer and director. Her film career began in 1991. She was later highly acclaimed, and has twice won César Awards.-Biography:...
and Pierre Palmade
Pierre Palmade
Pierre Palmade is a French actor and comedian.-Biography:He has done dubbing for the films, Pédale douce and Pédale dure...
.