Isabelle Adjani
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Isabelle Yasmine Adjani is a French film actress and singer. Adjani has appeared in 30 films since 1970. She holds the record for most César Awards for Best Actress
with five, for Possession
(1981), One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel
(1988), Queen Margot (1994) and Skirt Day
(2009). She was also given a double Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award
in 1981 and a Berlin Film Festival Best Actress Award
in 1989. She also received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. She performs in French, English and German.
, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris to a Kabyle
father from Constantine, Algeria
, Mohammed Cherif Adjani. Her father was a soldier in the French Army
in World War II. Her mother Augusta, called "Gusti", was German. She grew up speaking German fluently as a first language. After winning a school recitation contest, she began acting in amateur theater by the age of twelve. At the age of 14, she starred in her first motion picture Le Petit bougnat (1970).
's L'École des femmes, but soon left the Comédie française she had joined in 1972, to pursue a film career. After minor roles in several films, she enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film La Gifle (or The Slap). The following year, she landed her first major role in François Truffaut
's The Story of Adèle H.
Critics enthused over her performance, with Pauline Kael
calling her acting talents "Prodigious". She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar
and offers for roles in Hollywood
films, such as Walter Hill's 1978 crime thriller The Driver
. She then played Lucy in Werner Herzog
's 1979 remake of Nosferatu
(1979).
In 1981, Adjani received the Cannes Film Festival
's best actress
award for the Merchant Ivory film Quartet
based on the novel by Jean Rhys
, and for the horror film Possession
. The following year, she received her first César Award
for Possession, in which she portrays a woman having a nervous breakdown
. In 1983, she won the César, for her depiction of a vengeful woman in the blockbuster One Deadly Summer. That same year, she released the French pop album Pull marine written and produced by Serge Gainsbourg
. She starred in a music video for the hit title song Pull Marine, which was directed by Luc Besson
.
In 1988, she co-produced and starred in a biopic of the sculptor Camille Claudel
. She received her third César and second Oscar nomination for her role in the film, which was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
. Following this publicity, she was chosen by People
magazine as one of the '50 Most Beautiful People' in the world. In 2011 she was named 'The Most Beautiful Woman in Film' by the Los Angeles Times
magazine. Her fourth César win was for the 1994 film Queen Margot
, an ensemble epic directed by Patrice Chéreau
.
. Adjani was romantically linked to actor Warren Beatty
from 1986 to 1987, and Daniel Day Lewis in 1989. The relationship ended; she gave birth to their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis. Adjani was also engaged to composer Jean Michel Jarre
; they broke up in 2004.
In 2009, she denounced statements by Pope Benedict XVI claiming that condoms are not an effective method of AIDS prevention.
Adjani was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur on Wednesday, 14 July 2010.
César Award for Best Actress
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
with five, for Possession
Possession (1981 film)
Possession is a 1981 cult horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot...
(1981), One Deadly Summer (1983), Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel (film)
Camille Claudel is a 1988 French film about the life of the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. The movie was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani,...
(1988), Queen Margot (1994) and Skirt Day
Skirt Day
Skirt Day is a 2008 French drama film directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld and starring Isabelle Adjani as a high school teacher.A key point of the plot of the movie happened in real life: a request was sent to the French Secretary of Education to propose a Skirt Day.-Plot:Sonia Bergerac is a French...
(2009). She was also given a double Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award
Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....
in 1981 and a Berlin Film Festival Best Actress Award
Silver Bear for Best Actress
The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*...
in 1989. She also received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. She performs in French, English and German.
Early life
Adjani was born in an immigrant neighborhood GennevilliersGennevilliers
Gennevilliers is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-History:On 9 April 1929, one-fifth of the territory of Gennevilliers was detached and became the commune of Villeneuve-la-Garenne.-Transport:...
, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris to a Kabyle
Kabyle
Kabyle may refer to:* Kabyle people, an ethnic group in Algeria* Kabyle language* Kabyle alphabet, also known as Berber Latin alphabet* the Kabyle ethnic homeland, a region called Kabylie in French...
father from Constantine, Algeria
Constantine, Algeria
Constantine is the capital of Constantine Province in north-eastern Algeria. It was the capital of the same-named French département until 1962. Slightly inland, it is about 80 kilometres from the Mediterranean coast, on the banks of Rhumel river...
, Mohammed Cherif Adjani. Her father was a soldier in the French Army
French Army
The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre , is the land-based and largest component of the French Armed Forces.As of 2010, the army employs 123,100 regulars, 18,350 part-time reservists and 7,700 Legionnaires. All soldiers are professionals, following the suspension of conscription, voted in...
in World War II. Her mother Augusta, called "Gusti", was German. She grew up speaking German fluently as a first language. After winning a school recitation contest, she began acting in amateur theater by the age of twelve. At the age of 14, she starred in her first motion picture Le Petit bougnat (1970).
Career
She first gained fame as a classical actress for her interpretation of Agnès, the main female role in MolièreMolière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
's L'École des femmes, but soon left the Comédie française she had joined in 1972, to pursue a film career. After minor roles in several films, she enjoyed modest success in the 1974 film La Gifle (or The Slap). The following year, she landed her first major role in François Truffaut
François Truffaut
François Roland Truffaut was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New Wave. In a film career lasting over a quarter of a century, he remains an icon of the French film industry. He was also a screenwriter, producer, and actor working on over twenty-five...
's The Story of Adèle H.
The Story of Adele H.
The Story of Adele H. is a 1975 French film which tells the story of the real-life Adèle Hugo, the daughter of writer Victor Hugo, whose obsessive unrequited love for a military officer led to her downfall. The film, told in French and English, is based on her diaries...
Critics enthused over her performance, with Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991. Earlier in her career, her work appeared in City Lights, McCall's and The New Republic....
calling her acting talents "Prodigious". She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar
Academy Award for Best Actress
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
and offers for roles in Hollywood
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...
films, such as Walter Hill's 1978 crime thriller The Driver
The Driver
The Driver is a 1978 crime film directed by Walter Hill and starring Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, and Isabelle Adjani. Based upon similarities in plot elements, it is heavily influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville's film Le Samouraï...
. She then played Lucy in Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
's 1979 remake of Nosferatu
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
Nosferatu the Vampyre is a 1979 West German vampire horror film written and directed by Werner Herzog. Its original German title is Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht...
(1979).
In 1981, Adjani received the Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
's best actress
Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)
The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * ....
award for the Merchant Ivory film Quartet
Quartet (1981 film)
Quartet is a 1981 Merchant Ivory Film, starring Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith, Anthony Higgins and Alan Bates, set in 1924 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and was an entry for the Selection Officielle...
based on the novel by Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys , born Ella Gwendolen Rees Williams, was a mid 20th-century novelist from Dominica. Educated from the age of 16 in Great Britain, she is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea , written as a "prequel" to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.-Early life:Rhys was born in Roseau, Dominica...
, and for the horror film Possession
Possession (1981 film)
Possession is a 1981 cult horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot...
. The following year, she received her first César Award
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
for Possession, in which she portrays a woman having a nervous breakdown
Nervous breakdown
Mental breakdown is a non-medical term used to describe an acute, time-limited phase of a specific disorder that presents primarily with features of depression or anxiety.-Definition:...
. In 1983, she won the César, for her depiction of a vengeful woman in the blockbuster One Deadly Summer. That same year, she released the French pop album Pull marine written and produced by Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...
. She starred in a music video for the hit title song Pull Marine, which was directed by Luc Besson
Luc Besson
Luc Besson is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.-Early life:...
.
In 1988, she co-produced and starred in a biopic of the sculptor Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel (film)
Camille Claudel is a 1988 French film about the life of the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. The movie was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani,...
. She received her third César and second Oscar nomination for her role in the film, which was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
. Following this publicity, she was chosen by People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
magazine as one of the '50 Most Beautiful People' in the world. In 2011 she was named 'The Most Beautiful Woman in Film' by the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
magazine. Her fourth César win was for the 1994 film Queen Margot
La Reine Margot (1994 film)
La Reine Margot is a 1994 French period film directed by Patrice Chéreau, based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. It stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi and Vincent Pérez...
, an ensemble epic directed by Patrice Chéreau
Patrice Chéreau
Patrice Chéreau is a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.-Biography:Patrice Chéreau was born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, and went to school in Paris. At a young age he became well-known to Parisian critics as director, actor, and stage manager of his high-school theatre...
.
Personal life
In 1980 she had a son, Barnabé Nuytten with cinematographer Bruno NuyttenBruno Nuytten
Bruno Nuytten is a French cinematographer turned director.Camille Claudel which was Nuytten's first directorial and screenwriting effort, won the César Award for Best film in 1989. The film starred and was co-produced by Isabelle Adjani, with whom he had a son, Barnabé...
. Adjani was romantically linked to actor Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty born March 30, 1937) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director. He has received a total of fourteen Academy Award nominations, winning one for Best Director in 1982. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards including the Cecil B. DeMille Award.-Early life and...
from 1986 to 1987, and Daniel Day Lewis in 1989. The relationship ended; she gave birth to their son, Gabriel-Kane Day-Lewis. Adjani was also engaged to composer Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
; they broke up in 2004.
In 2009, she denounced statements by Pope Benedict XVI claiming that condoms are not an effective method of AIDS prevention.
Adjani was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur on Wednesday, 14 July 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1970 | Rose | ||
| 1972 | Faustine et le bel été Faustine et le Bel Été Faustine et le Bel Été is a 1972 French comedy film directed by Nina Companéez. It was screened out of competition at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Muriel Catalá - Faustine* Claire Vernet - Claire* Jacques Spiesser - Florent... |
Camille | |
| 1974 | La Gifle | Isabelle Doulean | Special David di Donatello David di Donatello for Best Actress -Albo d'oro:1956Gina Lollobrigida - La donna più bella del mondo1958*Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind1959*Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno1961*Sophia Loren - La ciociara1963... |
| 1975 | Adèle Hugo | Cartagena Film Festival Golden India Catalina for Best Actress David di Donatello for Best Actress David di Donatello for Best Actress -Albo d'oro:1956Gina Lollobrigida - La donna più bella del mondo1958*Anna Magnani - Wild Is the Wind1959*Anna Magnani - Nella città l'inferno1961*Sophia Loren - La ciociara1963... National Board of Review Award for Best Actress National Board of Review Award for Best Actress The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Actress is one of the annual film awards given by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.-1940s:-1950s:- 1960s :- 1970s :- 1980s :- 1990s :- 2000s :-2010s:... National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress TheNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress is an annual award given by the National Society of Film Critics to honour the best leading actress of the year.-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.-1930s:-1940s:-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:... Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... Nominated—César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
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| 1976 | Stella | ||
| 1976 | Barocco Barocco Barocco is a 1976 French romantic thriller film, directed by André Téchiné. The film stars Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu and Marie-France Pisier. Identity, redemption and resurrection are the themes of the film. The plot follows a young woman who convinces her boxer boyfriend to accept a bribe... |
Laure | Nominated—César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
| 1977 | Violette & François | Violette Clot | |
| 1978 | The Player | ||
| 1979 | Nosferatu the Vampyre | Lucy Harker | Bambi Award for Best Actress |
| 1979 | Emily Brontë Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet, best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother... |
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| 1981 | Clara et les Chics Types | Clara | |
| 1981 | Possession Possession (1981 film) Possession is a 1981 cult horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot... |
Anna/Helen | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival) The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * .... (also for Quartet Quartet (1981 film) Quartet is a 1981 Merchant Ivory Film, starring Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith, Anthony Higgins and Alan Bates, set in 1924 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and was an entry for the Selection Officielle... ) César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
| 1981 | Quartet Quartet (1981 film) Quartet is a 1981 Merchant Ivory Film, starring Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith, Anthony Higgins and Alan Bates, set in 1924 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and was an entry for the Selection Officielle... |
Marya Zelli | Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival) The Best Actress Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of films at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.-Award Winners:-External links:* * .... (also for Possession Possession (1981 film) Possession is a 1981 cult horror film directed by Andrzej Żuławski.-Plot:Mark returns home to Berlin to find his wife Anna is leaving him for unclear reasons. He initially suspects an affair and hires detectives to track her, but gradually discovers clues that something far stranger is afoot... ) |
| 1981 | L' Année prochaine... si tout va bien | Isabelle | |
| 1982 | Tout feu, tout flamme | Pauline Valance | |
| 1982 | Antonieta Antonieta Antonieta is a 1982 film by Spanish director Carlos Saura, starring Isabelle Adjani and Hanna Schygulla. The film, a Mexican-Spanish French co production, was based on a novel by Andrés Henestrosa... |
Antonieta Rivas Mercado Antonieta Rivas Mercado María Antonieta Rivas Mercado Castellanos was a Mexican intellectual, writer, feminist and arts patron.- Biography :... |
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| 1983 | Mortelle randonnée Mortelle randonnée Mortelle Randonnée is a 1983 French thriller film inspired by the novel Eye of the Beholder by Marc Behm. Directed by filmmaker Claude Miller, the film stars Michel Serrault as The "Eye" Beauvoir, Isabelle Adjani as Catherine, and Geneviève Page as Mme. Schmidt-Boulanger. The film had a total of... |
Catherine Leiris/Lucie, 'Marie' | |
| 1983 | One Deadly Summer | Eliane dite 'Elle' | César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
| 1985 | Subway Subway (film) Subway is a 1985 French film directed by Luc Besson, starring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert and is part of the Cinema du look movement.-Plot:... |
Héléna | Nominated—César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
| 1986 | T'as de beaux escaliers tu sais | ||
| 1987 | Ishtar Ishtar (film) Ishtar is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Elaine May and starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman as "Rogers and Clarke" – a duo of incredibly untalented lounge singers who travel to Morocco looking for work, and stumble into a four-party Cold War standoff.It also starred Isabelle Adjani... |
Shirra Assel | |
| 1988 | Camille Claudel Camille Claudel (film) Camille Claudel is a 1988 French film about the life of the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. The movie was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani,... |
Camille Claudel Camille Claudel Camille Claudel was a French sculptor and graphic artist. She was the elder sister of the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel.- Early years :... |
César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... Silver Bear for Best Actress Silver Bear for Best Actress The Silver Bear for Best Actress is the Berlin International Film Festival's award for achievement in performance by an actress.-Awards:- External links :*... at Berlin 39th Berlin International Film Festival The 39th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 10 to 21, 1989.-Jury:* Rolf Liebermann * Leslie Caron* Chen Kaige* Vadim Glowna* Randa Haines* Vladimir Ignatovski* Adrian Kutter* Francisco Rabal... Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actress Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... |
| 1993 | Toxic Affair | Pénélope | |
| 1994 | Queen Margot La Reine Margot (1994 film) La Reine Margot is a 1994 French period film directed by Patrice Chéreau, based on the 1845 historical novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas, père. It stars Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Virna Lisi and Vincent Pérez... |
Margot | César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... |
| 1996 | Diabolique Diabolique (1996 film) Diabolique is an American film directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik and written by Henri-Georges Clouzot and Don Roos. The film stars Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani... |
Mia Baran | |
| 2002 | Charlotte/Leïla | ||
| 2002 | Adolphe Adolphe (film) Adolphe is a 2002 film based on the novel Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. The film was directed by Benoît Jacquot and starred Isabelle Adjani as Ellénore and Stanislas Merhar as Adolphe.- Cast :* Isabelle Adjani - Ellénore* Stanislas Merhar - Adolphe... |
Ellénore | Cabourg Romantic Film Festival Award for Best Actress |
| 2003 | Bon voyage Bon Voyage (2003 film) Bon Voyage is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, released 16 April 2003. The film was a critical success due in part to its tight interweaving of various genres, including spy, romance, World War II, and comedy. The film features the first reteaming of stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard... |
Viviane Denvers | |
| 2003 | Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran | La star | |
| 2009 | Sonia Bergerac | César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Actress List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:... Television Festival Award for Best Actress |
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| 2010 | Mammuth Mammuth Mammuth is a 2010 French drama film directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern. It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Entered into the 60th Berlin International Film Festival 60th Berlin International Film Festival The 60th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 11 to February 21, 2010, with Werner Herzog as President of the Jury. The opening film of the festival was Chinese director Wang Quan'an's romantic drama Apart Together, in competition, while the closing film is Japanese... |
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| 2011 | De Force | Clara Damico |
Discography
- Pull marine (1983; produced and written by Serge GainsbourgSerge GainsbourgSerge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...
)
Further reading
- Adjani, Isabelle (1980). Isabelle Adjani in : Jean-Luc Douin (Hrsg.): Comédiennes aujourd'hui : au micro et sous le regard. Paris: Lherminier. ISBN 2-862-44 020-5
- Austin, Guy (2003). Foreign bodies: Jean Seberg and Isabelle Adjani, S. 91–106 in: ders., Stars in Modern French Film. Londres: Arnold. ISBN 0-340-76 019-2
- Austin, Guy (2006). Telling the truth can be a dangerous business : Isabelle Adjani, race and stardom, in : Remapping World Cinema : Identity, Culture and Politics in Film, herausgegeben von Stephanie Dennison und Song Hwee Lim, London: Wallflower Press. ISBN 1-904-76 462-2
- Halberstadt, Michèle (2002). Adjani aux pieds nus – Journal de la repentie. Paris: Editions Calmann-Lévy. ISBN 2-702-13 293-6
- Roques-Briscard, Christian (1987). La passion d'Adjani, Lausanne et al.: Favre. ISBN 2-828-90 279-X
- Zurhorst, Meinolf (1992). Isabelle Adjani. Ihre Filme – Ihr Leben. Heyne Film – und Fernsehbibliothek, Band 163. München: Heyne. ISBN 3-453-05 238-2