Louis Garrel
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Louis Garrel is a French
actor
. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
. He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré
, including Ma mère
, Dans Paris, Les Chansons d'amour
, La Belle Personne and Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser.
and actress Brigitte Sy
. His grandfather, Maurice Garrel
, and his godfather, Jean-Pierre Léaud
, are also famous French actors. He is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris
.
's twin brother in The Dreamers. Director Bernardo Bertolucci
found him on the first session of casting in Paris
. Garrel has since then starred in various French films before being awarded the 2006 César Award
for Best Male Newcomer for his work in Les amants réguliers
, directed by his father and featuring his grandfather in a supporting role. He showcased his singing ability in the Christophe Honoré
-directed film Les Chansons d'amour
.
In 2008, Garrel was the writer and director of the short film "Mes copains".
- the older sister of French First Lady Carla Bruni
. Bruni Tedeschi adopted an African baby in 2009. Aside from his native French
, Garrel speaks fluent English
and Italian
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...
. He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré is a French writer and film director born in Carhaix, Finistère in 1970.After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in "Les Cahiers du Cinéma." He started writing soon-after. His 1996 book Tout contre Léo talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a movie...
, including Ma mère
Ma mère
My Mother is a French-Austrian-Portuguese-Spanish 2004 movie about the fictional story of an incestuous relationship between a 17-year-old boy and his attractive, promiscuous, 43-year-old mother. The movie stars Isabelle Hupert, Louis Garrel, Emma de Caunes, Joana Preiss, Philipe Duclos and...
, Dans Paris, Les Chansons d'amour
Love Songs (film)
Love Songs is a 2007 French musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni. It was one of the 20 films selected for the main competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
, La Belle Personne and Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser.
Early life
Garrel is the son of director Philippe GarrelPhilippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer. His movies have won him awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival...
and actress Brigitte Sy
Brigitte Sy
Brigitte Sy is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut Les mains libres was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.-Personal life:She is the mother of the actor Louis Garrel who she had with the director, Philippe Garrel...
. His grandfather, Maurice Garrel
Maurice Garrel
Maurice Garrel was a French film actor.Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for La Discrète and in 2005 for Kings and Queen.Garrel was the father of producer Thierry Garrel and...
, and his godfather, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud
-Early years:Born in Paris, Léaud made his major debut as an actor at the age of 14 as Antoine Doinel, a semi-autobiographical character based on the life events of French film director François Truffaut, in The 400 Blows....
, are also famous French actors. He is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris is a college of music and dance founded in 1795, now situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France...
.
Film career
He was 6 years old when he first appeared onscreen, in the movie Le baisers de secours. It would be more than a decade before appearing in another film, Ceci est mon corps. It wasn't until 2002, however, that Garrel gained international recognition playing Eva GreenEva Green
Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress and model.Green performed in theatre before making her film debut in The Dreamers , which generated controversy over her numerous nude scenes. She achieved greater fame for her parts in Kingdom of Heaven , and in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, for...
's twin brother in The Dreamers. Director Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...
found him on the first session of casting in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Garrel has since then starred in various French films before being awarded the 2006 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 Best Male Newcomer for his work in Les amants réguliers
Regular Lovers (film)
Regular Lovers is a 2005 film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring his son, actor Louis Garrel. The director's father, actor Maurice Garrel, also appears in the film in a supporting role...
, directed by his father and featuring his grandfather in a supporting role. He showcased his singing ability in the Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré is a French writer and film director born in Carhaix, Finistère in 1970.After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in "Les Cahiers du Cinéma." He started writing soon-after. His 1996 book Tout contre Léo talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a movie...
-directed film Les Chansons d'amour
Love Songs (film)
Love Songs is a 2007 French musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni. It was one of the 20 films selected for the main competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...
.
In 2008, Garrel was the writer and director of the short film "Mes copains".
Personal life
He is in a relationship with Valeria Bruni TedeschiValeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also spelled Bruni-Tedeschi, is an Italian-French actress.-Personal life:...
- the older sister of French First Lady Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is an Italian-French songwriter, singer, actress, and former model...
. Bruni Tedeschi adopted an African baby in 2009. Aside from his native French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Garrel speaks fluent English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Le baisers de secours (Emergency Kisses) | Lo | |
| 2001 | Ceci est mon corps | Antoine | |
| 2002 | The War in Paris (La guerre à Paris) | ||
| 2002 | The Dreamers | Theo | |
| 2004 | Ma mère Ma mère My Mother is a French-Austrian-Portuguese-Spanish 2004 movie about the fictional story of an incestuous relationship between a 17-year-old boy and his attractive, promiscuous, 43-year-old mother. The movie stars Isabelle Hupert, Louis Garrel, Emma de Caunes, Joana Preiss, Philipe Duclos and... |
Pierre, the Son | |
| 2005 | Regular Lovers Regular Lovers (film) Regular Lovers is a 2005 film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring his son, actor Louis Garrel. The director's father, actor Maurice Garrel, also appears in the film in a supporting role... (Les amants réguliers) |
François Dervieux | César Award for Most Promising Actor (Meilleur jeune espoir masculin) César Award for Most Promising Actor This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Most Promising Actor .-1980s:-1990s:*1991: Gérald Thomassin: Le petit criminel*1992: Manuel Blanc: J'embrasse pas... Etoiles d'Or for Best Male Newcomer (La révélation masculine) |
| 2006 | Dans Paris Dans Paris Dans Paris is a 2006 film starring Romain Duris, Louis Garrel, Guy Marchand, Marie-France Pisier, and Joanna Preiss. It concerns two brothers, Paul and Jonathan , who attempt to help one another out of their respective troubles and worries while living with their divorced father, Mirko... |
Jonathan | |
| A Curtain Raiser (Un lever de rideau) | Bruno | ||
| 2007 | Love Songs Love Songs (film) Love Songs is a 2007 French musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni. It was one of the 20 films selected for the main competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... (Les Chansons d'amour) |
Ismaël Bénoliel | |
| Actrices Actrices Actrices is a French film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, released in 2007. The film was presented in the official selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a Prix Spécial du Jury in the Un Certain Regard section.-Synopsis:... (Actresses) |
Éric | ||
| 2008 | Choisir d'aimer | Pascal | |
| La frontière de l'aube La frontière de l'aube Frontier of the Dawn is a 2008 French film directed by Philippe Garrel. The film stars Louis Garrel, Laura Smet, and Clémentine Poidatz and was photographed by cinematographer William Lubtchansky in black and white. It premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in competition.-External links:*... (Frontier of the Dawn) |
François | ||
| The Beautiful Person The Beautiful Person The Beautiful Person is a 2008 French drama television film directed by Christophe Honoré.-Plot:The plot is related to the seventeenth-century French novel La Princesse de Clèves.... (La Belle Personne) |
Nemours | ||
| "Mes copains" | Short written and directed by Louis Garrel. | ||
| 2009 | Making Plans for Lena Making Plans For Lena Making Plans for Lena is a 2009 French film directed by Christophe Honoré, who co-wrote the screenplay with Geneviève Brisac.... (Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser) |
Simon | |
| 2010 | Le mariage à trois | Théo | |
| Diarchia (Diarchy) | Short film written and directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino. | ||
| Heartbeats Heartbeats (film) Heartbeats is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Xavier Dolan. It follows the story of two friends who both fall in love with the same man. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... (Les Amours Imaginaires) |
Guest in the final scene | ||
| 2011 | The Beloved The Beloved (2011 film) The Beloved is a 2011 French film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Catherine Deneuve, Milos Forman, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Paul Schneider, Michel Delpech and Chiara Mastroianni. The story will be set in the 1960s and 1990s in Paris, Prague and London.-Production:The... (Les Bien-aimés) |
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| That Summer That Summer (film) That Summer is a 2011 drama film directed by Philippe Garrel, starring Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette and Jérôme Robart. Its original French title is Un été brûlant, which means "A burning summer". The film tells the story of a stormy relationship between an actress and a painter... (Un été brûlant) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Mistérios de Lisboa | 2 episodes | |
César Awards
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Most Promising Actor (Meilleur jeune espoir masculin) | Les amants réguliers Regular Lovers (film) Regular Lovers is a 2005 film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring his son, actor Louis Garrel. The director's father, actor Maurice Garrel, also appears in the film in a supporting role... |
Won |
Étoiles d'Or
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Best Male Newcomer (La révélation masculine) | Les amants réguliers Regular Lovers (film) Regular Lovers is a 2005 film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring his son, actor Louis Garrel. The director's father, actor Maurice Garrel, also appears in the film in a supporting role... |
Won |
Prix Patrick Dewaere
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | The award has been granted since 2008, in memory of French actor, Patrick Dewaere Patrick Dewaere Patrick Dewaere was a French film actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, son of French actress Mado Maurin. His five siblings, Jean-Pierre Maurin , Yves-Marie Maurin , Dominique Maurin , Jean-Francois Maurin and Marie-Veronique Maurin Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982)... . |
Won |