Brigitte Roüan

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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...

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Police Commissioner MoulinSeries • 1976ClemSeries • 2010Based on a True StoryMovie • 2017From the Land of the MoonMovie • 2016Just to Be SureMovie • 2017Love SongsMovie • 2007Second ChanceMovie • 2011My American UncleMovie • 1980Time of the WolfMovie • 2003Love at First FightMovie • 2014Meet the BarbariansMovie • 2024Going to BrazilMovie • 2017After SexMovie • 1997Forever YoungMovie • 2022We Need Your VoteMovie • 2018Venus Beauty InstituteMovie • 1999Let Joy Reign SupremeMovie • 1975The TroubleshooterMovie • 2018Love Is DeadMovie • 2016Out 1Movie • 1990Cause toujours... tu m'intéressesMovie • 1979Olivier, OlivierMovie • 1992HousewarmingMovie • 2005GuyMovie • 2018