Anne Fontaine
Anne Fontaine | |
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Luxembourg , Luxembourg | |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, actress |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse | [1] |
Children | 1 |
Anne Fontaine (born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc; 15 July 1959) is a Luxembourger film director, screenwriter, and former actress.[2] She lives and works in France.[3]
Life and career
Born Anne-Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc in Luxembourg, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon,[4] where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral organist. In adolescence she moved to Paris and trained in dance with Joseph Russillo[5] while continuing her academic education, including philosophy. Her husband is Philippe Carcassonne, the film producer, and they have an adopted son, Tienne, who was born in Cambodia.
While still dancing, she was picked by Robert Hossein to play Esmeralda in a 1980 theatrical production of
Fontaine's first project as solo director, Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général (Love Affairs Usually End Badly), won the 1993
In 1999 the character Augustin (Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc) re-appeared in Fontaine's film
Fontaine's work is not easily categorised, though the phrase "psychological drama" is often used. She told a UK newspaper, "I try to work on my characters' blind side, in a kind of Freudian way: to ask, 'What are the things about themselves that they're unaware of?' I'm fascinated by the irony of fate, when something goes into a skid. All my stories have an element of cruelty in them."[9]
While knowing that the movement of "women's cinema" worked as a counter to the classical Hollywood system, Fontaine didn't like to identify with this. During an interview in 1998 with Eve-Laure Moros, she stated: "If people say that 'Nettoyage a sec' is a woman's film, I'm very surprised, I don't know what that means... I think that to be a filmmaker, as far as sexuality, it's something that's really de-sexualizing. That is, you become a bizarre thing, when you're directing a film---during the shooting, you're neither a man nor a woman, you're really something strange and very ambivalent."[10]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général | Yes | Yes | ||
1995 | Augustin | Yes | Yes | ||
1997 | L'@mour est à réinventer | Yes | Yes | Segment: Tapin du soir | |
Dry Cleaning | Yes | Yes | [11][12] | ||
1999 | Augustin, King of Kung-Fu | Yes | Yes | ||
2001 | How I Killed My Father | Yes | Yes | [13] | |
2003 | Nathalie... | Yes | Yes | [14][15] | |
2005 | Entre ses mains | Yes | Yes | ||
2006 | Oh La La! | Yes | Yes | ||
2008 | The Girl from Monaco | Yes | Yes | [16] | |
2009 | Coco Before Chanel | Yes | Yes | [17][18] | |
2011 | My Worst Nightmare | Yes | Yes | ||
2013 | Two Mothers | Yes | Yes | [19][20][21] | |
2014 | Gemma Bovery | Yes | Yes | [22] | |
2016 | The Innocents | Yes | Yes | [23][24][25][26] | |
2017 | Reinventing Marvin | Yes | Yes | [27] | |
2019 | White as Snow | Yes | Yes | [28] | |
2020 | Night Shift | Yes | Yes | ||
2021 | Presidents | Yes | Yes | ||
2024 | Boléro | Yes | Yes | [29] |
Acting roles
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1980 | Les Mystères de Paris | Sarah | TV mini-series |
Tendres Cousines | Justine | ||
1981 | Si ma gueule vous plaît... | Isabelle | |
1982 | Caméra une première | Alba | TV series |
1984 | Le Mystérieux Docteur Cornélius | Andrée de Maubreuil | TV mini-series |
1985 | Entre chats et loups | Carole Lambert | TV movie |
P.R.O.F.S. | Marite | ||
1986 | Grand hôtel | Marite | TV series |
1987 | Children and the White Whale | Claudine | TV movie |
1988 | Carte de presse | Pauline | TV mini-series |
1986–1990 | Série rose | Mathilde / Mme Orlova | TV series |
1999 | Pas de scandale
|
Nathalie |
Awards and nominations
BAFTA Awards
Year | Category | Title | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Coco Before Chanel | Nominated |
César Awards
Year | Category | Title | Result |
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1997 | Best Writing | Dry Cleaning | Nominated |
2005 | Best Adaptation | Entre ses mains | Nominated |
2009 | Coco Before Chanel | Nominated | |
2016 | Best Film | The Innocents | Nominated |
Best Director | Nominated | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
Venice Film Festival
Year | Category | Title | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1997 | Golden Osella | Dry Cleaning | Won |
Golden Lion | Nominated |
Lumières Award
Year | Category | Title | Result |
---|---|---|---|
2009 | Best Film | Coco Before Chanel | Nominated |
Best Director | Nominated |
Other awards
Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Prix Jean Vigo | Les Histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général |
Won | |
1995 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard | Augustin | Nominated |
2001 | Locarno International Film Festival
|
Golden Leopard | How I Killed My Father | Nominated |
2005 | San Sebastián Film Festival
|
Golden Shell | Entre ses mains | Nominated |
2009 | Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Coco Before Chanel | Nominated |
European Film Academy | Lux Award | Nominated | ||
2016 | City of Lights, City of Angels | Audience Award | The Innocents | Won |
Norwegian International Film Festival | Andreas Award | Won | ||
Provincetown International Film Festival | Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature | Won |
See also
References
- ^ Diatkine, Anne (9 January 2004). "Femme à fable". Libération (in French). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Anne Fontaine". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Le Soleil, Canada (10 Feb 2006)
- ^ Libération (9 Jan 2004)
- ^ Libération
- ^ Sexual Politics and "Dry Cleaning" with Directrice Anne Fontaine Archived 20 March 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Quoted in a review Archived 4 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine of the 2006 Australian French Film Festival
- Daily Telegraph(17 July 2004)
- ^ Ritterbusch, Rachel (2008). "Anne Fontaine and Contemporary Women's Cinema in France". Rocky Mountain Review. 62: 68–81.
- ^ "Hidden Desires Unfold in Mesmerizing 'Dry Cleaning'". Los Angeles Times. 26 March 1999. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Stratton, David (19 October 1997). "Dry Cleaning". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ O'Hehir, Andrew (31 August 2002). ""How I Killed My Father"". Salon. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Elley, Derek (1 October 2003). "Nathalie . . ". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Elley, Derek (14 August 2008). "The Girl From Monaco". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ September 23, Lisa Schwarzbaum Updated; EDT, 2009 at 04:00 AM. "Coco Before Chanel". EW.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Morris, Wesley (2 October 2009). "Coco Before Chanel". Boston.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Ebiri, Bilge; York, a film critic for New; Vulture (6 September 2013). "Ebiri on Adore: Two Hot Mothers, Two Hot Sons, Sexy Time". Vulture. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Williams, Joe (9 July 2015). "Flaubert gets a meta-movie makeover in 'Gemma Bovery'". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Chang, Justin (31 January 2016). "Film Review: 'The Innocents'". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "Review: 'The Innocents' strikingly tells of what befell a convent victimized during WWII". Los Angeles Times. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Lodge, Guy (3 September 2017). "Venice Film Review: 'Reinventing Marvin'". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ Marta Balaga (29 January 2024). "'Coco Before Chanel' Director Anne Fontaine Celebrates Premiere of 'Boléro,' Teases New Project About Popular Music (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
External links
- Anne Fontaine at IMDb