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- Actress
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A tall, slim brunette with deep red puckered lips, Valérie Donzelli plays wonderfully clumsy, gawky, goofy girls, failed seductresses and successful charm freaks. She is also a noted film director, whose works explore very different registers, which she does not hesitate to mix whether comic, offbeat, sentimental, tragic, sometimes with little concern for the Cartesian spirit.
The granddaughter of painter-sculptor Dante Donzelli, Valérie was born in 1973 in Épinal, a town in the North-East of France. At 18 she went to Paris to study studied architecture, but after a while decided instead to become an actress, which was encouraged by a young performer she met, Jérémie Elkaïm, who later became her companion..
She soon landed a title role, that of a neurotic young mother in Sandrine Veysset's « Martha... Martha » (2001). The next parts in movies were only supporting roles (« Who Killed Bambi? », « The Best Day of My Life », « In His Hands ») but she was treated better by television, for instance in the series « Clara Sheller », in which she played Clara Sheller's best friend and which made her known to the general public..
But playing was not enough for Valerie Donzelli. She was just itching to write and direct (and produce, which she did later in her career). It was not long before she took action, often with the collaboration of her life partner Jérémie Elkaïm as her leading man and/or co-writer. After two shorts, she made a notable feature, « The Queen of Hearts » (2009), in which she imposed the character of the insecure Adèle, both comic and pathetic, who finds it hard to recover after a painful breakup. A breakup that took place in real life between Jérémie and her, although the ex-pair remained in good terms afterwards and went on working together, the most striking of their work together being unquestionably « War is Declared » (2011), which tells the heart-breaking story of how their young couple went through the terrible illness of their 18-month-old child. It was both a great critical and box-office success.
Less of a hit at the box office but interesting for their artistic options though were « Hand in Hand », (2012) the story of a a passionate love affair that literally sticks together a dance teacher and a young glass-worker as well as « Marguerite et Julien » (2015), a Romeo and Juliet-like story between... a brother and a sister.
Her last picture to-date, « Notre dame » features two stars, Paris's Notre Dame cathedral filmed a few months before the April 2019 fire that devastated the building and Valérie Donzelli herself, who more or less reprises the role of the clumsy, overwhelmed heroine of « The Queen of hearts », now turned an architect (doesn't it remind you of something?) - caught up in a reality that's beyond her.
Between the films she makes, those she plays in generally interesting films such as the hilarious Swiss comedy « Longwave » (2013) or the more serious « The White Knights » (2015).
A hyperactive creator and performer, Valérie Donzelli will certainly continue to amaze us, to amuse us and to make us think for yet a long time to come- Director
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- Actress
Laetitia Masson was born on 18 August 1966 in Epinal, Vosges, France. She is a director and writer, known for To Have (or Not) (1995), Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004) and For Sale (1998).- Pierre Aussedat was born on 11 October 1957 in Epinal, Vosges, France. He is an actor, known for The Divorce (2003), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) and The Visitors (1993).
- Director
- Actress
- Writer
Marceline Loridan-Ivens (née Marceline Rosenberg) was an Holocaust survivor. She was born in France, the daughter of Polish Jewish parents who emigrated to France in 1919. She survived Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, and Theresienstadt. In WWII she was part of the Résistance. She was captured by the Gestapo and deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau (in the same transport than Simone Veil) on April 13, 1944 (she was then 16 years old). She was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and to Theresienstadt. She was liberated on May 10, 1945.
In 1963 she married Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens. They remained married until his death.- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Vincent Munier was born in 1976 in Épinal, Vosges, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Velvet Queen (2021), Grandeurs nature (2009) and Vincent Munier, éternel émerveillé (2019).- Caroline Receveur was born on 10 November 1987 in Épinal, Vosges, France. She is an actress, known for Hollywood Girls 2 (2012), La Maison du Bluff (2010) and Les Anges (2011).
- Théo Lachenal was born on 17 January 2001 in Epinal, France.
- Thomas Guené was born on 16 January 1990 in Épinal, Department Vosges, France. He is an actor, known for The Party's Over (2017), Facing the mermaid (2017) and Quatrième Génération (2018).
- Robert Rollis was born on 14 March 1921 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He was an actor, known for La parole est au témoin (1963), La tête du client (1965) and What's New Pussycat (1965). He died on 6 November 2007 in Paris, France.
- Ninon Tallon Karlweiss was born on 31 January 1904 in Épinal, Vosges, France. She was married to Oskar Karlweis. She died on 9 September 1977 in Paris, France.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Art Department
Bruno Fontaine was born on 21 May 1957 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He is a composer, known for 8 Women (2002), Same Old Song (1997) and Not on the Lips (2003).- Writer
- Editor
- Producer
Ghislaine Pujol was born on 27 August 1974 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. She is a writer and editor, known for Rebrousse-temps (2008), Jade Armor (2022) and Marblegen (2018).- Producer
- Writer
Jean-Marie Cavada was born on 24 February 1940 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He is a producer and writer, known for La marche du siècle (1987), Soir 3 (1978) and Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1981).- Abbé Père Aimé Duval was born on 30 June 1918 in Le Val-d'Ajol, Arrondissement Épinal, Département Vosges, Lothringen, France.
- Composer
- Music Department
Bernard Peiffer was born on 23 October 1922 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He was a composer, known for Rendezvous in July (1949) and When You Read This Letter (1953). He died on 7 September 1976 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.- Patricia Morel was born on 1 September 2002 in Epinal, Vosges, France. He is an actor, known for Cran (2023).
- Henry Daniel-Rops was born on 19 January 1901 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. Henry was a writer, known for Mort, où est ta victoire? (1964). Henry died on 27 July 1965 in Chambery, France.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Michel Beroff was born on 9 May 1950 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He is an actor, known for Camille Claudel (1988), L'Incendiaire (2014) and Camera Three (1955).- Amandine Thiriet was born on 17 October 1978 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. She is an actress, known for My Lonely Christmas in Berlin, À ton image... (2007) and The Chairs Game (2018).
- Producer
- Writer
Guillaume Godard was born on 8 December 1962 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He is a producer and writer, known for En face (2000), 3 Blind Mice (2003) and La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre (2005).