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Robert Guédiguian
French director
Born in Marseille in 1953, the son of an Armenian father and a German mother, Robert Guédiguian is not a typical film-maker. He is driven by the desire to understand his origins, in particular his home town, Marseille, and more specifically the suburb of L'Estaque, where many of his films are set. Following in the footsteps of Marcel Pagnol, Guédiguian's cinema evokes the intimacy of the city and it provides the raw material for his screen writing. His cinematic world can be best summarised by the words 'friendship' and 'fidelity'. His family has always been at the centre of his work, not least his wife and muse, actress Ariane Ascaride, who has starred in all his feature films over the past two decades. He was one of the founders of his production company, Agat Films & Co., and has been co-producing and distributing his films since the release of Marius & Jeannette (the film which made him world famous and which saw his wife receive the César for Best Actress for her role as a courageous mother). He continues to work with the same technicians. He also invariably uses the same actors for his films - Ariane Ascaride, as well as Pierre Banderet, Frédérique Bonnal, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Peiller, Pascale Roberts and the young Laetitia Pesenti.
Filmography: Dernier été (1980), Rouge Midi (1984), Ki Lo Sa ? (1986), Dieu vomit les tièdes (1989), L'Argent fait le bonheur (1993), A la vie, A la mort (1995), Marius et Jeannette (1997), A la place du cœur (Where the Heart is, 1998), A l'Attaque (Charge!, 1999), La ville est tranquille (The Town is Quiet, 2000).
Robert Guédiguian
French director
Born in Marseille in 1953, the son of an Armenian father and a German mother, Robert Guédiguian is not a typical film-maker. He is driven by the desire to understand his origins, in particular his home town, Marseille, and more specifically the suburb of L'Estaque, where many of his films are set. Following in the footsteps of Marcel Pagnol, Guédiguian's cinema evokes the intimacy of the city and it provides the raw material for his screen writing. His cinematic world can be best summarised by the words 'friendship' and 'fidelity'. His family has always been at the centre of his work, not least his wife and muse, actress Ariane Ascaride, who has starred in all his feature films over the past two decades. He was one of the founders of his production company, Agat Films & Co., and has been co-producing and distributing his films since the release of Marius & Jeannette (the film which made him world famous and which saw his wife receive the César for Best Actress for her role as a courageous mother). He continues to work with the same technicians. He also invariably uses the same actors for his films - Ariane Ascaride, as well as Pierre Banderet, Frédérique Bonnal, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan, Jacques Peiller, Pascale Roberts and the young Laetitia Pesenti.
Filmography: Dernier été (1980), Rouge Midi (1984), Ki Lo Sa ? (1986), Dieu vomit les tièdes (1989), L'Argent fait le bonheur (1993), A la vie, A la mort (1995), Marius et Jeannette (1997), A la place du cœur (Where the Heart is, 1998), A l'Attaque (Charge!, 1999), La ville est tranquille (The Town is Quiet, 2000).
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