Carine Tardieu

Carine Tardieu
Tardieu at the 81st Venice Film Festival (2024)
Born	22 September 1973 (1973-09-22) (age 52) Paris, France
Occupation	Film director

Carine Tardieu (born 22 September 1973) is a French film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, Tardieu studied cinema at the École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle. ^[1] She then worked as an assistant director and scriptwriter on several films and TV-movies. ^[1]

Between 2002 and 2004, Tardieu directed two award-winning short films, Les Baisers des autres and L'Aîné de mes soucis, which won the Audience Award at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. She was noted by Christophe Rossignon of Nord-Ouest Productions, who produced her first feature film in 2007, In Mom's Head, co-written with Michel Leclerc. ^{[1] [2]}

For her second feature film, The Dandelions (2012), Tardieu adapted the novel Du vent dans mes mollets with its author, Raphaële Moussafir. ^[3] Her third feature, the comedy Just to Be Sure , was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2022, Tardieu directed The Young Lovers, based on an idea by Sólveig Anspach, which got Fanny Ardant a César Award for Best Actress nomination. ^{[6] [7]} Her following film, The Ties That Bind Us , had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. ^{[8] [9]} For this film Tardieu received César Award nominations for Best Director and for Best Adaptation. ^[10]

Filmography

• In Mom's Head (2007)
• The Dandelions (2012)
• Just to Be Sure (2017)
• The Young Lovers (2022)
• The Ties That Bind Us (2024)

References

1. Clerc, Anne; Sagnet, Hélène (December 2009). "Rencontre avec Carine Tardieu, cinéaste et auteur jeunesse". Lecture Jeunesse. no. 132.
2. "Cannes 2017: Qui est Carine Tardieu ?". Ecran Noir (in French). 26 May 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
3. van Hoeij, Boyd (12 October 2012). "The Dandelions". Variety . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
4. Mintzer, Jordan (20 May 2017). "'Just to Be Sure' ('Otez-moi d'un doute'): Film Review | Cannes 2017". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
5. Mandelbaum, Jacques (22 May 2017). "Cannes 2017 : « Otez-moi d'un doute », une comédie sur la question des origines". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 October 2025.
6. Scarpa, Vittoria (18 October 2021). "Review: The Young Lovers". Cineuropa . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
7. Goodfellow, Melanie (25 January 2023). "César Nominations: Louis Garrel's 'The Innocent' Takes Surprise Lead, Followed By 'Night Of The 12th' – Full List". Deadline . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
8. "Venice 2024 preview: Screen's guide to the Horizons titles". Screen International . 23 August 2024. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
9. Fisher, Megan (7 September 2024). "The Ties That Bind Us (L'Attachement) Film Review". Loud And Clear Reviews. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
10. Goodfellow, Melanie (28 January 2026). "Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' Leads Nominations For France's César Awards As Ceremony Date Change Announced – Full List". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 4 February 2026.

External links

• Carine Tardieu at IMDb