Esther Garrel | |
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| Born | 18 February 1991 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
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Esther Garrel (born 18 February 1991) is a French actress. She is most known for her roles in 17 Girls (2011), Jealousy (2013), Call Me by Your Name (2017), and Thirst Street (2017).
Garrel was born in Paris, the daughter of filmmaker Philippe Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy. Her brother is actor Louis Garrel, and her grandfather is actor Maurice Garrel. [1] Her maternal grandfather was of Sephardic Jewish descent. [2] [3] [4]
Garrel made her film debut in Wild Innocence , directed by her father. [5] She went on to star in 17 Girls , directed by Delphine and Muriel Coulin, which had its world premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, [6] [7] as well as Youth, directed by Justine Malle. [8] In 2013 Garrel starred alongside her brother in Jealousy , directed by her father. [9]
In 2017, Garrel co-starred in Call Me by Your Name , directed by Luca Guadagnino, opposite Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, and Michael Stuhlbarg. [10] It had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. [11] She went on to star in Thirst Street , directed by Nathan Silver, [12] which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 21 April 2017, [13] and Lover for a Day , directed by her father, and which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017. [14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1999 | Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice | Short | |
| 2001 | Wild Innocence | Little girl | |
| 2008 | The Beautiful Person | Esther | |
| Mes copains | Short | ||
| Rien dans les poches | Hélène Manikowski | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Un chat un chat | Sibylle | |
| 2010 | Where the Boys Are | Esther | Short |
| Armandino e il madre | Sara | Short | |
| 2011 | 17 Girls | Flavie | |
| House of Tolerance | A prostitute | ||
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Mathilde | |
| 2013 | Jealousy | Esther | |
| Jeunesse | Juliette | ||
| Ennui ennui | Cher | Short | |
| Les carrés blancs | She | Short | |
| Je sens plus la vitesse | Marthe | Short | |
| 2014 | Tu garderas la nuit | Magda | Short |
| 2015 | L'Astragale | Marie | |
| Marguerite & Julien | The storyteller | ||
| 2016 | Daydreams | Lucienne Heuvelmans | |
| Après Suzanne | Esther | Short | |
| Victor ou la piété | Camille | Short | |
| 2017 | Thirst Street | Clémence | |
| Lover for a Day | Jeanne | ||
| Call Me by Your Name | Marzia | ||
| 2018 | The Great Pretender | Thérése | |
| 2019 | Sisters in Arms | Yaël | |
| Schneeweiss (Snow White) | Schneeweiss | Short | |
| 2020 | Adventures of a Mathematician | Francoise | |
| 2022 | Julia(s) | Emilie | |
| 2023 | The Plough | Martha Burchnar | |
James Francis Ivory is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Ivory along with Indian film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, were the principals in Merchant Ivory Productions. Together they made film adaptations from the novels of E.M. Forster, Henry James and others. Their body of work is celebrated for its elegance, sophistication, literary fidelity, strong performances, as well as its complex themes and rich characters.
Louis Garrel is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He has regularly appeared in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma Mère, Dans Paris, Love Songs, The Beautiful Person and Making Plans for Lena. He has also been in films directed by his father, Philippe Garrel, including Regular Lovers, Frontier of the Dawn, A Burning Hot Summer, and Jealousy.
Philippe Garrel is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.
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Jealousy is a 2013 French drama film co-written and directed by Philippe Garrel, starring Louis Garrel and Anna Mouglalis. It was screened in the main competition section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival. It is the first installment in Garrel's trilogy of love, the second being In the Shadow of Women (2015) and the third being Lover for a Day (2017).
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Thirst Street is a 2017 black comedy film directed by Nathan Silver, from a screenplay by Silver and C. Mason Wells. It stars Lindsay Burdge, Damien Bonnard, Esther Garrel, Lola Bessis, Jacques Nolot, Françoise Lebrun, Cindy Silver, Valerie Laury, and Anjelica Huston. The film is about an American woman who falls in love with a French man after a one-night stand, then decides to doggedly pursue him despite his lack of interest, with tragic results.
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The Plough is a 2023 drama film co-written and directed by Philippe Garrel. Starring Louis Garrel, Damien Mongin, Esther Garrel, Lena Garrel and Francine Bergé, it depicts the story of romantic and tragic destiny of a family of puppeteer artists. It competed for the Golden Bear at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 21 February 2023. It was released theatrically in France on 14 September 2023.
The following is a list of unproduced Luca Guadagnino projects in roughly chronological order.
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