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Vahina Giocante | |
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 Vahina Giocante, 2009 | |
| Born | 30 June 1981 Orléans, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actress |
Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981) is a French actress.
As Marie in Marie Baie des Anges (1997), she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on the French Riviera.
In 1999 she appeared in No Scandal (French: Pas de scandale) directed by Benoît Jacquot. [1]
In the 2004 film directed by Ziad Doueiri, Lila Says (French title: Lila dit ça), Giocante portrays a teenager who resides with her aunt in a rough neighborhood in Marseille. Chief film critic for The New York Times A.O. Scott compared her to Brigitte Bardot in And God Created Woman, being "a femme more vital than fatale". He further wrote "Ms. Giocante's intoxicating mixture of gamine innocence and womanly knowingness is almost too much for the movie but her charisma ... give it a mood that is at once breathlessly romantic and cannily down to earth." [2]
In 2009 she appeared in Bellamy , the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol. [3]
Vahina Giocante is of half Corsican and half Andalusian origin. She lived in Corsica until the age of 10. Born in Orléans, she went to school at the Lycée Paul-Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence. [ citation needed ]
In February 2024, Giocante accused director Benoit Jacquot of sexually abusing her. [4]
Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film The Dreamlife of Angels. Régnier is the first Belgian actress to win a César Award.
Lila Says is a 2004 French film directed by Ziad Doueiri. The plot is based on the novel of the same title written by "Chimo".
Benoît Jacquot is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema.
Florence Delay is a French writer. She has been a member of the Académie française since 2000. She has notably written novels, essays and plays and has translated texts from Spanish.
Elisa Tovati born Elisa Touati is a French singer, actress and television personality.
Christine Boisson was a French actress.
Roxane Mesquida is a French actress and model based in Los Angeles.
Grégoire Colin is a French actor.
Isild Le Besco is a French actress and filmmaker. She is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's.
Le Premier Cercle, also known as Inside Ring and The Dead List in English and as Ultimate Heist on USA video, is a 2009 French-language film by Laurent Tuel.
Julie-Marie Parmentier is a French actress.
Bellamy — known as Inspector Bellamy in the U.S. — is a French murder mystery film released in 2009. It is the last film of celebrated French director Claude Chabrol, who died the following year, and the only time he worked with star Gérard Depardieu. Chabrol said in an interview that the film is like a "novel that Simenon never wrote", a kind of "Maigret on vacation".
Dennis Charles Berry was an American-French film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was the son of director John Berry.
No Scandal, also known as Keep It Quiet, is a 1999 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and starring Fabrice Luchini, Isabelle Huppert and Vincent Lindon.
The Blonde with Bare Breasts is a 2010 French film written and directed by Manuel Pradal.
Jean-Louis Richard was a French actor, film director and scriptwriter.
Farewell, My Queen is a 2012 French drama film directed by Benoît Jacquot and based on the novel of the same name by Chantal Thomas, who won the Prix Femina in 2002. It gives a fictional account of the last days of Marie Antoinette in power seen through the eyes of Sidonie Laborde, a young servant who reads aloud to the queen. The film stars Diane Kruger as the Queen, Léa Seydoux, and Virginie Ledoyen. It opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012 and has subsequently been screened at other festivals. It was released on 21 March 2012 in France.
Julie Barlow is a Canadian journalist, author and conference speaker who writes and publishes both in English and French and is based in Montreal, Quebec.
Marie Bunel is a French film and stage actress.
Marie from the Bay of Angels, also known as Angel Sharks, is a 1997 French movie, written and directed by Manuel Pradal.
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