puff: puff 451 Juliette Binoche on war

Julitte Binoche on war
Juliette Binoche (actress: Quelques jours en
septembre, Chocolat, The English Patient) speaks to us about war, reconciliation, and her personal engagement with these issues as an actress. She also expresses her solidarity with the Beirut Film Festival

Full Name:
Juliette Binoche

Birthdate:
March 9, 1964

Birth Place:
Paris, France

Height:
5' 6"

Career Start:
Liberty belle (1983)

AA Ranking:
#219 most searched Celeb

Juliette Binoche was born in Paris on March 9 1964 to a sculptor father and an actress mother. At age 4 her parents were divorced and Binoche was dispatched to a boarding school with her sister Marion. She began acting in amateur stage productions, and at 17 she directed and starred in a student production of the Eugene Ionesco play, Le roi se meurt. The next year, she studied acting at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris. She found an agent through a friend, and joined a theatre troupe that toured France, Belgium and Switzerland under the pseudonym Juliette Adrienne.

After graduation, she followed her mother's footsteps and became a stage actress, occasionally taking bit parts in French feature films. Her first screen role was a small part in the 1983 TV film Dorothée, danseuse de corde by Jacques Fensten followed by a small part in the provincial TV film Fort bloque by Pierrick Guinnard. Binoche secured her first big screen appearance in Pascal Kané's Algeria-themed Liberty Belle. At this point Binoche decided to pursue a career in cinema.

[edit] 1984 to 1991
Small roles in Les Nanas (1984) and Adieu blaireau (1985) led to more significant exposure in Jean-Luc Godard's Je Vous Salue, Marie and Jacques Doillon's La Vie de Famille which cast her as the teenage step-daughter of Sami Frey's character. This film was to set the theme and tone of the early career.

In 1985 Juliette Binoche secured the lead role in André Téchiné's Rendez-vous. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival that year, winning Best Director. In 1986 Binoche was nominated for her first César Award for Best Actress for the film. Binoche's next film was a role in Mon beau-frère a tué ma sœur by Jacques Rouffio. The film was a critical and commercial failure.

In 1986 Binoche starred opposite Michel Piccoli in Léos Carax's Mauvais Sang. The film was a critical and commercial success leading to Binoche's second César Award nomination.

In August 1986 she won the role of Tereza in Philip Kaufman's The Unbearable Lightness of Being based on the Milan Kundera novel. This was Binoche's first English-language role and was a worldwide success with critics and audiences alike.

After her international success Binoche decided to return to France rather than pursue an international career. In 1988 she filmed the lead in Pierre Pradinas's Un tour de manège (1989), a little-seen French film. Late in 1988 Binoche began work on Léos Carax's Les Amants du Pont-Neuf. The film was beset by problems and took three years to complete. When it was released in 1991 Les Amants du Pont-Neuf was a critical success. Binoche won a European Film Award for best actress as well as her third César Award nomination.

Juliette Binoche's early films saw her firmly established as a French star of some renown. The recurring themes of these films were of contemporary young women exploring their lives and their sexuality.

[edit] 1992 to 2000
Following the long shoot of Les Amants du Pont-Neuf Binoche relocated to London for production of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992) and Damage (1992) which considerably developed her international reputation. For Damage Binoche received her fourth César Award nomination.

In 1993 Binoche appeared in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Trois Couleurs Bleu to much critical acclaim. The film premiered at the 1993 Venice Film Festival. The film also landed Binoche a César Award for Best Actress as well as a Golden Globe nomination.

Following this success Binoche took a short sabbatical during which she became mother of a son, Raphael.

In 1995 Binoche appeared in a big-budget adaptation of Jean Giono's Le Hussard sur le Toit directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The film was a box-office success around the world and Binoche was again nominated for a César Award for Best Actress. This role as a romantic heroine was to color the direction of many of her roles in the late 1990s.

In 1996 Binoche appeared in A Couch in New York by Chantal Akerman. The film was a flop, but Binoche had another film that year to pin her hopes on. The English Patient, based on the acclaimed novel and directed by Anthony Minghella, was a worldwide hit, garnering nine Academy Awards including best supporting actress for Juliette Binoche.

After this international hit Binoche returned to France where she reteamed with André Téchiné for Alice et Martin (1998) followed in 1999 by Les Enfants du Siècle in which Binoche played the role of 19th-century French writer George Sand.

Late in 1999 Binoche gave birth to a second child, Hana.

2000 saw Binoche appear in four successful but different roles. Firstly was La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (2000) by Patrice Leconte which saw Binoche nominated for a César Award for best actress.

Next she appeared in Michael Haneke's Code Inconnu, (2000), a film which was made following Binoche's approach to the Austrian director.

2000 was finished with a double success in the US. Binoche made her Broadway debut in Harold Pinter's Betrayal for which she was nominated for a Tony Award.

Back on screen Binoche was the heroine of the Lasse Hallstrom film Chocolat (2000) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Bafta for Best Actress and won a European Film Award for Best Actress.

The 1990s saw Juliette Binoche rise to become a major European star around the world, specializing in intelligent and assured portrayals of women in love.

[edit] 2001 to 2006
Following the success of Chocolat, Juliette Binoche returned to France for an unlikely role. Décalage Horaire (2002) opposite Jean Reno saw Binoche play a ditzy beautician. The film was a box-office hit in France and saw Binoche once again nominated for a César Award for best actress.

Décalage Horaire was not to form the shape of Binoche's subsequent roles. Following instead from Code Inconnu, which tackled racism, Binoche went to South Africa to film John Boorman's In My Country (2004) opposite Samuel L. Jackson.

Next came a reteaming with Michael Haneke for Caché in (2005). The film was an immediate success, winning best director at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Binoche was nominated for a European Film Award for best actress for her role. Binoche's next film was Bee Season with Richard Gere.

Mary (2005) saw Binoche collaborate with Abel Ferrara for an investigation of modern faith and Mary Magdalene's position in the Catholic Church. The film was an immediate success, winning the Grand Prix at the 2005 Venice Film Festival.

2006 saw Binoche take part in the portmanteau work Paris, je t'aime appearing in a section directed by Nobuhiro Suwa. September 2006 saw Binoche at the Venice Film Festival to launch Quelques jours en septembre', by Santiago Amigorena. Later in the month she travelled to the Toronto Film Festival for the premiere of Breaking and Entering, her second film with Anthony Minghella in the director's chair.

The 2000s have seen Binoche consolidate her position as that of a major French and international star while she found time to appear in works by some of cinema's great mavericks. Rather than continuing to explore the themes of women in love in romantic epics, Binoche has instead focused on political and social issues in her films.

[edit] 2007 onwards
2007 will see Binoche appear in Ballon Rouge by the Chinese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Dan in Real Life with Steve Carrel, Paris by Cédric Klapisch. She is also due to film Désengagement by Amos Gitai, Souvenirs du Valois by Olivier Assayas and Rithy Panh's Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Won
1992 — European Film Award — Best Actress — Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
1993 — Berlin International Film Festival — Berlinale Camera
1993 — Venice Film Festival — Best Actress — Three Colors: Blue
1994 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Three Colors: Blue
1996 — National Board of Review — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient
1997 — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient
1997 — Berlin International Film Festival — Best Actress — The English Patient
1997 — British Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient
1997 — European Film Award — Best Actress — The English Patient

[edit] Nominations
1993 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Damage
1994 — Golden Globe Award — Best Actress — Three Colors: Blue
1996 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Le Hussard sur le toit — (The Horseman on the Roof)
1997 — Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient
1997 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Best Supporting Actress — The English Patient
2000 — Academy Award for Best Actress — Chocolat
2001 — British Academy Award — Best Actress — Chocolat
2001 — Cesar Award — Best Actress — Widow Of Saint-Pierre
2001 — Golden Globe Award — Best Actress — Chocolat
2001 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Best Actress — Chocolat
2001 — Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Cast — Chocolat

[edit] Filmography

Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno at Cannes, 2002 (photo by Rita Molnár)Liberty Belle (1983) directed by Pascal Kané
Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1983) directed by Jacques Fensten
Fort bloque (1983) directed by Pierrick Guinnard
Je Vous Salue, Marie (1985) directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Les Nanas (1984) directed by Annick Lanoe
La Vie de Famille (1985) directed by Jacques Doillon
Adieu blaireau (1985) directed by Bob Decout
Rendez-vous (1985) directed by André Téchiné
Le Meilleur de la vie (1985) directed by Renaud Victor
Mon beau-frère a tué ma sœur (1985) directed by Jacques Rouffio
Mauvais Sang (1986) directed by Léos Carax
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) directed by Philip Kaufman
Un tour de manège (1989) directed by Pierre Pradinas
Women & Men 2 (1991) segment directed by Mike Figgis
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (1991) directed by Léos Carax
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992) directed by Peter Kosminsky
Damage (Fatale) (1993) directed by Louis Malle
Trois Couleurs Bleu (1993) directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Le Hussard sur le Toit(1995) directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
A Couch in New York (1996) directed by Chantal Akerman
The English Patient (1996) directed by Anthony Minghella
Alice et Martin (1998) directed by André Téchiné
Les Enfants du Siècle (1999) directed by Diane Kurys
La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (2000) directed by Patrice Leconte
Code Inconnu (2000) directed by Michael Haneke
Chocolat (2000) directed by Lasse Hallstrom
Décalage Horaire (2002) directed by Danièle Thompson
In my Country (2004) directed by John Boorman
Caché (2005) directed by Michael Haneke
Bee Season (2005) directed by David Siegel and Scott McGehee
Mary (2005) directed by Abel Ferrara
Paris, je t'aime (2006) segment directed by Nobuhiro Suwa
Quelques jours en septembre (2006) directed by Santiago Amigorena
Breaking and Entering (2006) directed by Anthony Minghella
Ballon Rouge (2007) directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Dan in Real Life (2007) directed by Peter Hedges
Paris (2007) directed by Cedric Klapisch
Désengagement (2008) directed by Amos Gitai
Souvenirs du Valois (2007) directed by Olivier Assayas
Kiarostami (2008) directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Un Barrage Contre le Pacifique (2008) directed by Rithy Panh
Another World of Silence (2008) directed by Santiago Amigorena
Preceded by
Mira Sorvino
for Mighty Aphrodite Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1996
for The English Patient Succeeded by
Kim Basinger
for L.A. Confidential

[edit] Quotes
"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life...I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."
"When I returned to France after winning the Oscar, I was treated like royalty, or like a football hero!"
"Giving birth is like a vase of beautiful flowers. Only you're just the vase, and only for a very short moment. The flowers are beautiful, but they belong to themselves, not to the vase."
"I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women".
"I knew I had become a star when I shook hands with Simone Signoret at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. She died four months later".
"Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another."
"I want to make films that are political and social. Films with a message or an idea. Films that dare to ask."
"If a star is someone who gives light, then I can be a star. But if a star is someone who goes after money and magazine covers then it's sick and I don't want it!"
"French women bloom at 40! I can't wait!"
"My earliest memory is loneliness. That's a hard thing to live with"
I have been proposed to four times. Twice at the beginning of a relationship and twice at the end of a relationship. I've never said no. I just didn't give an answer!
"My real excitement comes when a movie transforms me. When you love the movie you've played in, you can make that bridge back to your own life."

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