Coline Serreau

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Coline Serreau (born 29 October 1947) is a French actress, film director and writer.[1]

Early life and education

She was born in Paris,[2] the daughter of theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and actress Geneviève Serreau. In Paris, Serreau studied literature, music and theatre[2] and is a trained organist and trapeze artist.[2]

Her stage work began at the Comédie Française and she has written many plays.[2] Her film debut in 1977 was Pourquoi pas!, a love triangle story which was a success around Europe.[2]

Her 1985 comedy Trois hommes et un couffin (remade in the US as Three Men and a Baby was the most commercially successful film of the 1980s in French.[2]

Career

In 1970, she made her debut as an actress at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier.Template:Fact

Serreau wrote her first screenplay in 1973.Template:Fact

Her first film, the documentary film Mais qu'est-ce qu'elles veulent? (1978), literally: But What Is It That They Want?, was a compilation of interviews with women from various backgrounds. The frankness of the statements shocked parts of the public.

Her biggest commercial success was the comedy film Three Men and a Cradle (Trois hommes et un couffin; 1985),[1] for which she received three César Awards in 1986. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[3]

In 1986, her first drama for the stage Lapin Lapin (Rabbit Rabbit), directed by Benno Besson, had its world premiere. She collaborated with Besson for several years and he also staged Le théâtre de verdure (1987) and Quisaitout et Grobêta (1993).

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Couleur locale Co-writer and co-director with Samuel Tasinaje
2014 Tout est permis Writer, Director
2010 Solutions locales pour un désordre global Writer, Director [4]
2005 Saint-Jacques… La Mecque Writer, Director
2003 18 ans après Writer, Director [5][6]
2001 Chaos Writer, Director [7][8][9]
1996 La Belle Verte Writer, Director [10][11]
1992 La Crise Writer, Director [12][13]
1989 Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed

(Romuald et Juliette)

Writer, Director [1][14][15][16]
1985 Three Men and a Cradle

(Trois hommes et un couffin)

Writer, Director [1][17][18][19][20]
1982 Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux Writer, Director
1979 Grand-mère de l'Islam
1978 Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? Writer, Director
1977 Why Not!

(Pourquoi pas)

Writer, Director [21][22]
1974 On s'est trompé d'histoire d'amour Screenplay and role of Anne

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Notes
2002 Norwegian International

Film Festival

Audience Award Chaos Template:Won
Norwegian Film Critics Award Template:Won
2002 César Awards, France Best Film (Meilleur film) Chaos Template:Nom [23]
Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario original ou adaptation) Template:Nom [23]
2010 São Paulo International

Film Festival

Audience Award Solutions locales pour un désordre global Template:Won
1993 César Awards, France Best Film (Meilleur film) La crise Template:Nom [23]
Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario original ou adaptation) Template:Won [23]
1991 BAFTA Awards Best Film Not in the English Language Romuald et Juliette Template:Nom [24]
1986 César Awards, France Best Film (Meilleur film) 3 hommes et un couffin Template:Won [25][23]
Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation (Meilleur scénario original ou adaptation) Template:Won [23]
Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur) Template:Nom [23]
1986 Academy Awards (Oscar) Academy Award for Best International Feature Film 3 hommes et un couffin [26]
1985 National Academy

of Cinema, France

Academy Award 3 hommes et un couffin Template:Won
1982 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux! Template:Nom
1978 Chicago International

Film Festival

Gold Hugo (Best Feature) Pourquoi pas! Template:Nom

See also

References

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Further reading

  • Colville, G. (1993). "On Coline Serreau's Mais qu'est ce qu'elles veulent? and the Problematics of Feminist Documentary". French Cinema. Nottingham French Studies. Vol. 32. No.1. pp. 84–89.

External links

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