Emmanuelle Riva
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Emmanuelle Riva is a French
actress.
Riva started her acting career on the Paris
stage after having worked as a seamstress. Her best known role was as the (unnamed) female lead in Hiroshima mon amour
(1959).
She has also appeared in Adua e le compagne
, Léon Morin, prêtre, Thérèse Desqueyroux (for which she won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival
), Thomas l'imposteur
, The Eyes, the Mouth, Three Colours: Blue as the mother of Juliette Binoche
's character, and Venus Beauty Institute
. She has continued to act in films in the 21st century.
While filming Hiroshima mon amour, Riva photographed Hiroshima; a half-century later these photographs were exhibited at the Nikon Salon
and were issued in book form in France and Japan.
Riva is also a published poet.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
actress.
Riva started her acting career on the Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
stage after having worked as a seamstress. Her best known role was as the (unnamed) female lead in Hiroshima mon amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima mon amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras. It is the documentation of an intensely personal conversation between a French-Japanese couple about memory and forgetfulness...
(1959).
She has also appeared in Adua e le compagne
Adua e le compagne
Adua and Friends is a 1960 Italian film directed by Antonio Pietrangeli with a collaborative screenplay by the film's director together with Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola and Tullio Pinelli...
, Léon Morin, prêtre, Thérèse Desqueyroux (for which she won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
), Thomas l'imposteur
Thomas l'imposteur
Thomas the Impostor is a 1964 French film directed by Georges Franju and starring Emmanuelle Riva, Fabrice Rouleau, Sophie Dares, Jean Marais and Charles Aznavour. It is based on a novel of the same name by Jean Cocteau, which had first been published in French in 1923 and had been inspired by...
, The Eyes, the Mouth, Three Colours: Blue as the mother of Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche is a French actress, artist and dancer. She has appeared in more than 40 feature films, been recipient of numerous international accolades, is a published author and has appeared on stage across the world. Coming from an artistic background, she began taking acting lessons during...
's character, and Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute
Venus Beauty Institute is a 1999 French movie, telling the story of three employees of a beauty parlor in search of love and happiness.The film is directed by Tonie Marshall...
. She has continued to act in films in the 21st century.
While filming Hiroshima mon amour, Riva photographed Hiroshima; a half-century later these photographs were exhibited at the Nikon Salon
Nikon Salon
is the name given to exhibition spaces and activities run by Nikon in Japan.The Ginza Nikon Salon opened in January 1968 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Nippon Kōgaku . This was later augmented by the Shinjuku Nikon Salon and the Osaka Nikon Salon...
and were issued in book form in France and Japan.
Riva is also a published poet.
Filmography
- Hiroshima mon amourHiroshima Mon AmourHiroshima mon amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama film directed by French film director Alain Resnais, with a screenplay by Marguerite Duras. It is the documentation of an intensely personal conversation between a French-Japanese couple about memory and forgetfulness...
(1959) - KapòKapòKapò is an Italian film about the Holocaust directed by Gillo Pontecorvo in 1959. It was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Foreign Language Film. It was an Italian-French co-production filmed in Yugoslavia.-Plot:...
(1959) - MédéeMédée (2001 film)Médée is a 2001 French drama film directed by Don Kent and starring Isabelle Huppert.-Cast:* Isabelle Huppert - Médée* Pierre Barrat - Créon* Anne Benoît - La nourrice* Jean-Quentin Châtelain - Jason* Michel Peyrelon - Le pédagogue...
(2001) - A Man and His DogA Man and His DogA Man and His Dog is a 2009 French film directed by French director Francis Huster, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, based on the 1952 film Umberto D...
(2009) - AmourLove (2012 film)Love is an upcoming French-language film written and directed by Michael Haneke, starring Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva. The narrative will focus on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. One day Anne...
(2012)
Books
- Le Feu des miroirs. Paris: Éditions Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1975.
- Juste derrière le sifflet des trains. Paris: Éditions Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 1976. ISBN 2243003805.
- L'otage du désir. Paris: Nouvelles Éditions latines, 1982. ISBN 2723301842.
- Hiroshima 1958. Tokyo: Inscript, 2008. ISBN 9784900997226.
- Tu n'as rien vu à Hiroshima. Paris: Gallimard, 2009. ISBN 9782070122981.