Sabine Azéma
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Sabine Azéma is a French actress. Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts
, and began her film career in 1975. Azéma appeared in A Sunday in the Country
(1984), for which she won a César Award for Best Actress
, and numerous films of Alain Resnais
, including Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), L'Amour à mort
(1984), Mélo
(which won her a second César Award for Best Actress), Smoking/No Smoking
(1993), On connaît la chanson
(1997), Pas sur la bouche (2003), and Cœurs (2006). She has been nominated a further five times.
CNSAD
The Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique is France's national drama academy in Paris...
, and began her film career in 1975. Azéma appeared in A Sunday in the Country
A Sunday in the Country
A Sunday in the Country is a 1984 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier.-Cast:* Louis Ducreux - Monsieur Ladmiral* Michel Aumont - Gonzague* Sabine Azéma - Irène* Geneviève Mnich - Marie-Thérèse* Monique Chaumette - Mercédès...
(1984), for which she won a César Award for Best Actress
César Award for Best Actress
List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
, and numerous films of Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
, including Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), L'Amour à mort
L'amour à mort
L'amour à mort is a 1984 film directed by Alain Resnais.The film was shot in Uzès, Gard, in the south of France.-Cast:* Sabine Azéma - Elisabeth Sutter* Fanny Ardant - Judith Martignac* Pierre Arditi - Simon Roche...
(1984), Mélo
Mélo
Mélo is a 1929 play by Henri Bernstein.It was first filmed in 1932 by Paul Czinner.The better-known 1986 French film based on the play was directed by Alain Resnais, and starred Fanny Ardant, André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi...
(which won her a second César Award for Best Actress), Smoking/No Smoking
Smoking/No Smoking
Smoking/No Smoking is a 1993 French movie. It was directed by Alain Resnais and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, from the play Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn...
(1993), On connaît la chanson
On connaît la chanson
On connaît la chanson is a 1997 French film. It was directed by Alain Resnais, and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. Jaoui and Bacri also starred in the film with Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, André Dussollier and Pierre Arditi.- Plot :Odile , a business executive, is married to weak,...
(1997), Pas sur la bouche (2003), and Cœurs (2006). She has been nominated a further five times.
Selected filmography
- Life Is a Bed of RosesLife Is a Bed of RosesLife Is a Bed of Roses is a 1983 French film directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Jean Gruault. The English-language distribution title of the film is Life Is a Bed of Roses, though it has also been known as Forbek's Castle and Life Is a Fairy Tale...
(1983) - A Sunday in the CountryA Sunday in the CountryA Sunday in the Country is a 1984 French film directed by Bertrand Tavernier.-Cast:* Louis Ducreux - Monsieur Ladmiral* Michel Aumont - Gonzague* Sabine Azéma - Irène* Geneviève Mnich - Marie-Thérèse* Monique Chaumette - Mercédès...
(1984) - L'Amour à mortL'amour à mortL'amour à mort is a 1984 film directed by Alain Resnais.The film was shot in Uzès, Gard, in the south of France.-Cast:* Sabine Azéma - Elisabeth Sutter* Fanny Ardant - Judith Martignac* Pierre Arditi - Simon Roche...
(1984) - MéloMéloMélo is a 1929 play by Henri Bernstein.It was first filmed in 1932 by Paul Czinner.The better-known 1986 French film based on the play was directed by Alain Resnais, and starred Fanny Ardant, André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma and Pierre Arditi...
(1986) - La puritaine (1986)
- Life and Nothing ButLife and Nothing But-Synopsis:Set in October 1920, it tells the story of Major Dellaplane, a man whose job is to find the identities of unknown dead soldiers after World War I. Dellaplane forms a relationship with a woman who is looking for her missing husband, but a dilemma begins when he learns that her husband may...
(1989) - Smoking/No SmokingSmoking/No SmokingSmoking/No Smoking is a 1993 French movie. It was directed by Alain Resnais and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri, from the play Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn...
(1993) - Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
- Happiness Is in the FieldHappiness is in the fieldHappiness Is in the Field is a French comedy directed by Étienne Chatiliez in 1995.- Plot :Francis Bergeade, owner of a toilet seats and brushes' factory in Dole, just turned 65 and his life is a misery. Tax services are harassing him, his snobby wife Nicole despises him and his daughter whimsily...
(1995) - Mon Homme (1996)
- On connaît la chansonOn connaît la chansonOn connaît la chanson is a 1997 French film. It was directed by Alain Resnais, and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. Jaoui and Bacri also starred in the film with Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, André Dussollier and Pierre Arditi.- Plot :Odile , a business executive, is married to weak,...
(1997) - Histoire(s) du cinémaHistoire(s) du cinémaHistoire du cinéma is a video project begun by Jean-Luc Godard in the late 1980s and completed in 1998. The densest and undoubtedly one of the greatest of Godard's films, Histoire du cinéma is an examination of the history of the concept of cinema and how it relates to the 20th century; in this...
: Fatale beauté (1997) video - La Bûche (1999)
- Pas sur la bouche (2003)
- Let's DanceLet's Dance (2007 film)Faut que ça danse! is a 2007 French-Swiss film directed by Noémie Lvovsky and written by Lvovsky and Florence Seyvos. The film received 3 César Award nominations.-Cast:*Jean-Pierre Marielle as Salomon Bellinsky...
(2007) - Les Herbes folles (2009)
- Happy End (2009)
- Donnant Donnant (2010)