Stéphane Rideau
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Stéphane Rideau is a French
actor born near Agen
. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a rugby
game and then auditioned for a role in the film Wild Reeds by André Téchiné
. He was, at the time, sixteen years old.
He would later on play the role of a gay
teenager in Come Undone
by director Sébastien Lifshitz
. Rideau has a long acting experience that includes the films Loin
, Le Ventre de Juliette, Le Clan, and Le Cadeau d'Élena. He currently lives with his girlfriend Celia and his daughter.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor born near Agen
Agen
Agen is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in Aquitaine in south-western France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux. It is the capital of the department.-Economy:The town has a higher level of unemployment than the national average...
. Although intending to pursue a career in sports, he was discovered in 1992 at a rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
game and then auditioned for a role in the film Wild Reeds by André Téchiné
André Téchiné
André Téchiné , is a French screenwriter and film director. He has had a long and distinguished career that places him among the best post-New Wave French film directors....
. He was, at the time, sixteen years old.
He would later on play the role of a gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
teenager in Come Undone
Presque rien
Presque rien is a 2000 French film directed by Sebastien Lifshitz, set in Brittany, depicting a stormy holiday romance between two 18-year-olds and what remains of that relationship eighteen months later.- Plot :Upper-middle class Mathieu , is spending his summer...
by director Sébastien Lifshitz
Sébastien Lifshitz
Sébastien Lifshitz is a French screenwriter and director. He teaches at La Fémis, a school that focuses on the subject of image and sound. He studied at the École du Louvre, and has a bachelor's degree from the University of Paris in history of art.Lifshitz's work involves gay themes...
. Rideau has a long acting experience that includes the films Loin
Loin (film)
Loin is a 2001 French-Spanish drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Stephane Rideau, Lubna Azabal and Mohamed Hamaidi. The film, set in Tangier in a three day period, tells the story of three young friends taking critical decisions about their uncertain future.-Plot:For the past few...
, Le Ventre de Juliette, Le Clan, and Le Cadeau d'Élena. He currently lives with his girlfriend Celia and his daughter.
Films & Television
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1993 | Le chêne et le roseau | ||
| 1993 | Les roseaux sauvages Les roseaux sauvages Wild Reeds is a 1994 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, about the sensitive passage in the adulthood and in awakening of sexuality by four youths at the end of the Algerian War.-Plot:... |
Serge | Winner of Best Foreign film 1995 National Society of Film Critics National Society of Film Critics The National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:... and New York Film Critics Circle |
| 1994 | Le Banquet | Short film | |
| 1995 | La vie à rebours | Short film | |
| 1995 | Never Twice | ||
| 1995 | Revivre | ||
| 1995 | Sixième classique | ||
| 1995 | Le mensonge | (in the TV series, Verdict) | |
| 1996 | La Passion du docteur Bergh | ||
| 1996 | Drôle de jeu | (in the TV series, Le juge est une femme | |
| 1996 | A toute vitesse | ||
| 1996 | Mauvais genre | ||
| 1996 | Ca ne se refuse pas | ||
| 1998 | Sitcom Sitcom (film) Sitcom is a 1998 French surrealistic satire film written and directed by François Ozon. The story documents the moral decline of a once esteemed suburban family, whose descent into degeneracy begins with the purchase of a small white rat.... |
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| 1998 | Beaucoup trop loin | Short film | |
| 1998 | Un silence coupable | in the TV series, Un homme en colère | |
| 1999 | Les passagers The Passengers (1999 film) The Passengers is a 1999 French drama film directed by Jean-Claude Guiguet. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Fabienne Babe - Anna* Philippe Garziano - Pierre* Bruno Putzulu - David... |
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| 1999 | Premières neiges | ||
| 2000 | Lokarri | ||
| 2000 | Presque Rien Presque rien Presque rien is a 2000 French film directed by Sebastien Lifshitz, set in Brittany, depicting a stormy holiday romance between two 18-year-olds and what remains of that relationship eighteen months later.- Plot :Upper-middle class Mathieu , is spending his summer... |
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| 2001 | Loin Loin (film) Loin is a 2001 French-Spanish drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Stephane Rideau, Lubna Azabal and Mohamed Hamaidi. The film, set in Tangier in a three day period, tells the story of three young friends taking critical decisions about their uncertain future.-Plot:For the past few... |
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| 2001 | Le ventre de Juliette | ||
| 2002 | Les pygmées de Carlo | ||
| 2002 | La merveilleuse odysée de l'idiot toboggan | ||
| 2003 | Le cadeau d'Elena | ||
| 2004 | Dernière cigarette | Short film | |
| 2004 | Le clan |