Brigitte Roüan (born 28 September 1946) is a French director, screenwriter and actress. Rouan was born into a French naval family in Toulon in 1946. She was orphaned at age six and spent her childhood in Algeria and Senegal. At age 12, she left for convent school in Paris. Her acting career began at age 21, on the stage. Her performance lead the way to small film roles for directors including Alain Resnais, Jacques Rivette, and Bertrand Tavernier. Rouan became a director in her own right when she helmed a short film titled Grosse. It won a César Award in 1986. She would become a feature film director with Overseas (1990), which won the Critics' Week award at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. She co-starred in the film with Marianne Basler and Nicole Garcia to portray sisters in colonial North Africa during the 1950s. The now actor-director would continue in roles, including one in Olivier, Olivier (1991) for Polish director Agnieszka Holland. Rouan's 1997 film Post Coitum, Animal Triste garnered attention for its depiction of an affair between a middle-aged woman (played by Rouan herself) and a younger man. The film was a success in its native country and received strong notices in America, where it screened at the New York Film Festival before playing to arthouse crowds. It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. In 1998, she was a member of the jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. Source: Article "Brigitte Roüan" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

• 2024Meet the Barbarians — Jacqueline Moulin
• 2022Forever Young — Philippine
• 2022Intérieur Jour — Liv
• 2020Into the World — Francesca
• 2020The Man in the Hat — Hotel Manager
• 2019Andy — Claire
• 2019My Polish Honeymoon — Irène Breiman
• 2018Guy — Gauthier's Mother
• 2018The Troubleshooter — Antoinette Dagostino
• 2018Train de vies — Isa Lemoine
• 2018We Need Your Vote — Jacqueline Prenois
• 2018When Margaux Meets Margaux — Margaux's mother
• 2017Based on a True Story — The Documentalist
• 2017Going to Brazil — Madame la consule
• 2017Just to Be Sure — La détective
• 2016From the Land of the Moon — Adéle
• 2016Love Is Dead — Eliane
• 2016Two Birds, One Stone — Amel Brehli
• 2014Love at First Fight — Hélène Labrède
• 2013A Greek Type of Problem — Director, Screenplay
• 2013Half-Sister — Veronique
• 2013The Ultimate Accessory — Martine
• 2011Second Chance — Lydie, la mère de Joanna
• Clem — Evelyne Carbonnier
• 2008Made in Italy — Marie Elizabeth
• 2007Love Songs — Julie's Mother
• 2006Juana Had Hair of Gold — Hotel owner
• 2005Housewarming — Director, Writer
• Venus & Apollo — Ingrid
• 2004The Pleasure Is All Mine — Nicole
• 2004Totally Nuts — Receptionniste
• 2003Time of the Wolf — Béa
• 2001All About Love — Social worker
• 2001Her Mother, the Whore — Catherine, Director, Writer
• L'Aîné des Ferchaux — Mireille Bosson
• 1999Baby Blues — Véronique Troney
• 1999Inséparables — Martine
• 1999Venus Beauty Institute — Madame Marianne
• 1999À mort la mort ! — Josiane
• 1998Why Not Me? — Josepha Degère
• 1997After Sex — Diane Clovier, Director, Writer
• 1997Marie from the Bay of Angels — Paule
• 1997The Silence of Rak — Woman at cafe
• 1996Je m'appelle Régine — Madame Klein
• 1996L'éducatrice — Marcelle
• 1996The Lambs — Mother
• 1995Corps inflammables — Juliette's mother
• 1995The Little Boy — Christina
• 1994Jeanne — Victoire
• 1993The Honour of the Tribe — Suzanne, la folle
• 1992Olivier, Olivier — Elisabeth Duval
• 1992Railway Bar — Jeanne
• 1990Out 1 — Miss Blandish
• 1990Overseas — Malène, Director, Story, Screenplay
• 1989Guys in the Cafe — Christiane
• 1988Quand je serai jeune — Brigitte
• 1987Charlie Dingo — Marie-Mécanique
• 1987The Little Coquette — Marie-Thérèse 'Biche'
• 1987The Murderous Months of April — Clara Haiek
• 1986Double Gentlemen — Francis' wife
• 1986Follow My Gaze — La sourde muette
• 1985Grosse — Constance, Director
• Jeu, set et match — Claire
• 1984Les Capricieux
• 1983Grain of Sand — Catherine
• 1982Ladies' Choice — Marjolaine
• 1980My American Uncle — Janine's Friend
• 1979Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses — Françoise, Maurice's wife
• 1979The Bit Between the Teeth — La photographe
• 1977Paradiso
• Henry James Stories — Amy
• Police Commissioner Moulin — Joëlle Lévêque
• 1976Tomorrow's Children — Suzanne
• 1975Let Joy Reign Supreme — The prostitute
• 1975The Golden Mass — Rose
• 1974Ce que savait Morgan — Amy
• Le 16 à Kerbriant — Françoise Martoret, la fille du maire
• Out 1 — Miss Blandish
• Ma chair et mon sang

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2023Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste — Self
• 2013Cinéast(e)s — Self