| René-Louis
Lafforgue
1928
- 1967 |
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The actress Bernadette Lafont attended a dancing education and got
her first engagements in operettas before she entered a second career as
a model in the 50's.
At the same time she also appeared in her first movies, among them "Les
mistons" (58) directed by François Truffaut, "Le beau Serge" (58)
and "Bal de nuit" (59).
In the 60's and 70's she became a French cinema star and took part
in countlessmovies.To her well-known productions of those years belong
"Les mordus" (60), "Un clair de lune à Maubeuge" (62), "Et satan
conduit le bal" (62), "La chasse à l'homme" (64), "Le voleur" (67),
"Un idiot à Paris" (67), "Je.Tu.Elles" (69), "Renaissance" (70),
"Out 1" (71), "To Catch a Spy" (71), "L'oeuf" (72), "Une belle fille comme
moi - Ein schönes Mädchen wie ich" (72) - again directed by François
Truffaut, "La maman et la putain - Die Mama und die Hure" (73), "Zig zig"
(74), "Le trouble-fesses" (76), "Violette Nozière" (77), "La tortue
sur le dos" (78) and "Il ladrone" (79).
Her most successful time was in the 80's where she impersonated many
character roles. She convinced in movies like "Certaines nouvelles" (80),
"Canicule" (84), "Le pactole" (85) with her daughter Pauline Lafont, "Inspecteur
Lavardin" (86), "Masques" (87) and "Prisonnières" (88).
Her outstanding performance was awarded with the César in 1986,
two years later followed a nomination for the César.
But Bernadette Lafont would have preferred to cut out these awards
if she wouldn't had to go through the tragic blow of her daughter. She
was killed in a bath accident in Cervennes.
Bernadette Lafont couldn't really get over this blow still she continued
her film career in the 90's.
To her latest movies belong "Cherokee" (91), "Dingo" (91), "Monsieur
Ripois" (93), "Maigret se trompe" (94), "La ferme du crocodile" (96), "Opération
Bugs Bunny" (97), "Pepe Carvalho - Padre-patron" (99), "Les amants du Nil"
(02) and "Ripoux 3" (03).
Bernadette Lafont was awared with the Honorary Award in 2003 for her
lifework.
Other movies with René-Louis Lafforgue:
Madame et son auto (58) L'homme à l'oreille cassée
(60) Passe-temps (62) Les amants de Teruel (62) Mon royaume pour un lapin
(65) Serie "L'éventail de Séville" (68)
Filmcomposer:
Julie la rousse (59) La pendule à Salomon (60)
La vérité (60) Les amants de Terue." (62) La grande frousse
(64)
Writer:
Les amants de Teruel (62) |
