Christine Pascal (29 November 1953 – 30 August 1996) was a French actress, writer and director.
Biography
Born in
Lyon
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,
Rhône
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, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in
Michel Mitrani Michel Mitrani (1930 - 1996) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was the founder of the Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels in 1987. His 1974 film '' Les Guichets du Louvre'' was entered into the 24th Berlin International F ...
's ''
Les Guichets du Louvre'' (1974), and began an association with
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand Tavernier (25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French director, screenwriter, actor and producer.
Life and career
Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, s ...
with her next film, ''
L'Horloger de Saint-Paul'' (1974). Other films with Tavernier include ''
Que la fête commence
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'' (1975), for which she received a
César nomination for
Best Supporting Actress; ''
The Judge and the Assassin
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'' (1976); ''
Des enfants gatés'' (1977), which she co-scripted; and ''
Round Midnight''. Other film appearances include ''
Black Thursday
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*6 February 1851, bushfires in Victoria, Australia.
*18 September 1873, during the Panic of ...
'' (1974), ''
La Meilleure façon de marcher
''The Best Way to Walk'' (French: ''La meilleure façon de marcher'') is a 1976 French film directed by Claude Miller, his directorial debut. It stars Patrick Dewaere, Patrick Bouchitey, Christine Pascal, Claude Piéplu and Michel Blanc.
Plot
...
'' (1976), ''
The Maids of Wilko
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'' (1979), ''
Entre Nous'' (1983), and ''
Le Grand Chemin'' (1987). She made her directorial debut with ''
Félicité'', and also directed ''
La Garce'', ''
Zanzibar
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'', ''
Le Petit prince a dit
''Le Petit Prince a Dit'' is 1992 French-Swiss drama film written and directed by Christine Pascal. The film follows an estranged Swiss couple who re-evaluate their relationship with the discovery of their daughter's terminal illness. It premiered ...
'' (which won the
Louis Delluc Prize The Louis Delluc Prize (french: Prix Louis-Delluc ) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, ...
) and ''
Adultère, mode d'emploi''.
Pascal had contemplated suicide at various times in her life, and ''Félicité'', the first film she directed, opens with a suicide scene. In 1984, when asked how she would like to die, she reputedly said, "''En me suicidant, le moment venu''." ("''By killing myself, when the time comes''.")
In 1996, while staying in a psychiatric hospital in the Paris suburb of Garches, Pascal committed suicide by jumping out of a window. She is buried in
Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. In 2003, the psychiatrist who was caring for Pascal was sentenced to one year in prison for failing to take appropriate action to prevent her suicide.
Filmography
As actress
As director
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1953 births
1996 deaths
Actresses from Lyon
Female suicides
French film actresses
French film directors
French women screenwriters
20th-century French screenwriters
Suicides by jumping in France
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
French women film directors
20th-century French actresses
20th-century French women writers
20th-century French non-fiction writers
1996 suicides
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