Christine Pascal (29 November 1953 – 30 August 1996) was a French actress, writer, and director known for '' Le Petit Prince a dit'', 1992.

Biography

Born in

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

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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 ''Black Thursday (film), Les Guichets du Louvre'' was entered into the 24t ...

's ''

Les Guichets du Louvre ''Black Thursday'' () is a French film from 1974 directed by Michel Mitrani. Based on a semi-autobiographical 1960 novel by Roger Bousinnot, the film portrays the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup in 1942, when French police arrested over 13,000 Jewish inhabita ...

'' (1974), and began an association with

Bertrand Tavernier Bertrand Tavernier (; 25 April 1941 – 25 March 2021) was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. Life and career Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, ...

with her next film, '' L'Horloger de Saint-Paul'' (1974). Other films with Tavernier include '' Que la fête commence'' (1975), for which she received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actress; '' The Judge and the Assassin'' (1976); '' Des enfants gatés'' (1977), which she co-scripted; and '' Round Midnight''. Other film appearances include ''

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'' (1974), '' La Meilleure façon de marcher'' (1976), '' The Maids of Wilko'' (1979), '' Entre Nous'' (1983), and '' Le Grand Chemin'' (1987). She made her directorial debut with '' Félicité'', and also directed '' La Garce'', ''

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'', '' Le Petit prince a dit'' (which won the

Louis Delluc Prize The Louis Delluc Prize ( ) 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, consisting of a group ...

) 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

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* 1953 births 1996 deaths Actresses from Lyon 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 {{France-film-actor-1950s-stub