Guy Casaril (1933-1996) was a French film director, screenwriter and non-fiction writer.
His first film, ''L'Astragale'', was a cinematic adaptation of an eponymous novel by
Albertine Sarrazin Albertine Sarrazin (17 September 1937 – 10 July 1967) was a French author. She was best known for her semi-autobiographical novel ''L'Astragale''.
Life and career
Albertine was born on 17 September 1937 in Algiers, French North Africa. Her te ...
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His biopic about
Edith Piaf
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and vari ...
was lauded by ''The Catholic Advance'' out of
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had ...
for "evoking the mood's period and background".
Filmography
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1933 births
1996 deaths
People from Lot-et-Garonne
French film directors
20th-century French screenwriters
French non-fiction writers
20th-century non-fiction writers
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