Liliane de Kermadec (6 October 1928 – 13 February 2020) was a Polish-French

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and

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. She directed more than twenty films and documentaries between 1965 and 2016.

Career

Liliane de Kermadec began as a set photographer, working with Agnes Varda on ''

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'',

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on '' Muriel'', and

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on '' Berbert and the Train''. Liliane de Kermadec's first two feature films, ''

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'' (1972) and '' Aloïse'' (1975), were both screened at

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Filmography

* '' Le Murmure des ruines'' (2008) * '' La Très chère indépendance du Haut Karabagh'' (2005) * '' La Piste du télégraphe'' (1994) * '' Un moment d'inattention'' (1986) * '' Mersonne ne m'aime'' (1982) * '' Le Petit Pommier'' (1981) * '' Aloïse'' (1975) * ''

'' (1972) * '' Qui donc a rêvé?'' (1965) * '' Le Temps d'Emma'' (1964)

References

External links

* French film directors 1928 births 2020 deaths French women film directors French women screenwriters French screenwriters {{France-film-director-stub