Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his starring role in ''
The Dreamers'', directed by
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci (; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international ...
.
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"Louis Garrel – Better in Threes"
Premiere.com. 21 March 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2010. He has regularly appeared in films by French director
Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director.
Career
Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma''. He started writing soon aft ...
, including ''
Ma Mère
''Ma Mère'' ( en, My Mother, italic=yes) is a 2004 erotic drama film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, based on the posthumous 1966 novel of the same name by French author Georges Bataille. The film follows the incestuous relationship ...
'', ''
Dans Paris'', ''
Love Songs
A love song is a song about romantic love, falling in love, heartbreak after a breakup, and the feelings that these experiences bring. A comprehensive list of even the best known performers and composers of love songs would be a large order ...
'', ''
The Beautiful Person
''The Beautiful Person'' (french: link=no, La Belle Personne) is a 2008 French teen comedy-drama film directed by Christophe Honoré from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Taurand. It is a modernised adaptation of the 1678 French novel ''La P ...
'' and ''
Making Plans for Lena
''Making Plans for Lena'' (french: Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Christophe Honoré, who co-wrote the screenplay with Geneviève Brisac. It stars Chiara Mastroianni, Marina Foïs, Marie-Christine Bar ...
''. He has also been in films directed by his father,
Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.
...
, including ''
Regular Lovers
''Regular Lovers'' (french: Les Amants réguliers) is a 2005 French coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring Louis Garrel and Clotilde Hesme. Set in 1968, it tells the story of a young couple. The film had its w ...
'', ''
Frontier of the Dawn
''Frontier of the Dawn'' also ''Frontier of Dawn'' (french: La Frontière de l'aube) is a 2008 French drama film directed by Philippe Garrel. It stars Louis Garrel, Laura Smet, and Clémentine Poidatz. It tells the story of a photographer who is ...
'', ''
A Burning Hot Summer'', and ''
Jealousy
Jealousy generally refers to the thoughts or feelings of insecurity, fear, and concern over a relative lack of possessions or safety.
Jealousy can consist of one or more emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness or disgust. ...
''.
Garrel has also performed in two feature films that were written and directed by him: ''
Les Deux Amis'', starring
Golshifteh Farahani
Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''Abo ...
and
Vincent Macaigne
Vincent Macaigne (born 19 October 1978) is a French actor, theatre director and film director. He is also a screenwriter and playwright.
Life and career
Macaigne was raised in Paris, the son of a French businessman and an Iranian-born painter. H ...
; and ''
A Faithful Man
''A Faithful Man'' (french: L'Homme fidèle) is a 2018 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Louis Garrel, from a screenplay by Garrel and Jean-Claude Carrière. It stars Laetitia Casta, Lily-Rose Depp, Joseph Engel and Garrel.
The fi ...
'', starring
and
Lily-Rose Depp
Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 27 May 1999) is a French-American actress and model. Depp began her acting career with a small role in ''Tusk'' (2014), and went on to star in the period drama '' The Dancer'' (2016), in which she played Isadora Dunc ...
.
He usually plays similar characters such as men in the middle of love triangles or important historical figures such as
Jacques de Bascher in ''
Saint Laurent'',
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...
in ''
Le Redoutable
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name ''Redoutable'' ("Redoubtable"):
Ships named ''Redoutable''
* , 74-gun ship of the line. She took part in the landing in Mahon under Admiral la Galissonière. She was destroyed in Lagos in 175 ...
'', and
Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus ( , also , ; 9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French artillery officer of Jewish ancestry whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most polarizing political dramas in modern French history. ...
in ''
An Officer and a Spy
''An Officer and a Spy'' is a 2013 historical fiction thriller by the English writer and journalist Robert Harris. It tells the true story of the French officer Georges Picquart from 1896 to 1906, as he struggles to expose the truth about the ...
''. His performances have received many nominations at the
César Awards
The César Award is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the ' ceremony and was first awarded in 1976. The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Min ...
.
He is also known for working with different female directors such as
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, ''A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
...
,
Brigitte Sy
Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, '' Les Mains libres'', was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.
Life and career
She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther ...
,
Maïwenn
Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker.
Early life
Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. S ...
, and
Nicole Garcia.
Early life
Garrel was born in Paris, France, the son of director
Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.
...
and actress
Brigitte Sy
Brigitte Sy (born 26 January 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. Her directorial film debut, '' Les Mains libres'', was released in 2010 to critical acclaim in France.
Life and career
She is the mother of the actors Louis Garrel and Esther ...
, and the brother of actress
Esther Garrel
Esther Garrel (born 18 February 1991) is a French actress. She is most known for her roles in ''17 Girls'' (2011), ''Jealousy'' (2013), '' Call Me by Your Name'' (2017), and '' Thirst Street'' (2017).
Early life
Garrel was born in Paris, the dau ...
. His grandfather,
Maurice Garrel
Maurice Garrel (24 February 1923 – 4 June 2011) was a French film actor.
Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for ''La ...
, and his godfather,
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM (; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor, known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with ''The 400 Blows'' (1959). He also worked several times with Jean-Luc ...
, are also notable French actors.
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Sephardic Jewish
Sephardic (or Sephardi) Jews (, ; lad, Djudíos Sefardíes), also ''Sepharadim'' , Modern Hebrew: ''Sfaradim'', Tiberian: Səp̄āraddîm, also , ''Ye'hude Sepharad'', lit. "The Jews of Spain", es, Judíos sefardíes (or ), pt, Judeus sefar ...
descent.
He is a graduate of the
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
.
Career
Garrel was six when he first appeared onscreen in the film ''
Les Baisers de secours''.
Twelve years later, he appeared in ''
Ceci est mon corps''.
In 2002, Garrel gained international recognition playing
Eva Green
Eva Gaëlle Green (, ; born ) is a French actress and model. The daughter of actress Marlène Jobert, she began her career in theatre before making her film debut in Bernardo Bertolucci's '' The Dreamers'' (2003). She achieved international reco ...
's twin brother in ''
The Dreamers''.
Director
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci (; 16 March 1941 – 26 November 2018) was an Italian film director and screenwriter with a career that spanned 50 years. Considered one of the greatest directors in Italian cinema, Bertolucci's work achieved international ...
found him on the first session of casting in Paris. Garrel has starred in various French films, including ''
Les Amants réguliers
''Regular Lovers'' (french: Les Amants réguliers) is a 2005 French coming-of-age romantic drama film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring Louis Garrel and Clotilde Hesme. Set in 1968, it tells the story of a young couple. The film had its wo ...
'' (2005), directed by his father Philippe Garrel. He was awarded the
César Award for Most Promising Actor
The César Award for Most Promising Actor (french: César du meilleur espoir masculin) is one of the César Awards, presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to recognize the outstanding breakthrough performance of a y ...
for his work in the film.
Garrel has collaborated five times with filmmaker
Christophe Honoré
Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film and theatre director.
Career
Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma''. He started writing soon aft ...
in the feature films ''
Ma Mère
''Ma Mère'' ( en, My Mother, italic=yes) is a 2004 erotic drama film written and directed by Christophe Honoré, based on the posthumous 1966 novel of the same name by French author Georges Bataille. The film follows the incestuous relationship ...
'' (2004), an adaptation of the eponymous novel by
Georges Bataille
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, ...
; ''
Dans Paris'' (2006); ''
Love Songs
A love song is a song about romantic love, falling in love, heartbreak after a breakup, and the feelings that these experiences bring. A comprehensive list of even the best known performers and composers of love songs would be a large order ...
'' (2007); ''
The Beautiful Person
''The Beautiful Person'' (french: link=no, La Belle Personne) is a 2008 French teen comedy-drama film directed by Christophe Honoré from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gilles Taurand. It is a modernised adaptation of the 1678 French novel ''La P ...
'' (2008); ''
Making Plans for Lena
''Making Plans for Lena'' (french: Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Christophe Honoré, who co-wrote the screenplay with Geneviève Brisac. It stars Chiara Mastroianni, Marina Foïs, Marie-Christine Bar ...
'' (2009); and ''
Two Friends'' (2015). He also appeared in
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, ''A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
...
's ''
Actrices
''Actrices'' (''Actresses'') is a French comedy-drama film directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, released in 2007. The film was presented in the official selection at the 60th Cannes Film Festival and won a ''Prix Spécial du Jury'' in the Un Certa ...
'' (2007), Rachid Hami's ''Choisir d'aimer'' (2008) and Philipe Garrel's ''
Frontier of the Dawn
''Frontier of the Dawn'' also ''Frontier of Dawn'' (french: La Frontière de l'aube) is a 2008 French drama film directed by Philippe Garrel. It stars Louis Garrel, Laura Smet, and Clémentine Poidatz. It tells the story of a photographer who is ...
'' (2008).
In 2008, he launched into directing with his short film ''Mes copains''. Two years later, he directed the short film ''Petit Tailleur''.
He appeared in ''
Heartbeats'', by director
Xavier Dolan
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, released in 2010. In 2011, Garrel directed the short film ''La Règle de trois'', with
Vincent Macaigne
Vincent Macaigne (born 19 October 1978) is a French actor, theatre director and film director. He is also a screenwriter and playwright.
Life and career
Macaigne was raised in Paris, the son of a French businessman and an Iranian-born painter. H ...
and
Golshifteh Farahani
Rahavard Farahani ( fa, رهاورد فراهانی; born 10 July 1983), known professionally as Golshifteh Farahani (), is an Iranian-French actress. She is known for her performances in ''M for Mother'' (2006), '' Body of Lies'' (2008), ''Abo ...
, which he presented at the
Locarno Festival
The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...
.
In 2014, he played
Jacques de Bascher, the lover of
Karl Lagerfeld
Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer.
He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 ...
and
Yves Saint Laurent in
Bertrand Bonello
Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extre ...
's film ''
Saint Laurent''.
His directional debut film ''
Two Friends'', starring Golshifteh Farahani,
Vincent Macaigne
Vincent Macaigne (born 19 October 1978) is a French actor, theatre director and film director. He is also a screenwriter and playwright.
Life and career
Macaigne was raised in Paris, the son of a French businessman and an Iranian-born painter. H ...
and himself, was released in 2015.
In 2019, Garrel starred in ''
An Officer and a Spy
''An Officer and a Spy'' is a 2013 historical fiction thriller by the English writer and journalist Robert Harris. It tells the true story of the French officer Georges Picquart from 1896 to 1906, as he struggles to expose the truth about the ...
'' directed by
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...
, which revolved around the
Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus affair (french: affaire Dreyfus, ) was a political scandal that divided the French Third Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "L'Affaire", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francop ...
. The film had its world premiere at the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
in August 2019, and was released in November 2019. The same year, he starred in ''
Little Women
''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888).
Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...
'', based upon
novel of the same name.
Garrel will star in ''
Rifkin's Festival
''Rifkin's Festival'' is a 2020 comedy film, written and directed by Woody Allen. An American-Spanish-Italian co-production, it stars Wallace Shawn, Elena Anaya, Louis Garrel, Gina Gershon, Sergi López (actor), Sergi López, and Christoph Waltz ...
'' directed by
Woody Allen
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, ''
DNA'' directed by
Maïwenn
Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker.
Early life
Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. S ...
, and ''
The Story of My Wife
''The Story of My Wife: The Reminiscences of Captain Storr '' is a Hungarian novel by Milán Füst. First published in Hungary in 1946, it was eventually translated into English by Ivan Sanders in 1988.
The book is written as if it is a memoir a ...
'' opposite
Léa Seydoux
Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (; born 1 July 1985) is a French actor. Known for her roles in both French cinema and in Hollywood she's received various accolades including the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard in 2009 as well ...
, directed by
Ildikó Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi (; born 15 November 1955) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Her 2017 film '' On Body and Soul'' won the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for a Foreign Language Acad ...
.
Personal life
Aside from his native French, Garrel speaks English and Italian.
Garrel was in a relationship with
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, ''A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
...
from 2007 to 2012. She is the elder sister of
. In 2009, Bruni Tedeschi and Garrel adopted a baby from Senegal, whom they named Céline.
In June 2017, Garrel married model and actress
and became stepfather to her three children. The couple have been together since 2015. On March 17, 2021, Casta gave birth to her fourth child, the couple's first child, a son named Azel.
In 2009 and 2010, Garrel signed two petitions in support of film director
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two ...
, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his
1977 charge for drugging and raping a then 13-year-old girl.
Filmography
As actor
As filmmaker
Other awards
*2009:
Prix Patrick Dewaere
References
External links
Official website*
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1983 births
Living people
Male actors from Paris
French cinematographers
French film directors
French male child actors
French male film actors
French male screenwriters
French male stage actors
French male television actors
20th-century French male actors
21st-century French male actors
French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Most Promising Actor César Award winners
French Jews
Jewish French male actors
French Sephardi Jews