Nadine Monfils (born 12 February 1953) is a

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writer and film director and producer. She was born in

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. She has contributed to the magazines ', ''

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'' and ''Focus''. Monfils published her first collection of stories ''Laura Colombe, Contes pour petites filles perverse'' in 1981. She has written a series of detective novels centred on the character Inspector Léon, a policeman who knits; Léon also appears in her 2004 film ''

Madame Édouard ''Madame Édouard'' is a French comedy crime film directed by Nadine Monfils. Plot In Brussels, one discovers the bodies of young women buried behind the tombs of famous painters ... In each of them, it lacks the right forearm. Yarn needles, Co ...

''. She has taught screenwriting at the Parallax school for comedians and the Université Européenne d’Ecriture in

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and also in a number of prisons in France. Monflils lives in

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Selected works

* ''Un Noël de chien'', short film (2000) * ''

'', film (2004) * ''La petite fêlée aux allumettes'', novel (2012) * ''Les vacances d’un serial killer'', novel (2012) * ''La Vieille qui voulait tuer le bon dieu'', novel (2013) * ''Mémé goes to Hollywood'', novel (2014)

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