Sotha (born 1944) is a French actress, playwright, screenwriter, film & stage director, and composer. Her real name is Catherine Sigaux. She was one of the founders of the

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, and then for 11 years to

Patrick Dewaere Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. Actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years, until his suicide in P ...

. She is the daughter of novelist and journalist Gilbert Sigaux.''Francophone women film directors: a guide'' By Janis L. Pallister, Ruth A. Hottell
p. 192 In 1981 Sotha published a novel in comic book format whose title roughly translates as "Look to the sky, it's going to rain." In 2002, she wrote a play, ''Le Brave Soldat Chvéïk s'en va au Ciel'' (The Good Soldier Schweik goes to Heaven), based on the famous satirical novel ''

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'' by the Czech writer

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'', August 15, 2002

Filmography

Actress

* '' Themroc'' (directed by

Claude Faraldo Claude Faraldo (March 23, 1936 – January 30, 2008) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born to Italian immigrants. He directed the French cult film classic ''Themroc ''Themroc'' is a 1973 French satirical film by directo ...

, 1973) * '' Le Graphique de Boscop'' (directed by Georges Dumoulin and Sotha, 1976) * ''

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'' (directed by

Coluche Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment c ...

and Marc Monnet, 1977) * '' Si vous n'aimez pas ça, n'en dégoûtez pas les autres'' (directed by

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, 1978) * '' Les Diplômés du dernier rang'' (directed by Christian Gion, 1982) * ''

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'' (directed by

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, 1987) * ''

'' (as herself in a documentary directed by

Marc Esposito Marc Esposito (born 16 July 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter. Esposito was first a journalist, critic and press manager. He created two movie magazines: "Premiere" with Jean-Pierre Frimbois in 1976, and "Studio Magazine" in 1987. ...

, 1992)

Director

* ''

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'' (1974) * '' Les matous sont romantiques'' (1974) * ''Le graphique de boscop'' (co-directed with Georges Dumoulin, 1976) * ''Pas besoin de valises'' (short film, 1983) * ''Les œufs sur le plat'' (short film, 1984) * ''Tant pis si je meurs'' (1988)

Writer

* ''Mon bel amour, ma déchirure'' (directed by José Pinheiro, 1987) * ''La Chica'' (directed by

Bruno Gantillon Bruno Gantillon (born 16 June 1944, in Annemasse), is a French film director and screenwriter. Filmography ;Assistant director * 1970 : ''Cannabis'', directed by Pierre Koralnik ;Director * 1970 : ''Un couple d'artistes'' * 1971 : '' Morgan ...

, 1996)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sotha 1944 births Living people People from Seine-et-Marne French stage actresses French film directors French film actresses Café de la Gare