Delphine and Muriel Coulin are French sisters who form a directing duo. They are best known for their film ''

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Early career

Muriel Coulin began work as a cinematographer and camera assistant throughout the 1990s. Delphine is also a novelist. The sisters began collaborating on films in 1997 with the short film ''Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux'' (a reference to

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Film career

The sisters made their feature film debut in 2011 with the film ''

'' which was loosely based on the story of a group of American teenage girls who decided to become pregnant at the same time. The film played at the

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. In 2015 the sisters announced that their second film would be '' The Stopover'', starring actress/singer

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. The film premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. They jointly won the award for Best Screenplay from the Un Certain Regard jury.

Filmography

*''Il faut imaginer Sisyphe heureux'' (1997) * ''

'' (2011) *'' The Stopover'' (2016)

Bibliography

* ''Les Traces'', Éditions Grasset, 2004 * ''Une seconde de plus'', Éditions Grasset, 2006 * ''Les mille-vies'', Éditions du Seuil, 2008 * ''Samba pour la France'', Éditions du Seuil, 2011 - Prix du roman métis des lycéens * ''Voir du pays'', Éditions Grasset, 2013 * ''Une Fille dans la jungle'', Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle, 2017 * ''Loin, à l'ouest'', Editions Grasset & Fasquelle, 2021

Awards

* Prix du roman métis des lycéens 2011 for ''Samba pour la France''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coulin, Delphine and Muriel Sibling filmmakers Sibling duos French women film directors Living people People from Hennebont French women screenwriters French screenwriters French women cinematographers French women novelists Year of birth missing (living people)