Richard Dembo (24 May 1948 – 11 November 2004) was a French
director and
screenwriter
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Dembo achieved worldwide recognition with his first film: ''
La diagonale du fou'', which received an
Oscar
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in 1984 for best foreign film,
as well as other numerous awards (César, Prix Louis Delluc).
Michel Piccoli
Jacques Daniel Michel Piccoli (27 December 1925 – 12 May 2020) was a French actor, producer and film director with a career spanning 70 years. He was lauded as one of the greatest French character actors of his generation who played a wide vari ...
starred in the film as a Jewish citizen
of the USSR.
In 1993, Dembo directed ''L'instinct de l'ange'' with
Hélène Vincent
Hélène Vincent (born 9 September 1943) is a French actress and stage director.
Career
She received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1989 for her role as Madame Marielle Le Quesnoy in ''Life Is a Long Quiet River'' and a nominatio ...
,
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic fi ...
,
François Cluzet
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und
Lambert Wilson
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Biograph ...
. After a long pause, during which he directed no films, Dembo directed his last film ''
Nina's House''.
On 11 November 2004, Dembo unexpectedly died in Paris under the symptoms of an
intestinal obstruction
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. He was buried in Israel.
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1948 births
2004 deaths
French film directors
Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners
Deaths from bowel obstruction
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