Louis Garrel
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.[1][2] He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma Mère, Dans Paris, Love Songs, The Beautiful Person and Making Plans for Lena.[3]
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Garrel at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival | |
Born | Paris, France | 14 June 1983
Occupation |
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Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse(s) | |
Partner(s) | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (2007–2012) |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | Philippe Garrel Brigitte Sy |
Relatives | Maurice Garrel (paternal grandfather) Esther Garrel (sister) |
Early life
Garrel was born in Paris, France, the son of director Philippe Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy, and the brother of actress Esther Garrel. His grandfather, Maurice Garrel, and his godfather, Jean-Pierre Léaud, are also notable French actors.[3][4] His mother is of Sephardic Jewish origin.[5][6] He is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris.[3]
Career
Garrel was six when he first appeared onscreen, in the film Les Baisers de secours.[1] Twelve years later, he appeared in his second film, Ceci est mon corps.
In 2002, Garrel gained international recognition playing Eva Green's twin brother in The Dreamers.[2] Director Bernardo Bertolucci found him on the first session of casting in Paris.[7] Garrel has since starred in various French films, including Les Amants réguliers (2005), directed by his father Philippe Garrel. He was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his work in the film.[1][3]
Garrel has collaborated five times with filmmaker Christophe Honoré in the feature films Ma Mère (2004), an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Georges Bataille starring Isabelle Huppert; Dans Paris (2006), alongside Romain Duris; Love Songs (2007), a film for which he also revealed his talent as a singer[8]; The Beautiful Person (2008); Making Plans for Lena (2009) and finally, Two Friends (2015), where Honoré served as co-writer. He also appeared in Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's Actrices (2007), Rachid Hami's Choisir d'aimer (2008) and Philipe Garrel's Frontier of the Dawn (2008).
In 2008, he launched into directing with his first short film, Mes copains. Two years later, he directed a second short film, Petit Tailleur.[9]
He appeared in Heartbeats, the second film by director Xavier Dolan, released in 2010. In 2011, Garrel directed a third short film, La Règle de trois, with Vincent Macaigne and Golshifteh Farahani, which he presented at the Locarno Festival.[10]
In 2014, he played Jacques de Bascher, the lover of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent in Bertrand Bonello's film, Saint Laurent.
His directional debut film, Two Friends, starring Golshifteh Farahani, Vincent Macaigne and himself[11][12], was released in cinemas in 2015.
Personal life
Aside from his native French, Garrel speaks English and Italian.[3]
Garrel was in a relationship with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi from 2007 to 2012. She is the elder sister of Carla Bruni, the wife of the former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. In 2009 Bruni Tedeschi and Garrel adopted a baby from Senegal, whom they named Céline.[13]
In June 2017, Garrel married model and actress Laetitia Casta and became stepfather to her three children. The couple have been together since 2015.[14]
Filmography
As actor
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Les Baisers de secours | Lo | |
2001 | Ceci est mon corps | Antoine | |
2002 | The War in Paris (La Guerre à Paris) | ||
2003 | The Dreamers | Theo | |
2004 | Ma mère | Pierre | |
2005 | Regular Lovers | François Dervieux | César Award for Most Promising Actor Etoiles d'Or for Best Male Newcomer |
2006 | Dans Paris | Jonathan | |
2006 | A Curtain Raiser (Un lever de rideau) | Bruno | Short film |
2007 | Love Songs | Ismaël Bénoliel | Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actor |
2007 | Actrices | Éric | |
2008 | Choisir d'aimer | Pascal | |
2008 | Frontier of the Dawn | François | |
2008 | The Beautiful Person | Jacques Nemours | |
2009 | Making Plans for Lena | Simon | |
2010 | Le Mariage à trois | Théo | |
2010 | Heartbeats | Guest in the final scene | |
2010 | Diarchy | Short film written and directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino | |
2011 | Beloved | Clément | |
2011 | La Règle de trois | Louis | Short film (also as director and screenwriter) Prix Jean Vigo |
2011 | A Burning Hot Summer | Frédéric | |
2012 | Les coquillettes | Louis Garrel | |
2013 | A Castle in Italy | Nathan | |
2013 | Jealousy | Louis | |
2014 | Saint Laurent | Jacques de Bascher | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
2015 | L'Astragale | Jacky | |
2015 | In the Shadow of Women | Narrator (voice) | |
2015 | Mon roi | Solal | Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actor |
2015 | Two Friends | Abel | Also as director and screenwriter |
2016 | Planetarium | André Korben | |
2016 | From the Land of the Moon | André Sauvage | |
2017 | False Confessions | Dorante | TV Movie |
2017 | Redoubtable | Jean-Luc Godard | Nominated—César Award for Best Actor Nominated—Lumières Award for Best Actor |
2017 | Ismael's Ghosts | Ivan Dedalus | |
2018 | Un peuple et son roi | Robespierre | |
2018 | At Eternity's Gate | Aurier's Article (voice) | |
2018 | A Faithful Man | Abel | Also writer and director |
2019 | Funan | Khuon (voice) | |
2019 | An Officer and a Spy | Alfred Dreyfus | |
2019 | Little Women | Friedrich Bhaer | |
2020 | Rifkin's Festival | Post-production | |
2020 | DNA | Post-production | |
TBA | The Story of My Wife | Post-production | |
As filmmaker
Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | |
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Director | Screenwriter | |||
2008 | Mes copains | Yes | Yes | Short film |
2010 | Petit Tailleur | Yes | Yes | Short film Nominated—César Award for Best Short Film |
2011 | La Règle de trois | Yes | Yes | Short film (also as actor) |
2015 | Two Friends | Yes | Yes | Also as actor Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Caméra d'Or Nominated—Lumières Award for Best First Film |
2018 | A Faithful Man | Yes | Yes | Also as actor |
Other awards
- 2009: Prix Patrick Dewaere
References
- The Auteurs - Louis Garrel theauteurs.com
- Rozemeyer, Karl. "Louis Garrel - Better in Threes" Premiere.com. March 21, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- Internet Movie Database - Louis Garrel imdb.com
- The Auteurs - Philippe Garrel theauteurs.com
- "Petit Tailleur, le coup de foudre filmé par Louis Garrel". Les Inrocks (in French). 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- "Transmissions avec Louis et Philippe Garrel". www.franceinter.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- Morales, Wilson. "The Dreamers: An Interview with Bernardo Bertolucci", Blackfilm.com. 2004. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- "RFI - Cinéma - Quand l'amour se chante et se pleure". www1.rfi.fr.
- "Louis Garrel confirme ses talents de cinéaste avec Petit tailleur". LExpress.fr. May 21, 2010.
- "Wikiwix's cache". archive.wikiwix.com.
- "Le premier long métrage de Louis Garrel, c'est pour bientôt !". AlloCiné.
- Prieur, Eléonore (June 3, 2014). "Louis Garrel offre un rôle à sa compagne dans Les Deux Amis". Le Figaro.fr.
- Boivin, Justine. "Tout oppose les deux sœur", Gala, 14 October 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
- "French Model Laetitia Casta Is Married! Get All the Details on the Secret Ceremony". PEOPLE.com.
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