Biography: life and films
In the late 1970s and throughout much of the 1980s, Miou-Miou took on a wide variety of dramatic and comedic roles which allowed her to present many different facets of the modern liberated woman. Her most notable film appearances at this time include Alain Tanner's Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976), Yves Boisset's La Femme flic (1980) and Daniel Duval's La Dérobade (1979), the latter of which won her the Best Actress César in 1980. Diane Kurys gave her one of her more memorable roles in the wartime romantic drama Coup de foudre (1983) and she then starred alongside Alain Souchon in Laurent Ferrier's Le Vol du Sphinx (1984).
Although Miou-Miou was no stranger to mainstream cinema - witness her presence in Georges Lautner's Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1981), Claude Zidi's La Totale! (1991) and Hervé Palud's Un indien dans la ville (1994) - it was in more intimate, auteur pieces that she shone most brightly. Michel Deville gave her one of her best roles in La Lectrice (1988), although she also excelled in films by some other distinguished filmmakers, including Louis Malle (Milou en mai, 1990), Claude Berri (Germinal, 1993) and Anne Fontaine (Nettoyage à sec, 1997).
More recently, Miou-Miou has been less visible on our screens but continues to demonstrate her talents and versatility in a dizzying range of made-to-measure supporting roles. Michel Gondry (La Science des rêves, 2006), Radu Mihaileanu (Le Concert, 2009) and Jean Becker (Bienvenue parmi nous, 2012) are just some of the directors who have called upon Miou-Miou to add depth and lustre to their films. The fact that she has been nominated ten times for the Best Actress César in the course of her career testifies to the esteem in which is held, and she remains one of French cinema's most respected actresses.
© James Travers 2013
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Filmography
Key: a = actor
La Cavale (1971) [a]
L'An 01 (1973) [a]
Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (1973) [a]
Les Granges brulées (1973) [a]
Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles (1973) [a]
Themroc (1973) [a]
Un Genio, due compari, un pollo (1975) [a]
Al piacere di rivederla (1976) [a]
D'amour et d'eau fraîche (1976) [a]
F... comme Fairbanks (1976) [a]
Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (1976) [a]
Marcia trionfale (1976) [a]
Dites-lui que je l'aime (1977) [a]
Au revoir à lundi (1979) [a]
L'Ingorgo - Una storia impossibile (1979) [a]
Est-ce bien raisonnable? (1981) [a]
La Gueule du loup (1981) [a]
Josepha (1982) [a]
Attention! Une femme peut en cacher une autre (1983) [a]
Canicule (1984) [a]
Les Portes tournantes (1988) [a]
Netchaïev est de retour (1991) [a]
Le Bal des casse-pieds (1992) [a]
Patrick Dewaere (1992) [a]
Germinal (1993) [a]
Tango (1993) [a]
Montparnasse-Pondichéry (1994) [a]
Un indien dans la ville (1994) [a]
Elles (1997) [a]
Hors jeu (1998) [a]
Tout va bien, on s'en va (2000) [a]
L'Après-midi de monsieur Andesmas (2004) [a]
Mariages! (2004) [a]
L'Un reste, l'autre part (2005) [a]
Avril (2006) [a]
La Science des rêves (2006) [a]
Le Héros de la famille (2006) [a]
Riviera (2006) [a]
Les Murs porteurs (2007) [a]
Mia et le Migou (2008) [a]
Une petite zone de turbulences (2010) [a]
Bienvenue parmi nous (2012) [a]
Populaire (2012) [a]
Quand je serai petit (2012) [a]
Bob et les Sex Pistaches (2013) [a]
Landes (2013) [a]
Pupille (2018) [a]
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
The history of French cinema
The Golden Age of French cinema
