bernadette lafont and god created...her grand-daughters, anna, juliette and solène, revisit the...

16
A FILM BY ESTHER HOFFENBERG BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED THE FREE WOMAN © PIERRE ZUCCA / GRAPHIC DESIGN MACHA KASSIAN-BONNET L’ŒIL D’OR COMPETITION - DOCUMENTAIRY PRIZE CANNES 2016

Upload: others

Post on 28-Jun-2020

4 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

TRANSCRIPT

Page 1: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

A FILM BY

ESTHER HOFFENBERG

BERNADETTE LAFONT

AND GOD CREATEDTHE FREE WOMAN

© P

IERR

E ZU

CCA

/ GRA

PHIC

DES

IGN

MAC

HA K

ASSI

AN-B

ONNE

T

L’ŒIL D’OR COMPETITION - DOCUMENTAIRY PRIZE

CANNES 2016

Clem
Texte
Page 2: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

A journey in the company of Bernadette Lafont, French Cinema’s most atypical actress. Tracing her career from pin-up girl, to New Wave model of sexual GSFFEPN �UP�ESVH�EFBMJOH�HSBOOZ�JO�UIF�àMN�1BVMFUUF �CZ�XBZ�PG�La Fiancée du Pirate and Les Stances à Sophie �UIJT�àMN�QBZT�USJCVUF�UP�IFS�FYUSBPSEJOBSZ�MJGF�and artistic odyssey. Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her, grew up.Her close friends, Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Kalfon, reminisce on their artistic and human complicity. 5ISPVHIPVU�UIF�àMN �#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU�JO�QFSTPO �XJUI�IFS�JOJNJUBCMF�DIBSBDUFS�BDUSFTT�WPJDF �SF�FWPLFT�B�MJGF�JO�DJOFNB�NBSLFE�XJUI�JOTPMFODF �DPVSBHF�BOE�GSFFEPN�

SYNOPSIS

Page 3: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,
Page 4: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

8IBU�TQVSSFE�ZPV�UP�NBLF�B�àMN�BCPVU�#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU

La Fiancée du pirate, JO�XIJDI�#FSOBEFUUF�FNCPEJFT�B�OFX�LJOE�PG�XPNBO�m�BU�PODF�GSFF �SFCFMMJPVT�BOE�GVOOZ�m�XBT�B�NBKPS�àMN�PG�NZ�ZPVUI�*� NFU� IFS� JO� ����� XIFO� *� XBT� QSFQBSJOH� NZ� àMN� PO� 7JPMFUUF� -FEVD�� 4IF� XBT�JOUFSFTUFE� JO�IPX� UIF�XSJUFS�IBE�EFTDSJCFE�IFS�QBSBOPJB�� *U�XBT�B�TVCKFDU� UIBU�touched her deeply. Bernadette’s natural, warm and caring personality inspired NF�UP�EP�B�àMNFE�QPSUSBJU�PG�IFS��

The tragic irony is that Bernadette Lafont passed away shortly after your meeting BOE�ZPVS�EFTJSF�UP�EP�UIJT�àMN�

We met quite a few times from 2011 to 2013, the year of her death. During that period she was reading the screenplay of Paulette, a movie she really wanted UP�EP��#FSOBEFUUF�T�EFBUI�XBT�B�UFSSJCMF�CMPX�UP�IFS�GBNJMZ �BOE�GPS�NF�UPP �TP�*�QVU�UIF�àMNFE�QPSUSBJU�QSPKFDU�PO�IPME��5IFO �B�ZFBS�MBUFS �*�CFHBO�XPSLJOH�PO�JU�BOFX��*�GFMU�UIBU�#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU�EFTFSWFE�B�àMN�EFWPUFE�UP�IFS�MJGF �OPX�GSPN�B�historical perspective. Bernadette had introduced me to the many lesser-known àMNT�UIBU�TIF�GFMU�WFSZ�TUSPOHMZ�BCPVU �TVDI�BT�Les Stances à Sophie�CZ�.PTIÊ�.J[SBIJ � UIF� àMNT� PG� 1JFSSF� ;VDDB � UIPTF� PG� IFS� IVTCBOE� UIF� TDVMQUPS� %JPVSLB�.FEWFD[LZ �PS�àSTU�àMNT� MJLF�.BSJPO�7FSOPVY�T�Personne ne m’aime or Olivier Peyon’s Les Petites vacances.

*/5&37*&8�8*5)�ESTHER HOFFENBERGBY SERGE KAGANSKI

In Les Stances à Sophie, she co-stars with Bulle Ogier, an actress with whom she XPSLFE�RVJUF�PGUFO�BOE�B�LFZ�àHVSF�JO�ZPVS�àMN���

5IFZ�XFSF�B�CJU�MJLF�NJSSPS�UXJOT��#FSOBEFUUF�IBE�CFDPNF�WFSZ�GBNPVT�BU�B�UJNF�when Bulle was not, while Bulle was very avant-garde at a time when Bernadette was not. They had met thanks to Les Idoles �UIF�QMBZ�CZ�.BSD�0����MBUFS�NBEF�JOUP�B�NPWJF���BOE�JU�XBT�UIF�TUBSU�PG�B�MJGF�MPOH�GSJFOETIJQ�CFUXFFO�UIFN �BMPOH�XJUI�+FBO�1JFSSF�,BMGPO �XIP�BMTP�GFBUVSFT�JO�NZ�àMN��#FSOBEFUUF�BOE�#VMMF�XFSF�CPUI�NVTFT�PG�UIF�'SFODI�/FX�8BWF �ZFU�UIFZ�XFSF�CPUI�WFSZ�EJGGFSFOU�BOE�FNCPEJFE�two different ways of escaping the traditional destiny mapped out for women of UIFJS�UJNF��#VMMF �CZ�XBZ�PG�B�LJOE�PG�FWBOFTDFODF �#FSOBEFUUF�UISPVHI�B�NJYUVSF�of eroticism and mischievousness.

Bernadette and Bulle had something else in common, the tragic loss of a daughter. )PX�EJE�ZPV�EFBM�XJUI�TVDI�B�EFMJDBUF�TVCKFDU

5IBU�XBT�JOEFFE�B�WFSZ�EJGàDVMU�QBTTBHF �CVU�*�SFBMMZ�XBOUFE�JU�UP�CF�JO�UIF�àMN��5IFZ�IBE�CPUI�CFFO�NVTFT�UP�XPNFO�T�GSFFEPN�BOE�JO�UIJT�SFHBSE�UIFZ�XFSF�CPUI�JMM�USFBUFE�CZ�B�DFSUBJO�TFDUJPO�PG�UIF�NFEJB�JO�UIF�XBLF�PG�UIFTF�USBHJD�EFBUIT��*� XBOUFE� UP� VOEFSMJOF� UIF� GBDU� UIBU� UIFZ� XFSF� JO� OP� XBZ� UP� CMBNF�� "T� XFMM� BT�XPOEFSGVM�BDUSFTTFT �UIFZ�IBE�BMTP�CFFO�XPOEFSGVM�NPUIFST��*�DIPTF�B�QJFDF�PG�archive footage in which Patrick Poivre d’Arvor asks Bernadette: «How did you

Page 5: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

NBOBHF�UP�EFBM�XJUI�TVDI�NFEJB�IPVOEJOH v�UP�XIJDI�TIF�BOTXFST�� j*� BMNPTU� MFGU� 'SBODF�v�8IJDI� QSFUUZ�NVDI� TBZT�it all.

)PX�EJE�ZPV�HP�BCPVU�DIPPTJOH�UIF�àMN�FYDFSQUT�GSPN�TVDI�BO�BCVOEBOU�àMNPHSBQIZ

0WFS� BOE� BCPWF� NBKPS� àMNT� BOE� LFZ� EJSFDUPST � *� DIPTF�àMNT� UIBU� XFSF� NPSF� FNCMFNBUJD� PG� #FSOBEFUUF� BOE� IFS�time. The idea was to tell the story of a woman who was SFBMMZ� JO� UPVDI�XJUI� CPUI� DJOFNB� BOE� UIF� FNBODJQBUJPO� PG�women. La Maman et la Putain�JT�B�QVSF�TZNCPM�PG�UIF�MBUF�sixties. Yet in her private life, Bernadette was quite removed from the events of May ‘68, while epitomizing its spirit. I chose 6OF�#FMMF�àMMF�DPNNF�NPJ from the point of view of UIF�SFMBUJPOTIJQ�CFUXFFO�#FSOBEFUUF�BOE�5SVGGBVU �XIP�XBT�quite jealous when he saw her in Les Stances à Sophie and immediately wanted to do another movie with her. I BMTP�DIPTF�UP�TIPX�B�MPU�PG�57�BSDIJWF�GPPUBHF�BOE�VTFE�NZ�sound interviews with Bernadette so that her voice could DPOTUJUVUF�UIF�CBDLCPOF�PG�UIF�àMN�

Was the real Bernadette different from the image she put BDSPTT�JO�IFS�àMNT �

Different, insofar as I met her later in life and the image I’d had of her was that of her youth. And I feel that was DPNQPVOEFE�CZ� UIF� GBDU� UIBU� UIFSF�XBT�POF�j#FSOBEFUUFv�CFGPSF� UIF� EFBUI� PG� IFS� EBVHIUFS� 1BVMJOF� BOE� BOPUIFS�BGUFSXBSET�� #FSOBEFUUF� VOEPVCUFEMZ� MJWFE� VQ� UP� IFS� TFYZ�

Page 6: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

XPNBO�JNBHF�VOUJM�TIF�IJU�àGUZ��"GUFS�UIBU �JU�CFDBNF�NPSF�DPNQMFY��4IF�XBOUFE� UP�CSFBL�XJUI� UIF�TFYVBM�DMJDIÊT�QFPQMF�QFSTJTUFE�JO�MBCFMMJOH�IFS�XJUI��#VU�IFS�whole life long she remained open to others, curious and fond of genuine encounters. We shot a lot of the scenes in her family home in the Cevennes where her son and daughter-in-law now live. There, one can feel their family philosophy: a mix of simplicity, freedom and great purity of spirit.

What role did Bernadette Lafont play in the socio-political and especially feminist advancements of the TJYUJFT

4IF�XBTO�U�B�NJMJUBOU��4IF�XBT�CSPVHIU�VQ� JO�B�WFSZ�GSFF� NBOOFS � FTQFDJBMMZ� CZ� IFS� NPUIFS � XIP� HBWF� B�taste for independence. What’s more, her milieu was one that encouraged reading. She cultivated herself CZ�EJQQJOH� JOUP� IFS� QBSFOUT�� MJCSBSZ�� 4IF� TJNQMZ�IBE�the assertive personality of an only girl reared as a CPZ��4IF�FNCPEJFE�GSFFEPN�RVJUF�OBUVSBMMZ �JO�IFS�XBZ�PG� CFJOH � SBUIFS� UIBO� UISPVHI� SIFUPSJD� PS� NJMJUBODZ��/PUIJOH� DPVME� IPME� IFS� CBDL� GSPN�NBLJOH� HPPE� IFS�ESFBN�PG�CFJOH�JO�UIF�NPWJFT��4IF�VTFE�UP�TBZ�UIBU�TIF�XBT�XFEEFE�UP�DJOFNB��4IF�IBE�CFFO�B�GSFF�XPNBO�CFGPSF�UIF�IFJHIU�PG�UIF�GFNJOJTU�NPWFNFOU�JO�CPUI�IFS�life choices and her career.In a pre-feminist era of male domination, she had understood the rules of the game and respected them, while nonetheless following her own path and BGàSNJOH�IFS�GFNJOJOF�GSFFEPN��

Page 7: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

)FS� HSBOE�EBVHIUFST� BSF� QSFTFOU� JO� ZPVS� àMN�� 8BT� POF� PG� ZPVS� VOEFSMZJOH�JOUFOUJPOT�UP�NBLF�IFS�LOPXO�UP�UIF�ZPVOHFS�HFOFSBUJPOT

0G� DPVSTF�� 4IF� XBT� TP� CFBVUJGVM � TP� JOUFMMJHFOU � TP� HSBDJPVT� BOE� TP� DBSJOH��I hope this documentary will help restore her to her rightful place in cinema BOE�JOUSPEVDF�IFS�UP�PUIFST �CFZPOE�UIF�LOPXJOH�DJSDMF�PG�DJOFNB�MPWFST��4IF�JT�SFNFNCFSFE�PG�DPVSTF� GPS�IFS� MFBEJOH�SPMFT� JO� UIF�àMNT�PG� UIF�/FX�8BWF�XJUI�EJSFDUPST� MJLF�5SVGGBVU �&VTUBDIF �(BSSFM�BOE�3JWFUUF �CVU�TIF�BMTP�BDUFE� JO�B� MPU�PG�NBJOTUSFBN�NPWJFT �JO�UIF�àMNT�PG�+FBO�1JFSSF�.PDLZ �JO�57�àMNT�BOE�TP�PO �XIJDI�JT�B�XIPMF�TJEF�PG�IFS�XPSL�UIBU�àMN�CVGGT�UFOE�UP�GSPXO�VQPO��1FSTPOBMMZ �*�MPWF�UIF�EJWFSTJUZ�PG�IFS�àMNPHSBQIZ��*�BMTP�IPQF�UIBU�UIJT�BDUSFTT �XIP�FNCPEJFE�women’s emancipation and freedom will strike a chord with the youth of today, CFDBVTF�GSFFEPN�DBO�OFWFS�CF�UBLFO�GPS�HSBOUFE��

8IFSF�XPVME�ZPV�QMBDF�#FSOBEFUUF�JO�UIF�NPWJF�BDUSFTT�QBOUIFPO

)FS�TUSFOHUI�XBT�IFS�BOESPHZOZ��4IF�IBE�UIF�CPEZ�PG�B�#BSEPU �CVU�JU�XBT�TIF�XIP�decided, not men. I’d compare Bernadette to Italian actresses of character, those BTTFSUJWF�CSVOFUUFT� MJLF�4JMWBOB�.BOHBOP � GPS�FYBNQMF��#VU�BU� UIF�TBNF�UJNF�TIF�XBT�JODPNQBSBCMF��4IF�XBT�SFCFMMJPVT�CZ�OBUVSF �TIF�PGUFO�SFJOWFOUFE�IFS�JNBHF���She played with her femininity, her image, with a taste for travesty. She had a vital OFFE�UP�BDU �UP�DIBOHF�IFS�QFSTPOB��4P�XIZ�UIJT�EFFQ�TFBUFE�OFFE�UP�CF�BOPUIFS �8IBU�XBT�IFS�JOUJNBUF�SFMBUJPOTIJQ�UP�IFSTFMG �5IBU�SFNBJOT�B�NZTUFSZ��#VU�*�GFFM�POF�mustn’t try to explain everything. On the contrary, one must preserve an element of mystery. In the words of Denise Glaser, the closer you get to people, the deeper UIFJS�NZTUFSZ�CFDPNFT�

Page 8: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU�T�HSBOEEBVHIUFS �EBVHIUFS�PG�IFS�TPO�%BWJE �HSFX�VQ�JO�UIF�GBNJMZ�IPNF�JO�UIF�$FWFOOFT��*OUFMMJHFOU �CFBVUJGVM�BOE�PVU�HPJOH �XJUI�B�QIZTJDBM�MJLFOFTT�UP�IFS�BVOU�1BVMJOF �"OOB�T�QFSTPOBMJUZ�JT�JO�UIF�USVF�j-BGPOUv�NPVME��5IBOLT�UP�IFS�QBTTJPO�GPS�DJOFNB �TIF�HSFX�WFSZ�DMPTF�UP�IFS�HSBOE�NPUIFS�XJUI�XIPN�TIF�IBE�B�TQFDJBM�SFMBUJPOTIJQ��/PX�B�CVEEJOH�àMN�NBLFS�BOE�QSPEVDFS �TIF�BMTP�IBT�B�TQFDJBM�CPOE�XJUI�IFS�HSBOEGBUIFS �Diourka Medveczky. Anna speaks fondly of the affection and support that Bernadette gave her whole life long to Diourka, the father of her children, a UBMFOUFE�TDVMQUPS�XIP�CFDBNF�B�àMN�NBLFS �BOE�XIP�SFUJSFE�GSPN�UIF�XPSME�PG�DJOFNB�JO������

TEMOINS"//"�.&%7&$;,:�-"'0/5

Page 9: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

#6--&�0(*&3�XBT�àSTU�PG�BMM�UIF�ZPVOH�BDUSFTT�XIP�GBTDJOBUFE�#FSOBEFUUF�XJUI�IFS�QFSGPSNBODF�JO�.BSD�0�T�QPQ�NVTJDBM Les Idoles�JO�������:FU�GSPN�UIJT�NFFUJOH�POXBSET �#VMMF�XBT�UP�CFDPNF�IFS�BDUJOH�BDDPNQMJDF�BOE�GBJUIGVM�GSJFOE�VOUJM�UIF�WFSZ�FOE���5IF�àMN�JT�TUSVDUVSFE�XJUI�FYDFSQUT�GSPN�UIF�àMNT�UIFZ�EJE�UPHFUIFS�Les Idoles �UIF�àMN�WFSTJPO�PG�UIF�NVTJDBM�CZ�.BSD�0 �1JÍHFT�CZ�+BDRVFT�#BSBUJFS �Les Stances à Sophie �B�NBKPS�àMN �NVDI�PWFSMPPLFE �CZ�.PTIÊ�.J[SBIJ �TIPU�UISPVHI�XJUI�UIF�SBEJDBM�GFNJOJTN�PG�$ISJTUJBOF�3PDIFGPSU �BOE��Personne ne m’aime ��B�àSTU�àMN�CZ�.BSJPO�7FSOPVY�GSPN����� �JO�XIJDI�UIFZ�QMBZ�UXP�PGGCFBU�NPUIFST �DBVTBMJUJFT�GSPN�.BZ�A���:PVOH�NPUIFST� JO� SFBM� MJGF � BU� B� UJNF�XIFO� UIF�QJMM� EJEO�U� FYJTU � #VMMF� BOE�#FSOBEFUUF� FNCPEJFE� UIF�NPTU� TVCWFSTJWF� GPSNT�PG� SFWPMU� BOE� GSFFEPN�BOUJDJQBUJOH�.BZ�A���BOE�8PNFO�T�-JCFSBUJPO��5IFZ�XFSF�NPUIFST�BIFBE�PG�UIFJS�UJNF �SFBSJOH�UIFJS�EBVHIUFST�XJUI�MPWF�BOE�GSFFEPN�JO�FRVBM�NFBTVSF�

TEMOINSBULLE OGIER

Page 10: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

+&"/�1*&33&� ,"-'0/ � B� TVQFS�UBMFOUFE� BDUPS � TUJMM� IBT� B� IJOU� PG� UIF� jSPDLFSv� MPPL� IF� àSTU� TQPSUFE� JO�.BSD�0�T�Les Idoles alongside Bulle Ogier. #FSOBEFUUF�BENJSFE�IJN�JNNFOTFMZ�CFGPSF�HPJOH�PO�UP�TIPPU�XJUI�IJN�BOE�CFDPNF�IJT�GSJFOE�)F�SFNJOJTDFT�BCPVU�#FSOBEFUUF�BOE�%JPVSLB�.FEWFD[LZ�XIJMF�XBUDIJOH�B�IPNF�QSPKFDUJPO�PG�Paul ��%JPVSLB�.FEWFD[LZ�T�POF�BOE�POMZ�GFBUVSF�àMN�m�JO�UIF�DPNQBOZ�PG�"OOB�.FEWFD[LZ��*O�UIF�àMN �,BMGPO�QMBZFE�#FSOBEFUUF�T�IVTCBOE �HVSV�PG�B�WFHFUBSJBO�TFDU��5IJT�XBT�POF�PG�#FSOBEFUUF�T�EBSLFTU�SPMFT�BOE�QSFàHVSFT�UIF�XSZOFTT�PG�La Maman et la Putain, in which she co-starred with Jean-Pierre Léaud.

TEMOINSJEAN-PIERRE KALFON

Page 11: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

.JDIFM�%FNPOUFJY�XBT����XIFO�IF�àSTU�NFU�#FSOBEFUUF �UIFO�KVTU�UVSOFE�GPSUZ �PO�B�57�TFU��4IF�USVTUFE�IJN�GSPN�UIF�XPSE�HP�BOE�UIFJS�DPNQMJDJUZ�HSFX�into a friendship that lasted until her death.#FSOBEFUUF �VOMJLF�NPTU�PG�UIF�MFBEJOH�BDUSFTTFT�PG�IFS�HFOFSBUJPO �DIBOHFE�CPUI�IFS�MPPL�BOE�IFS�IBJSTUZMF�RVJUF�B�MPU�PWFS�UIF�ZFBST��8IFO�TIF�TBZT��j*�IBWF�B�QFSGPSNBODF�TJEF�UP�NF���v�XIBU�TIF�JT�QBSUMZ�SFGFSSJOH�UP�JT�IFS�áBJS�GPS�GBTIJPO�BOE�ESFTTJOH�VQ��8JUI�.JDIFM�T�IFMQ �TIF�DSFBUFE�NBOZ�EJGGFSFOU�looks for herself, seeking the trueness of a role, her own truth, or simply for pleasure, as at Cannes.

TEMOINSMICHEL DEMONTEIX

Page 12: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

BERNADETTE LAFONT ����������

#:�0-*7*&3�1°3&HEAD OF THE ARTE FRANCE CINEMA UNIT

#FSOBEFUUF� -BGPOU� XBT� UIF� jàBODÊFv� PG� UIF� 'SFODI� /FX� 8BWF � POF� PG� UIF�principal muses, along with avec Anna Karina and Stéphane Audran, of this wind PG� GSFFEPN�BOE�ZPVUI� UIBU� TXFQU� UISPVHI�'SFODI�DJOFNB� GSPN� UIF� MBUF�àGUJFT�onwards.5IJT�QSFUUZ�ZPVOH�HJSM� GSPN�/JNFT�CFHBO�IFS�BDUJOH�DBSFFS�VOEFS� UIF�XJOH�PG�UIF�NBWFSJDL�àMNNBLFST�XIP�FNFSHFE�GSPN�j-FT�$BIJFST�EV�$JOÊNBv�XIPN�TIF�GSFRVFOUFE�VQPO�BSSJWJOH�JO�1BSJT�BOE�XIP�DBTU�IFS�JO�UIFJS�àSTU�TIPSUT�BOE�feature length movies.*O�GBDU �JU�XBT�'SBOÉPJT�5SVGGBVU�XIP�PGGFSFE�IFS�àSTU�TDSFFO�BQQFBSBODF�JO�IJT�GBNPVT�TIPSU�àMN�Les Mistons �TIPU�JO�/JNFT�JO�������4IF�QMBZT�B�TFOTVBM�ZPVOH�XPNBO�PO�B�CJDZDMF �FZFE�VQ�CZ�UIF�MPDBM�SBTDBMT �BMPOHTJEF�(ÊSBSE�#MBJO �UIF�OFX� GBDF� JO�'SFODI�DJOFNB � 7PJDJ� MF� UFNQT�EFT�BTTBTTJOT�CZ�+VMJFO�%VWJWJFS�TUBSSJOH�+FBO�(BCJO �SFMFBTFE�UIF�QSFWJPVT�ZFBS�XIPN�TIF�IBE�KVTU�XFE�

Page 13: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

AWARDS :CÉSAR AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - L’EFFRONTÉE,�����HONORARY CÉSAR AWARD FOR HER LIFE’S WORK, 2003CÉSAR AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - PRÊTE-MOI TA MAIN �����GLOBE NOMINATION FOR BEST ACTRESS - PAULETTE,�����

Although their marriage would last only two years, the couple did have time to DP�TUBS�JO�BOPUIFS�LFZ�àMN �Le Beau Serge����� �$MBVEF�$IBCSPM�T�àSTU�GFBUVSF��#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU�XPSLFE�XJUI�$IBCSPM�PODF�NPSF�PO�Les Bonnes Femmes in ������0OF�PG�$IBCSPM�T�NBTUFSQJFDFT � JU�XBT�OPOFUIFMFTT�TMBUFE�VQPO�SFMFBTF�DPOTJEFSFE� UP�CF�NJTPHZOJTU�BOE�FWFO�'BTDJTU��#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU �BMPOHTJEF�Stéphane Audran and Clotilde Joano, plays to perfection the role of a salesgirl, +BOF �B�DIBSBDUFS�UIBU�XPVME�MPOH�CFDPNF�IFS�IBMMNBSL��UIBU�PG�B�TFYZ �JOEPMFOU�BOE�JOTPMFOU�ZPVOH�XPNBO��:FU�UIJT�SBDZ�CSVOFUUF�XJUI�UIF�CPEZ�PG�B�QJO�VQ�HJSM�BOE�XIP�JEPMJ[FT�#SJHJUUF�#BSEPU�XPVME�QBSBEPYJDBMMZ�CFDPNF�UIF�BOUJ�TUBS�QBS�excellence. Just like her male counterpart, Jean-Pierre Léaud, whom she was UP�UFBN�VQ�XJUI�NBOZ�UJNFT�JO�GSPOU�PG�UIF�DBNFSB �#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU�CVSTU�POUP�UIF�TDFOF�XJUI�B�CPEZ �BOE�BUUJUVEF�BOE�B�TFOTF�PG�QISBTJOH�UIBU�XFSF�SBEJDBMMZ�modern in the cinema of the 60s.5IF�ZPVOH�XPNBO�MBZT�DMBJN�UP�B�QSFDJPVT�BOE�FYQMPTJWF�NJYUVSF�PG�HMJCOFTT�JOIFSJUFE� GSPN� UIF�'SFODI�QPQVMBS�BDUSFTTFT�PG� UIF�����T�BOE�OPODPOGPSNJTU�BOE�BOUJ�CPVSHFPJT�SFCFMMJPVTOFTT �BOE�VOEBVOUFE �NBLFT�PDDBTJPOBMMZ�GPSBZT�JOUP�UIF�JOUFMMFDUVBM �QPFUJD�BOE�BWBOU�HBSEF�DJOFNB�UIBU�XBT�áPVSJTIJOH�BU�UIF�time.5IF�/FX�8BWF�àMNNBLFST�XPVME� SFNBJO� GBJUIGVM� UP�#FSOBEFUUF� -BGPOU�m� BOE�JU�XBT�NVUVBM�m� BT� TIF�XPVME� DPOUJOVF� UP� BQQFBS� JO� UIFJS�NPWJFT� MPOH� BGUFS�the movement had come to an end. François Truffaut offered her the lead role in 6OF�CFMMF�àMMF� DPNNF�NPJ� JO� ���� � B� ZFBS� FBSMJFS� TIF�IBE� UBLFO�QBSU�in the experimental adventure Out 1 B�NPEFSO�BEBQUBUJPO�CZ�+BDRVFT�3JWFUUF�of Balzac’s History of the Thirteen� �� B� QBSUJBMMZ� JNQSPWJTFE� àMN� TPNF� UXFMWF�BOE�B�IBMG�IPVST�MPOH�BOE�TIF�XPSLFE�XJUI�$IBCSPM�BOFX�JO�7JPMFUUF�/P[JÍSF, Inspecteur Lavardin and Masques. Bernadette Lafont, intelligent actress and avid movie-lover, played key roles in the àMNT�PG�NBOZ�GFMMPX�USBWFMMFST�PG �BOE�IFJST�UP �UIF�/FX�8BWF �JO�QBSUJDVMBS�JO�UIF�NPWJFT�PG�UXP�PG�JUT�NPTU�UBMFOUFE�TQJSJUVBM�TPOT��1IJMJQQF�(BSSFM�BOE�IJT�TVCMJNF�Le Révélateur ���� �B�TJMFOU�àMN�QPFN�GSPN�UIF�EJSFDUPS�T�;BO[JCBS�QFSJPE�BOE�La Maman et la Putain ����� CZ� +FBO� &VTUBDIF � B� EFàOJUJWF�NBTUFSQJFDF� PG�the post-68 generation. A leading presence in French Auteur Cinema, whether

HFOFSBM�QVCMJD�L’Effrontée�CZ�$MBVEF�.JMMFS�PS�VOEFSHSPVOE�GPS�FYBNQMF�Paul CZ�%JPVSLB�.FEWFD[LZ �UIF�BDUSFTT�T�TFDPOE�IVTCBOE �#FSOBEFUUF�-BGPOU�XIPTF�DPNJD�SFQBSUFF�BOE�TFOTF�PG�GBOUBTZ�XFSF�JOFYIBVTUJCMF �EJE�OPU�TIZ�BXBZ�GSPN�QMBZJOH�JO�NPSF�QPQVMBS�QSPEVDUJPOT�GPS�XIJDI�TIF�XBT�JO�HSFBU�EFNBOE�VOUJM�her death). Her greatest personal success was perhaps La Fiancée du pirate �����CZ�/FMMZ�,BQMBO �B�TPDJBM�DPNFEZ�XJUI�BOBSDIJTU�BOE�GFNJOJTU�PWFSUPOFT�UIBU�EPWFUBJMFE�XJUI�IFS�PXO�JEFBT�BOE�QFSTPOBMJUZ��*O�UIF�MBUF�A��T�BOE�EVSJOH�UIF�A��T�TIF�jáFTIFE�PVUv�IFS�àMNPHSBQIZ�XJUI�XBDLZ �RVJUF�GPSHFUUBCMF �DPNFEJFT�very much in vogue at the time, whose titles really smack of the B-movie genre: -F�5SPVCMF�GFTTFT, Chaussette surprise, La Frisée aux lardons, Nous maigrirons FOTFNCMF �"SSËUF�EF�SBNFS�U�BUUBRVF�MB�GBMBJTF �0O�O�FTU�QBT�TPSUJ�EF�M�BVCFSHF... :FU�UIFTF�NPOVNFOUT�PG�DIFFTZ�IVNPVS�EJE�OPU�JO�UIF�MFBTU�EJN�IFS�DSFEJCJMJUZ�and popularity with movie goers.In the humour and farce department, its was perhaps Jean-Pierre Mocky who used Bernadette Lafont’s talents to the full in a series of dark and cynical comedies, which, as always with Mocky, were pretexts for outstanding actorly performances: -F� 1BDUPMF � -FT� 4BJTPOT� EV� QMBJTJS � 6OF� OVJU� Æ� M�BTTFNCMÊF�OBUJPOBMF �7JMMF�Æ�WFOESF.

Page 14: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,
Page 15: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

&TUIFS�)PGGFOCFSH�IBT�CFFO�XPSLJOH�BT�EJSFDUPS�BOE�QSPEVDFS�JO�'SBODF�TJODF�������8JUI�IFS�QSPEVDUJPO�DPNQBOZ�-"1464�TIF�IBT�QSPEVDFE�PWFS����EPDVNFOUBSJFT �JODMVEJOH�àMNT�CZ�JOUFSOBUJPOBMMZ�SFOPXOFE�àMNNBLFST�MJLF�7JUBMJ�,BOFWTLJ �#FOPÏU�%FSWBVY�BOE�1IJMJQQF�$PTUBOUJOJ �BT�XFMM�BT�àMN�collections on art and design.

4JODF����� �TIF�IBT�CFDPNF�JODSFBTJOHMZ�JOWPMWFE�JO�àMNNBLJOH �DP�QSPEVDJOH�IFS�PXO�àMNT�

7*0-&55&�-&%6$ �-"�$)"44&�"�-�".063�7*0-&55&�-&%6$ �*/�16346*5�0'�-07&1SPEVDFE�CZ�-FT�'JMNT�EV�1PJTTPO �"35&�'SBODF �-BQTVT�BOE�7PTHFT�57�'SBODF�����������'SBOÉPJTF�(JSPVE�"XBSE�GPS�#FTU�57�1PSUSBJU �'SBODF�����#FTU�%PDVNFOUBSZ �5PSJOP�-(5#�'JMN�'FTUJWBM�����#FTU�%PDVNFOUBSZ �4PNF�1SFGFS�$BLF �#PMPHOB�����

"6�1":4�%6�/6$-&"*3&�8&-$0.&�50�/6$-&"3�-"/%1SPEVDFE�CZ�5IF�'BDUPSZ�BOE�-BQTVT�'SBODF���������Special Mention, Festival International du Film de Santé, Liège 2012

DISCORAMA, SIGNÉ GLASER1SPEVDFE�CZ�*/"��-"1464�'SBODF����������Star of la Scam, France 2008

ESTHER HOFFENBERG THE DIRECTOR

-&4�%&69�7*&4�%�&7"�5)&�580�-*7&4�0'�&7"1SPEVDFE�CZ�-FT�'JMNT�EV�1PJTTPO �"35&�'SBODF �-BQTVT�BOE�7PTHFT�57�'SBODF�����������*NNBUFSJBM�1BUSJNPOZ�"XBSE �$JOFNB�EV�3ÊFM�����#FTU�%PDVNFOUBSZ �&TDBMFT�EPDVNFOUBJSFT �-B�3PDIFMMF�����

$0..&�4*�$�&5"*5�)*&3�"4�*'�*5�8&3&�:&45&3%":1SPEVDFE�CZ�1JOH�1POH�1SPEVDUJPOT�#FMHJVN�����������$P�EJSFDUFE�XJUI�.ZSJBN�"CSBNPXJD[3FE�3JCCPO�"XBSE�BU�UIF�"NFSJDBO�'JMN�'FTUJWBMSpecial Mention Femina Prize, Belgium

Page 16: BERNADETTE LAFONT AND GOD CREATED...Her grand-daughters, Anna, Juliette and Solène, revisit the dreams of Bernadette, in the family home in the Cevennes region where they, like her,

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF:

BULLE OGIER, ACTRESSJEAN-PIERRE KALFON, ACTOR"//"�.&%7&$;,:�"/%�)&3�4*45&34�+6-*&55&�&5�40-°/& �GRANDCHILDREN OF BERNADETTE LAFONTMICHEL DEMONTEIX, A FRIEND OF BERNADETTE’S

LENGTH: ���.*/65&4�'03."5�)%FORMAT DCP: 66 MINUTES YEAR OF PRODUCTION: 2016

A FILM BY ESTHER HOFFENBERGSCRIPT IN COLLABORATION WITH $­$*-&�7"3("'5*(DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: GERTRUDE BAILLOTSOUND: BENJAMIN BOBEREDITING: MURIEL BRETONSOUND MIX: LAURENT THOMASSET DESIGN: )­-°/&�645";&NARRATION: ESTHER HOFFENBERGORIGINAL SCORE: DARIO RUDYLINE PRODUCER: EMMANUELLE KOENIGGRAPHICS: THOMAS FAGEASSISTANT DIRECTOR: DELPHINE MOREAUCOPRODUCTION:

-"1464�&45)&3�)0''&/#&3(��*/5)&.00%�-"63&/5�305) �)6(6&4�-"/%3: �1"6-�$)".1"35

N COPRODUCTION WITH: ARTE FRANCEUNITÉ ARTS ET SPECTACLES: EMELIE DE JONGPROGRAMME MANAGER: ISABELLE MESTRE CASADESUS

INA %­1"35&.&/5�130%6$5*0/4�"6%*07*46&--&4��FABRICE BLANCHOASSOCIATE PRODUCER: GÉRALD COLLAS

WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF $*/&���#36/0�%&-0:&WITH THE SUPPORT OF PROCIREP - SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUCTEURS ET DE L’ANGOADU CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉEET DE LA RÉGION LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON MIDI PYRÉNÉES WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CNCINTERNATIONAL SALES: DOC & FILM INTERNATIONAL

CREDITS