Françoise Bertin

Actress

September 23, 1925 (89 years)

† October 26, 2014

Paris, France

Biography

Françoise Bertin (23 September 1925 – 26 October 2014) was a French actress. She appeared in over 125 films since 1961. Among these were five films directed by Alain Resnais: Last Year at Marienbad, Muriel, The War Is Over, I Want to Go Home, and Same Old Song. Born in Paris on 23 September 1925, she died in Galan, Hautes-Pyrénées, on 26 October 2014. Source: Article "Françoise Bertin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

7.4

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

Emilie Dubreuil

French adaptations of the stories by Agatha Christie.

7.9

Maigret

Catherine

The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.

8.1

Bref

La vieille dame

A lost thirty-something shares his struggles, from failed relationships to boring jobs and pointless nights out. Stuck in his routine at first, he slowly evolves, searching for meaning in his life. In short, he's just trying to live.

6.0

Joséphine, Guardian Angel

Tante Albertine

Josephine Delamarre is a guardian angel that Heaven sends to earth. With her psychological insight, ability of persuasion and magical powers, she manages to help people who have problems. She appears at the beginning of each mission; when the mission is completed, she disappears with a click of her fingers.

7.4

Chez Maupassant

Madame Caravan mère

"Chez Maupassant" is a French anthology television series based on short stories by Guy de Maupassant. Created by Gérard Jourd'hui and Gaëlle Girre, it ran on France 2 in three seasons in 2007, 2008 and 2011. It consists of a total of 24 episodes of which half are 60 minutes long and half are 30 minutes.

10.0

Les Cent Livres des Hommes

Mme Eysette

Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.

7.4

Last Year at Marienbad

A Character from the Hotel

At a weekend gathering, a man tells a woman that they had spent time there together a year prior. But, the woman has no recollection whatsoever and is convinced that he is simply fabricating the encounter. The more he speaks about their activities the previous year however, the more compelling he becomes. The question remains however – did they meet previously or not?

7.2

Tell No One

Antoinette Levkowitch

A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

7.0

Ferbac

Eugénie Graucourt

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4.9

The Truth About Charlie

Woman on Train

Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. Stuck in ever-increasing danger and with four men pursuing her, another stranger offers assistance - but who can she trust?

6.1

Little Nicholas

Playful old lady

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst.

5.7

The Captive

The grandmother

Ariane lives with Simon in his large Paris flat. Simon is obsessed with her: he wants to know everything about her, secretly follows her when she goes out, asks questions all the time, even in the most intimate moments. Ariane seems to take it all in stride, but Simon realises that she's hiding something.

6.5

Peppermint Soda

The French Teacher

In the fall of 1963, Anne is becoming a teenager. She lives in Paris with her mother and her older sister, Frédérique. They're just back from summer at the beach with their father. School starts. A turbulent year awaits them both.

6.1

Femmes Fatales

A Lab Employee

Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...

4.6

À la recherche du temps perdu

Madame de Villeparisis

Follows a young man, Marcel, from his childhood in Combray to his discovery of social life among the upper classes.

7.1

Diary of a Chambermaid

(uncredited)

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

6.8

A Christmas Tale

Rosaimée Vuillard

When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.

6.1

Hell

The neighbor

Three sisters who share a connection to a violent childhood incident reunite for the chance to come to terms with their past.

6.5

Paulette

Renée

Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.

6.1

The Flower of Evil

Thérèse

Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.