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Florence Delay

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Florence Delay

Born March 19, 1941 · Paris, France

Died July 1, 2025 · aged 84

Florence Delay (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s dəlɛ]; March 19, 1941 – July 1, 2025) was a French writer and actress. She was a member of the Académie française from 2000. Delay notably wrote novels, essays and plays (in collaboration with Jacques Roubaud) and translated texts from Spanish. Delay was also known for portraying Joan of Arc in the 1962 Robert Bresson film The Trial of Joan of Arc

Known For

The Trial of Joan of ArcThe Trial of Joan of Arc · 1963
The Trial of Joan of Arc
★ 7.21963
MovieDramaHistory
Rouen, Normandy, 1431, during the Hundred Years' War. After being captured by French soldiers from an opposing faction, Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orléans, is unjustly tried by an ecclesiastical court overseen by her English enemies.
Sans SoleilSans Soleil · 1983
Sans Soleil
★ 7.51983
MovieDocumentary
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.
Deep WaterDeep Water · 1981
Deep Water
★ 6.11981
MovieDramaThriller
On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.
The Wings of the DoveThe Wings of the Dove · 1981
The Wings of the Dove
★ 5.21981
MovieDramaComedy
A 20th-century prostitute (Dominique Sanda) arranges for her lover (Michele Placido) to wed a wealthy, dying millionairess (Isabelle Huppert) in Venice.
See Here My LoveSee Here My Love · 1979
See Here My Love
★ 5.01979
MovieDramaMystery
Young aristocrat Arnaud de Maule hires female private detective Claude Alphand to investigate a strange cult, the Church of the Final Revival, that tried to recruit his girlfriend Chloé, who then disappeared, and it now stalks him.
Le Jouet criminelLe Jouet criminel · 1969
Le Jouet criminel
★ 7.01969
Movie
A couple abducts an "angel" for their entertainment, who will escape with the help of an old man.
La Tragédie du roi Richard IILa Tragédie du roi Richard II · 2015
La Tragédie du roi Richard II
2015
MovieDramaHistory
A French adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Richard II", staged by Jean-Baptiste Sastre.

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