Béatrice Romand

Acting

Béatrice Romand

Born April 16, 1952 · Birkadem, Alger, Algeria (age 74)

Béatrice Romand is a French actress and director. She is best known for her work with director Éric Rohmer in such films as Claire's Knee, Love in the Afternoon, A Good Marriage, Le Rayon vert and Autumn Tale. She also appeared on television in Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre, a German detective show.

Known For

Four Adventures of Reinette and MirabelleFour Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle · 1987
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
★ 7.41987
MovieComedyDrama
Two young girls meet, Reinette from the countryside and Mirabelle from Paris, and decide to take a flat together in Paris where they attend University. Four successive stories about their daily lives illustrate the very different views, characters and relation to the world of these two friends.
Claire's KneeClaire's Knee · 1970
Claire's Knee
★ 7.31970
MovieDramaRomance
On the eve of his wedding, on holiday on the Lake Annecy shore, career diplomat Jérôme visits an old acquaintance, perhaps a former girlfriend. Through her, he meets an intense teenager, Laura, and then lusts after her sister, Claire. Whilst Laura attempts to flirt with him, Jérôme's fantasy becomes focused on wanting to caress Claire's knee.
An Autumn TaleAn Autumn Tale · 1998
An Autumn Tale
★ 7.11998
MovieDramaRomance
Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friends Rosine and Isabelle both want secretly to find a husband for Magali.
The Green RayThe Green Ray · 1986
The Green Ray
★ 7.51986
MovieDramaRomance
A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation.
ThemrocThemroc · 1973
Themroc
★ 6.41973
MovieComedy
Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects every facet of bourgeois life, and begins acting like an urban, modern-day Neanderthal.
The Romantic EnglishwomanThe Romantic Englishwoman · 1975
The Romantic Englishwoman
★ 5.41975
MovieDramaComedy
A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another man, through whom the writer is going to overcome his writer's block.
A Good MarriageA Good Marriage · 1982
A Good Marriage
★ 6.81982
MovieDramaRomance
Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues Edmond, with the encouragement of Clarisse, but Edmond does not seem very interested.
Love in the AfternoonLove in the Afternoon · 1972
Love in the Afternoon
★ 7.31972
MovieDramaRomance
Successful Parisian lawyer Frédéric is happily married to schoolteacher Hélène. Though he daydreams of affairs with other women, he doesn't come close to acting on such thoughts until he runs into Chloé, a beautiful old acquaintance. Tempted by the vibrant Chloé, Frédéric is torn between impulsive lust and his love for Hélène.

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CinématonCinématon · 1978
Cinématon
★ 4.91978
MovieDocumentary
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011. Composed over 36 years from 1978 until 2006, it consists of a series of over 2,821 silent vignettes (cinématons), each 3 minutes and 25 seconds long, of various celebrities, artists, journalists and friends of the director, each doing whatever they want for the allotted time. Subjects of the film include directors Barbet Schroeder, Nagisa Oshima, Volker Schlöndorff, Ken Loach, Benjamin Cuq, Youssef Chahine, Wim Wenders, Joseph Losey, Jean-Luc Godard, Samuel Fuller and Terry Gilliam, chess grandmaster Joël Lautier, and actors Roberto Benigni, Stéphane Audran, Julie Delpy and Lesley Chatterley. Gilliam is featured eating a 100-franc note, while Fuller smokes a cigar. Courant's favourite subject was a 7-month-old baby. The film was screened in its then-entirety in Avignon in November 2009 and was screened in Redondo Beach, CA on April 9, 2010.

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