Hélène Surgère

Acting

Hélène Surgère

Born October 20, 1928 · France

Died March 27, 2011 · aged 82

Hélène Surgère was born on October 20, 1928 in Caudéran, Bordeaux, Gironde, France as Hélène Marcelle Simone Collet. She was an actress, known for Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), The Divorce (2003) and Time Regained (1999). She died on March 27, 2011 in Paris, France.

Known For

Salò, or the 120 Days of SodomSalò, or the 120 Days of Sodom · 1976
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
6.31976
MovieHorrorDrama
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
The Bronte SistersThe Bronte Sisters · 1979
The Bronte Sisters
5.81979
MovieDrama
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Le DivorceLe Divorce · 2003
Le Divorce
5.02003
MovieDramaRomance
While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.
Le retour de Christophe ColonLe retour de Christophe Colon · 1983
Le retour de Christophe Colon
9.01983
Movie
An American passing through France is hosted one stormy night by a couple who soon use his services shamelessly. A very curious way for the young foreigner to find his roots.
The BetThe Bet · 1997
The Bet
6.31997
MovieComedy
Two rival "brothers-in-law" make a bet that they can stop smoking for 2 weeks. But, it's just not that easy...
Intimate StrangersIntimate Strangers · 2004
Intimate Strangers
6.32004
MovieDramaRomance
Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard.
Hunting & GatheringHunting & Gathering · 2007
Hunting & Gathering
6.52007
MovieRomanceDrama
When Camille falls ill, she is forced to live with Philibert and Franck.
Fine MannersFine Manners · 1978
Fine Manners
5.71978
MovieDrama
Camille, a young, provincial, proletarian man works for Hélène Courtray, who is still beautiful and seductive. She's a sophisticated, cultivated and well-to-do woman who has engaged him to care for her reclusive son who has spent the past few years voluntarily locked up in his room. An encounter between two persons and two worlds where the relationship of the young man to this closed, strange and unknown universe rapidly turns tragedy.

Filmography

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Where the Heart IsWhere the Heart Is · 1998
Where the Heart Is
6.11998
MovieComedyDrama
From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood friend, neighbor, and the mother of his future child, Clementine, who is white. The city is Marseilles as in the previous film, symbolic with its churches, prisons and ruins. Except in this film, director Robert Guediguian also ventures outside, taking the story to Sarajevo; two different cities, one devastated by war, the other by a bad economy and unemployment. A la Place du coeur won a Special Jury Prize at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival and was also shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and the 1998 Montreal Film Festival.

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Lise and AndreLise and Andre · 2000
Lise and Andre
6.52000
MovieDramaComedy
Lise is a Parisian prostitute who has a young son, Sebastien. Lise dotes on her boy, who has a gift for music and sings in a children's choir directed by aging parish priest Father Andre. Sebastien becomes involved in an auto accident that sends him into a coma; after he remains unconscious for three months, Lise begins to panic, desperate for a remedy that medical science can't provide. When she is told of a field in a village in rural France where a miracle is said to have occurred some years before -- an apparition of the Virgin Mary arrived to provide food for a group of starving children -- Lise wants to travel to the site of the miracle to pray for her son. She also insists that Father Andre come along, but the priest is not eager to go, due to his age, his health, and his increasing cynicism about religion. Lise is persistent, however, and before long the two are on the road in search of a much-needed miracle.

Lise's mother