Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

1995 Jéricho (short; also screenwriter; also screenwriter)
La Colline des Soeurs Moreau (short; also
screenwriter)
La Petite C . . . (documentary; short; collective
movie)
1996 Matthieu Messager au Pays de Trèfl es (documentary;
also screenwriter)
1997 Quando piove e c’è sole (documentary; also
screenwriter)
Corvol a Cinquante Ans (short; also screenwriter)
1998 Un accento perfetto / Un Accent parfait (short;
also screenwriter; Italy)
2003 Le Dernier des Immobiles (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
2008 Monsieur Morimoto (documentary; also coscreenwriter)
SOTHA (Catherine Sigaux / November 25, 1943,
Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France–)
She already had directed her fi rst short when she
co-founded (in 1968) with Romain Bouteille, Coluche,
Patrick Dewaere, and a few others the fi rst and most
famous French café theaters, Le Café de la Gare, for
which she co-wrote and performed many shows until
today. She played in a handful of fi lms (1973 Themroc / Il
mangiaguardie, Claude Faraldo, France / Italy; 1977 Vous
n’aurez pas l’Alsace et la Lorraine, Coluche, Marc Monnet,
France / Belgium; 1978 Si vous n’aimez pas ça, n’en
dégoûtez pas les Autres, as Catherine Sigaux, Raymond
Lewin, shot in 1973; 1987 Cross, Philippe Setbon, France
/ Canada) and TV productions (1989 Tango Bar, Philippe
Setbon; 1992 Patrick Dewaere, l’Enfant du Siècle, documentary,
as herself, Alexandre Moix). She collaborated
on the script of Mon Bel Amour, ma Déchirure (José Pinheiro)
and briefl y worked as a script supervisor (1991
Love at First Sight, TV series, Philippe Setbon, USA).
Filmography
1965 Le Huron (short)
1968 Il arrivera de la Mer (short)
1971 Glissom butreu (short)
1974 L’Art et les Restes (short)
1975 Au long de la Rivière Fango (also screenwriter,
dialogist, co-composer)
1976 Le Graphique de Boscop (co-director with
Georges Dumoulin; also screenwriter, dialogist,
actor, co-editor, co-composer)
1981 Les Matous sont romantiques (also screenwriter,
dialogist, co-editor, co-composer)
1985 Pas besoin de Valise (short)
Les œufs sur le Plat (short)
1986 Tant Pis si je meurs (unreleased)
SOULANES, LOUIS • 937
SOULANES, LOUIS (August 3, 1924, Saint-André
de Sangonis, Hérault, France–)
After completing his studies in chemistry and physics
at the Faculté des Sciences de Montpellier, he created
a production company to fi nance his shorts. Among
his multiple cinematographic activities, he notably was
a cinematographer (1956 La Pointe courte, Agnès Varda,
shot in 1954; 1967 Sexy Gang, Henry-Jacques; 1973 Le
Blues entre les Dents, documentary, Robert Manthoulis;
The Awakening of Annie / Annie, a Virgem de Saint-Tropez
/ Annie: The Virgin of Saint Tropez, Zygmunt Zulitrowski,
France / Brazil; 1974 Le Seuil du Vide, Jean-François
Davy, shot in 1971; 1975 L’Archisexe / UK: Chronical Sex,
Patrice Rhomm; 1976 Vicieuse Amandine, also editor,
Bob W. Sanders = Robert Renzulli; 1977 Cathy, Fille
soumise / USA: Cathy, Submissive Girl, also editor, Bob
W. Sanders = Robert Renzulli; 1978 Dali en Avignon,
documentary, Robert Renzulli; Vacances organisées pour
jeunes Filles en Chaleur, also editor, Bob W. Sanders =
Robert Renzulli; 1979 Estivantes pour Hommes seuls /
USA: Visitors for a Single Man, also editor, Bob W. Sanders
= Robert Renzulli; 1980 Tendre et malicieuse Christina
/ Christina Fille de Rêve, also editor Bob W. Sanders
= Robert Renzulli; 1982 La Prof enseigne sans Préservatifs
/ La Prof ou Les Plaisirs défendus, also editor, Bob W.
Sanders = Robert Renzulli; Vierge . . . Façon de parler,
also editor, Paolo Moffa, France / Italy; 1985 La Fille du
Château / Les Plaisirs défendus, also co-screenwriter, editor,
Bob W. Sanders = Robert Renzulli; Une Fille ça va,
trois, attention les Dégats!, also editor, co-screenwriter,
Robert Renzulli; 1990 La Colo, Bob W. Sanders = Robert
Renzulli), assistant director (1957 Mademoiselle
Strip-Tease / USA: The Nude Set, Pierre Foucaud; Un
Amour de poche / UK: Nude in His Pocket / USA: Girl in
His Pocket, Pierre Kast; 1958 Péché de Jeunesse / USA:
Sin of Youth, Louis Duchesne, René Thévenet; 1959
Drôles de Phénomènes, Robert Vernay; 1960 Pantalaskas,
Paul Paviot), screenwriter (1964 Cinq Filles en Furie / Les
Chiennes de Soledor / USA: Five Wild Girls / Five Wild Kids,
as screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, Max Pécas;
1968 Le Bal des Voyous / Karin un corpo che brucia / UK:
Sin, Sun and Sex / USA: Playmates, as co-adapter, also
supervisor, Jean-Claude Dague, France / Italy; 1984 On
prend la Pilule et on s’éclate, as screenwriter, dialogist,
cinematographer, Bob W. Sanders; 2003 Fruits mûrs, TV
movie, as screenwriter, dialogist, Luc Béraud), and editor
(nine Jess Franco pictures).