Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

144 • BRAOUDÉ, GUILA
BRAOUDÉ, GUILA
She studied dramatic art at the Conservatoire de
Paris (1981–1983). From 1985 to 1990, she was a
trainee editor and then editor on fi lms and TV movies.
Married to fi lmmaker Patrick Braoudé, she played
in several of the movies he directed (1991 Génial, mes
Parents divorcent!, also editor; 1997 Amours et Confusions;
2000 Deuxième Vie). Other credit (as actress):
1996 XY (Jean-Paul Lilienfeld).
Filmography
1999 Je Veux tout (also screenwriter, dialogist)
BRAOUDÉ, PATRICK (September 25, 1954, Paris,
France–)
A stage and fi lm actor, he played in about thirty movies
from 1981 (Toro Moreno, short, Gérard Krawczyk)
to 2006 (Mes Copines, Sylvie Ayme).
Filmography
1991 Génial, mes Parents divorcent! (also screenwriter,
dialogist)
1994 Neuf Mois (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
actor)
1997 Amour et Confusions (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2000 Deuxième Vie (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist,
producer)
2005 Iznogoud (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)
BREILLAT, CATHERINE (July 13, 1948, Bressuire,
Deux-Sèvres, France–)
She settled in Paris at age sixteen with her sister,
actress Marie-Hélène Breillat (b. 1947), and published
her fi rst novel, L’Homme facile (Editions Christian
Bourgois) in 1968. She occasionally appeared as actress
in fi lms (1973 L’ultimo tango a Parigi / Le Dernier
Tango à Paris / UK and USA: Last Tango in Paris, Bernardo
Bertolucci, Italy / France; 1976 Dracula, Père et
Fils / USA: Dracula and Son, Edouard Molinaro; 1982
Dérapage, short, Marie-Christine Questerbert; 2002
Une Femme de Ménage / UK: A Housekeeper / USA:
The Housekeeper, Claude Berri) and on TV (1973 Le
Dialogue dans le Marécage, Michel Hermant). Her fi rst
directing effort, an adaptation of her novel Une Vraie
jeune Fille, was shot in 1975, but the producer, André
Génovès, went bankrupt, and the movie remained
unreleased until 2000. Parallel to her directing career,
she co-wrote screenplays for cinema (1975 Catherine
et Cie / Un letto in società / USA: Catherine & Co, Michel
Boisrond, France / Italy; 1977 Bilitis, also co-adapter,
dialogist, David Hamilton; 1981 La Peau / La pelle / UK
and USA: The Skin, Liliana Cavani, France / Italy; 1983
E la nave va / Et vogue le Navire / USA: And the Ship
Sails On, Federico Fellini, Italy / France; 1984 L’Araignée
de Satin, as literary collaborator, Jacques Baratier;
1985 Police, also co-adapter, co-dialogist, Maurice
Pialat; 1987 Milan noir, also co-dialogist, Ronald Chammah;
1989 Zanzibar, also co-dialogist, Christine Pascal,
France / Switzerland; 1990 Les Aventures de Catherine
C. / USA: Adventure of Catherine C., also co-dialogist,
Pierre Beuchot; 1991 La Thune, also original story,
co-dialogist, Philippe Galland; 1992 La Nuit de l’Océan,
also co-dialogist, Antoine Perset; 1994 Couples et
Amants, also co-dialogist, John Lvoff; 1998 Si je t’aime .
. . prends garde à toi! / USA: Beware of My Love, as collaborator
to screenplay, Jeanne Labrune; 2001 Selon
Mathieu, Xavier Beauvois) and TV (1990 Le Diable
au Corps, Gérard Vergez; 1993 Le Secret d’Elissa Rhaïs,
also co-adapter, Jacques Otmezguine; 1997 Viens jouer
dans la Cour des Grands, as screenwriter, dialogist,
Caroline Huppert). Other credit (as assistant editor):
1982 Gli occhi, la bocca / Les Yeux, la Bouche / UK: Those
Eyes, That Mouth / USA: The Eyes, the Mouth (Marco
Bellocchio, Italy / France).
Filmography
1979 Tapage nocturne (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1988 36 Fillette / UK: Virgin / Canada: Junior Size
36 (also original novel, screenwriter, adapter,
dialogist)
1991 Sale comme un Ange (also screenwriter, dialogist)
1995 A propos de Nice, la Suite (segment “Aux
Niçois qui mal y pensent”)
1996 Parfait Amour! / US DVD: Perfect Love (also
screenwriter, dialogist)
1999 Romance (also screenwriter, dialogist)
2000 Une Vraie jeune Fille / UK: A Real Young Lady
/ USA: A Real Young Girl (also original novel,
screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer, editor,
production designer, makeup, lyricist)
2001 A ma Soeur! / A mia sorella! / USA: Fat Girl /
Australia: For My Sister (also screenwriter,
dialogist, lyricist; France / Italy)
2002 Sex Is Comedy (also screenwriter, dialogist;
France / Portugal)
2004 Anatomie de l’Enfer / USA: Anatomy of Hell (also
original novel, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist,
narrator; France / Portugal)