Claude Sautet | |
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| Born | Claude Marie Sautet (1924-02-23)23 February 1924 Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Died | 22 July 2000(2000-07-22) (aged 76) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Film director |
Claude Sautet (23 February 1924 – 22 July 2000) was a French film director and screenwriter.
He was a chronicler of post-war French society. He made a total of five films with his favorite actressRomy Schneider.
Born inMontrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Sautet first studied painting and sculpture before attending a film university in Paris where he began his career and later became a television producer. His first movie,Hello Smile! (originallyBonjour Sourire) was released in 1956.
He earned international attention withThe Things of Life (Les choses de la vie, 1970), which he wrote and directed, like the rest of his later films. FeaturingMichel Piccoli in the male lead, it was shown in competition at the 1970 Cannes Festival. The film also revived the career ofRomy Schneider; she acted in several of Sautet's later films. In his next filmMax and the Junkmen (Max et les Ferrailleurs, 1971) Schneider played a prostitute, while inCésar and Rosalie (César et Rosalie, 1972) she portrayed a married woman who copes with the reappearance of an old flame.
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others (Vincent, Paul, François, et les Autres, 1974) is one of Sautet's most acclaimed films. Four middle-class men meet in the country every weekend mainly to discuss their lives. As well as Piccoli, it featuredYves Montand,Gérard Depardieu, andStéphane Audran.Peter Bradshaw ofThe Guardian in a 2020 tribute article to Michel Piccoli thought it was "arguably the best" of the "five very well-regarded movies" on which the actor and director collaborated.[1] Sautet achieved even further critical success withMado (1976).
His filmA Simple Story (Une Histoire simple, 1978) was nominated for anAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] The film featured Schneider again, this time as a dissatisfied working woman in her 40s. She won theCésar Award for Best Actress for her performance.
In the 1980s, he made only two filmsWaiter! (Garçon!, 1983), a drama starring Yves Montand as a middle-aged waiter, and the comedyA Few Days with Me (Quelques Jours Avec Moi, 1988).
Claude Sautet won the Silver Lion at theVenice Film Festival and theCésar Award for Best Director forA Heart in Winter (Un cœur en hiver, 1992) and received the César once more forNelly and Mr. Arnaud (Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud, 1995). Both films starredEmmanuelle Béart. Apart from his own directing, he also wrote screenplays for other directors.
Claude Sautet died ofliver cancer[3][4] in Paris in July 22, 2000 and was buried there in theMontparnasse Cemetery.
In 2001, from May 5th to July 14th,Canal Plus aired eleven of its feature films in their final versions, following the work done with Béatrice Valbin.[5]
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