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Vahina Giocante | |
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 Vahina Giocante, 2009 | |
| Born | (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (age 43) Orléans, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Actress |
Vahina Giocante (born 30 June 1981) is a French actress.
AsMarie inMarie Baie des Anges (1997), she is among a group of young wanderers who become enmeshed in love, hate, and violence on theFrench Riviera.
In 1999 she appeared inNo Scandal (French:Pas de scandale) directed byBenoît Jacquot.[1]
In the 2004 film directed byZiad Doueiri,Lila Says (French title:Lila dit ça), Giocante portrays a teenager who resides with her aunt in a rough neighborhood inMarseille. Chief film critic forThe New York TimesA.O. Scott compared her toBrigitte Bardot inAnd God Created Woman, being "a femme more vital than fatale". He further wrote "Ms. Giocante's intoxicating mixture of gamine innocence and womanly knowingness is almost too much for the movie but her charisma ... give it a mood that is at once breathlessly romantic and cannily down to earth."[2]
In 2009 she appeared inBellamy, the last film of celebrated French directorClaude Chabrol.[3]
Vahina Giocante is of halfCorsican and halfAndalusian origin. She lived inCorsica until the age of 10. Born inOrléans, she went to school at the Lycée Paul-Cézanne inAix-en-Provence.[citation needed]
In February 2024, Giocante accused directorBenoit Jacquot of sexually abusing her.[4]
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