Christine Pascal | |
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Born | November 29, 1953 Lyon, Rhône |
Died | August 30, 1996 Garches, Hauts-de-Seine |
(aged 42)
Occupation | Actress, screenwriter, director |
Spouse | Robert Boner (1982-1996) |
Christine Pascal (November 29, 1953 – August 30, 1996) was a French actress, writer and director.
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Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's Les Guichets du Louvre (1974), and began an association with Bertrand Tavernier with her next film, L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974). Other films with Tavernier include Que la fête commence (1975), for which she received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actress; The Judge and the Assassin (1976); Des enfants gatés (1977), which she co-scripted; and Round Midnight. Other film appearances include Black Thursday (1974), La Meilleure façon de marcher (1976), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Entre Nous (1983), and Le Grand Chemin (1987). She made her directorial debut with Félicité, and also directed La Garce, Zanzibar, Le Petit prince a dit (which won the Louis Delluc Prize) and Adultère, mode d'emploi.[1]
Pascal had contemplated suicide at various times in her life, and Félicité, the first film she directed, opens with a suicide scene. In 1984, when asked how she would like to die, she reputedly said, "En me suicidant, le moment venu." ("By killing myself, when the time comes").
In 1996, while staying in a psychiatric hospital in the Paris suburb of Garches, Pascal committed suicide.[2] She is buried in Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. In 2003, the psychiatrist whose care Pascal was under was sentenced to 1 year in prison for failing to take appropriate action to prevent her suicide.[3]
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1974 | L' Horloger de Saint-Paul | Liliane Torrini | |
Les Guichets du Louvre | Jeanne | ||
1975 | Que la fête commence... | Emilie | |
Cécile ou La Raison des femmes: Vivre à deux | Cécile | TV mini-series | |
Le docteur noir | Pauline | ||
1976 | La meilleure façon de marcher | Chantal | |
The Judge and the Assassin | Uncredited | ||
1977 | Rendez-vous en noir | La fiancée | TV mini-series |
L'imprécateur | Betty Saint-Ramé | TV movie | |
Des enfants gâtés | Anne Torrini | ||
Les Indiens sont encore loin | Lise | ||
1978 | Chaussette surprise | Juliette | |
1979 | On efface tout | Anne Glizer | |
Félicité | Félicité | ||
The Maids of Wilko | Tunia | ||
Paco l'infaillible | Maria | ||
1980 | Le Chemin perdu | Liza | |
1981 | Au bon beurre | Josette - la première employée des Poissonard | TV movie |
Das Haus im Park | Simone | TV movie | |
1982 | Bonbons en gros | Jeannette | |
1983 | Elle voulait faire du cinéma | Alice Guy-Blaché | TV movie |
Entre Nous | Sarah | ||
Cinéma 16 | Isabelle | TV series | |
Faux fuyants | La cinéaste | ||
1985 | Train d'enfer | Isabelle | |
Signé Charlotte | Christine | ||
Elsa, Elsa | La 'vraie' Elsa | ||
1986 | Round Midnight | Sylvie | |
1987 | Le grand chemin | Claire, la mère de Louis | |
Promis... juré! | Madeleine | ||
1988 | La travestie | Christine | |
La couleur du vent | Hélène Plazy | ||
1989 | Série noire | Corinne | TV series |
Pause-café | Josiane Vernon | ||
1990 | A Ilha | Linda Walsh | |
Navarro | Sylvie Rivette | TV series | |
L'ami Giono: Le déserteur | Marie-Jeanne | TV movie | |
Le sixième doigt | Viviane | ||
1991 | Rien que des mensonges | Lise | |
1992 | La femme de l'amant | Laetitia | TV movie |
1994 | Les patriotes | Laurence | |
Le sourire | Chantal | ||
Regarde les hommes tomber | Sandrine |
Year | Result | Award | Category | Film or series |
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1976 | Nominated | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Que la fête commence |
1993 | Nominated | Best Film | Le Petit prince a dit | |
Nominated | Best Director | Le Petit prince a dit | ||
1992 | Won | Louis Delluc Prize | Prix Louis Delluc | Le Petit prince a dit |
Montréal World Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Le Petit prince a dit (Shared with Robert Boner) |