Sandrine Bonnaire

Sandrine Bonnaire (born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films including Hollywood movies. Bonnaire was born in the town of Gannat, Allier, in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in 1983, when she starred in the Maurice Pialat film À nos amours. She played a girl from the suburbs beginning her sexual awakening. In 1984 she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Her international breakthrough came in 1986 when she played the main character in Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond), directed by Agnès Varda, for which she won her second César Award. She portrays a vagrant who fails both physically and morally. The film Monsieur Hire directed by Patrice Leconte followed in 1989, along with further work with directors Jacques Doillon and Claude Sautet. In 2004, she starred in another Patrice Leconte's film: Intimate Strangers, which was an arthouse box office hit in the United States. Bonnaire has a daughter, Jeanne, from a relationship with actor William Hurt, whom she met in 1991 during filming of the Albert Camus novel La Peste (The Plague). They acted together in Secrets Shared with a Stranger (1994). Since March 2003 she has been married to actor and screenwriter Guillaume Laurant, with whom she has had a second daughter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandrine Bonnaire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of ...

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A Nos Amours (1983)

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Pialat
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Evelyne Ker  •  Maurice Pialat  •  Dominique Besnehard

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Pialat
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Evelyne Ker  •  Maurice Pialat  •  Dominique Besnehard

Femme Fatale (2002)

A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Rebecca Romijn  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Peter Coyote  •  Rie Rasmussen

A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian De Palma
CAST:  Rebecca Romijn  •  Antonio Banderas  •  Peter Coyote  •  Rie Rasmussen

La Ceremonie (1995)

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Isabelle Huppert  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Jacqueline Bisset

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Isabelle Huppert  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Jacqueline Bisset

Vagabond (1985)

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agnès Varda
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Macha Méril  •  Stéphane Freiss  •  Setti Ramdane

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death. Through these flashbacks, Mona gradually declines as she travels from place to place, taking odd jobs and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Agnès Varda
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Macha Méril  •  Stéphane Freiss  •  Setti Ramdane

The Light (2004)

Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Lioret
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Anne Consigny  •  Philippe Torreton  •  Grégori Derangère

Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home. She spends a last night in the house during which she discovers a secret. In 1963 a man came to work with her father, who was the Jument lighthouse operator. He ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Lioret
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Anne Consigny  •  Philippe Torreton  •  Grégori Derangère

C'est la vie (2001)

Dimitri joins La Maison, a place where people are welcomed for whom medicine can not do anything anymore. There he meets Suzanne, a volunteer who is dedicated to supporting people at the end of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Améris
CAST:  Jacques Dutronc  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Emmanuelle Riva  •  Jacques Spiesser

Dimitri joins La Maison, a place where people are welcomed for whom medicine can not do anything anymore. There he meets Suzanne, a volunteer who is dedicated to supporting people at the end of their lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Pierre Améris
CAST:  Jacques Dutronc  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Emmanuelle Riva  •  Jacques Spiesser

The Color of Lies (1999)

In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Gamblin  •  Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi  •  Bernard Verley

In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Chabrol
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Gamblin  •  Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi  •  Bernard Verley

The Plague (1992)

In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city, an idealistic doctor decides to stay and help the sick. In the ever-changing circumstances, he puts up a brave fight, being helped by others ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Puenzo
CAST:  William Hurt  •  Robert Duvall  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Sandrine Bonnaire

In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the military close the city, an idealistic doctor decides to stay and help the sick. In the ever-changing circumstances, he puts up a brave fight, being helped by others ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luis Puenzo
CAST:  William Hurt  •  Robert Duvall  •  Raúl Juliá  •  Sandrine Bonnaire

Le Meilleur de la Vie (1985)

Two quarreling lovers from opposite sides of the economic scale take central stage in this drama about Veronique and Adrien. Veronique is wealthy and from the provinces, Adrien is impoverished and his ancestors come from Brittany. In spite of their different ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renaud Victor
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Bonnaffé  •  Jean-Marc Bory  •  Marie-Christine Barrault

Two quarreling lovers from opposite sides of the economic scale take central stage in this drama about Veronique and Adrien. Veronique is wealthy and from the provinces, Adrien is impoverished and his ancestors come from Brittany. In spite of their different ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renaud Victor
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Bonnaffé  •  Jean-Marc Bory  •  Marie-Christine Barrault

Intimate Strangers (2004)

Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Leconte
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Fabrice Luchini  •  Michel Duchaussoy  •  Anne Brochet

Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Leconte
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Fabrice Luchini  •  Michel Duchaussoy  •  Anne Brochet

Adieu Paris (2013)

Bank manager Frank and writer Patrizia meet by coincidence again and again at the airport. They commute between Dusseldorf and Paris, but behind their travels are two fateful stories. Frank wants to complete the business of his life, Patrizia visits her lover, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franziska Buch
CAST:  Jessica Schwarz  •  Hans-Werner Meyer  •  Jean-Yves Berteloot  •  Sandrine Bonnaire

Bank manager Frank and writer Patrizia meet by coincidence again and again at the airport. They commute between Dusseldorf and Paris, but behind their travels are two fateful stories. Frank wants to complete the business of his life, Patrizia visits her lover, who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franziska Buch
CAST:  Jessica Schwarz  •  Hans-Werner Meyer  •  Jean-Yves Berteloot  •  Sandrine Bonnaire

We Love You, You Bastard (2014)

A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four daughters, enjoys a happy life in the Alps with his new girlfriend. But his life is turned upside down the day that his best friend tries to reconcile him with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Johnny Hallyday  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Eddy Mitchell  •  Irène Jacob

A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four daughters, enjoys a happy life in the Alps with his new girlfriend. But his life is turned upside down the day that his best friend tries to reconcile him with his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Johnny Hallyday  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Eddy Mitchell  •  Irène Jacob

Crulic: The Path to Beyond (2011)

An animated feature-length documentary telling the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 year-old Romanian accused of having stolen a wallet from an important Polish judge. Crulic was brought to the Krakow Detention Center Custody prison. He decided to start a hunger ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anca Damian
CAST:  Vlad Ivanov  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jamie Sives

An animated feature-length documentary telling the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 year-old Romanian accused of having stolen a wallet from an important Polish judge. Crulic was brought to the Krakow Detention Center Custody prison. He decided to start a hunger ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anca Damian
CAST:  Vlad Ivanov  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jamie Sives

Joan the Maid I: The Battles (1994)

Joan of Arc leaves her childhood home after hearing what she believes to be the voice of God. Convinced that only she can lead France to victory against the invading English, she pleads Charles, heir to the throne, to allow her to guide his troops on the battlefield.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Tatiana Moukhine  •  Baptiste Roussillon  •  Jean-Marie Richier

Joan of Arc leaves her childhood home after hearing what she believes to be the voice of God. Convinced that only she can lead France to victory against the invading English, she pleads Charles, heir to the throne, to allow her to guide his troops on the battlefield.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Tatiana Moukhine  •  Baptiste Roussillon  •  Jean-Marie Richier

Maddened by His Absence (2012)

After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandrine Bonnaire
CAST:  William Hurt  •  Alexandra Lamy  •  Augustin Legrand  •  Jalil Mehenni

After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandrine Bonnaire
CAST:  William Hurt  •  Alexandra Lamy  •  Augustin Legrand  •  Jalil Mehenni

The Prude (1986)

Pierre is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon lets him know that she is coming to see him after a year's absence, Pierre decides to prepare for the meeting. He goes to the theater with his girlfriend Ariane and has the actresses in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Sabine Azéma  •  Laurent Malet

Pierre is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon lets him know that she is coming to see him after a year's absence, Pierre decides to prepare for the meeting. He goes to the theater with his girlfriend Ariane and has the actresses in his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Sabine Azéma  •  Laurent Malet

Mademoiselle (2001)

Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an actor. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not, who can say? When things like that happen, you act on the spur of the moment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Lioret
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Gamblin  •  Isabelle Candelier  •  Zinedine Soualem

Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an actor. Brief encounter, brief romance, doomed or not, who can say? When things like that happen, you act on the spur of the moment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Lioret
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jacques Gamblin  •  Isabelle Candelier  •  Zinedine Soualem

Secret Defense (1998)

After scientist Sylvie discovers her brother Paul trying to steal a gun from her lab, he explains that he wishes to avenge the death of their father whom he suspects died at the hands of his business partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Laure Marsac  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Christine Vouilloz

After scientist Sylvie discovers her brother Paul trying to steal a gun from her lab, he explains that he wishes to avenge the death of their father whom he suspects died at the hands of his business partner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Laure Marsac  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Christine Vouilloz

Joan the Maid II: The Prisons (1994)

Joan has succeeded in lifting the siege on Orléans and Charles VII has been ordained King of France. However, she is injured in her failed attempt to take Paris, weakening her position at court. When she is finally captured and put on trial, she finds both her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  André Marcon  •  Jean-Louis Richard  •  Marcel Bozonnet

Joan has succeeded in lifting the siege on Orléans and Charles VII has been ordained King of France. However, she is injured in her failed attempt to take Paris, weakening her position at court. When she is finally captured and put on trial, she finds both her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  André Marcon  •  Jean-Louis Richard  •  Marcel Bozonnet

A Few Days with Me (1988)

Martial is discharged from a mental insitution where he spent a few years due to a serious nervous breakdown. Upon his return he finds his mother, a busy business woman who owns a supermarket chain, convinced that her son will be able to find himself again if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Dominique Lavanant

Martial is discharged from a mental insitution where he spent a few years due to a serious nervous breakdown. Upon his return he finds his mother, a busy business woman who owns a supermarket chain, convinced that her son will be able to find himself again if ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Jean-Pierre Marielle  •  Dominique Lavanant
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