Anne Fontaine
Birthday:
15 July 1959, Luxembourg
Birth Name:
Anne Sibertin-Blanc
Anne Fontaine was born on July 15, 1959 in Luxembourg as Anne Sibertin-Blanc. She is an actress and writer, known for Adoration (2013), Coco avant Chanel (2009) and Les innocentes (2016). She is married to Philippe Carcassonne. They have one child.
To understand is to analyze, control, and put things in order. You must accept a certain amount of disorder and have courage, because you do...Show more »
To understand is to analyze, control, and put things in order. You must accept a certain amount of disorder and have courage, because you don't know where you are going. I think cinema is good for incarnating the parts of the mind that you cannot explain. It is also better, I think, to adapt a short story for this reason than a whole 'roman' - it becomes 'trop litteraire' and this makes sometimes the mystery disappear. It was a challenge for me because I don't speak very well English, you see, and it helped me to let go and trust my wonderful actors. Show less «
[on 'Adore', a film based on Doris Lessing's novella 'The Grandmothers'] Doris Lessing escaped taboos, perhaps by ignoring them. She believe...Show more »
[on 'Adore', a film based on Doris Lessing's novella 'The Grandmothers'] Doris Lessing escaped taboos, perhaps by ignoring them. She believed in what is natural. And that is how she wrote - convincing you gently, not with violence and paroxysms, but with humor. Here, it is about desire and how it can be stronger than everything else. I think that makes the story quite moving and says something about the human condition, because it is all very mixed: there is sexuality but also something very soft and sincere to it. Show less «
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