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Laetitia Colombani

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Laetitia Colombani
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Bordeaux, France
Occupation
  • Filmmaker
  • writer
  • actress
LanguageFrench
Alma materÉcole nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière
Years active1998–present

Laetitia Colombani (born 1976) is a French filmmaker, writer and actress.

Early life[edit]

Laetitia Colombani was born in 1976[1] in the Caudéran quartier of Bordeaux. She then lived in Talence and Gradignan. Her father is a construction engineer. Her mother was a librarian at the Collège de Monjous, where she was a student. She earned a baccalauréat at the Lycée Victor Louis. At age 18, she moved to Nantes to complete a two-year preparatory class at the Ciné-Sup.[2] She then entered the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière, from which she received her diploma in 1998.[3]

Career[edit]

Colombani's film career began with several short films, including Le Dernier bip (1998) and Mémoire de puce (1999). She made her feature directorial debut with He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not (2002), starring Audrey Tautou.[4] She also directed the comedy Mes stars et moi (2008), starring Kad Merad, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart and Mélanie Bernier.[5]

As an author, Colombani became internationally known in 2017 with her first novel, The Braid (La Tresse), for which she received several awards and sold 2 million copies in France.[6] It tells the story of three women with very different destinies, living in India, Sicily and Canada.[7][8] Colombani herself adapted the novel into the film The Braid (2023), which she also directed.[9] The film was a major success in France, where it sold 1.3 million admissions.[10] Her second novel Les Victorieuses was released in 2019.[11] Her third novel, Le Cerf-volant, followed in 2021.[12]

Personal life[edit]

As of 2021, Colombani lived in Paris. She frequently returns to the Gironde region, where her family still lives. She also spends her summers in the resort town of Arcachon.[2]

Filmography[edit]

As director[edit]

Feature films[edit]

Short films[edit]

  • 1998 : Le Dernier Bip
  • 2003 : Une fleur pour Marie
  • 2003 : Quelques mots d'amour
  • 2003 : Casting urgent

As actress[edit]

  • 1998 : Le Dernier Bip by Laetitia Colombani (short film) : Emma Merowski
  • 1998 : Cousin Bette by Des McAnuff : non créditée au générique
  • 2002 : Paradisco by Stéphane Ly-Cuong : la femme aux chocolats
  • 2003 : La Faucheuse by Vincenzo Marano and Patrick Timsit (short film) : Marie
  • 2003 : Gomez et Tavarès by Gilles Paquet-Brenner : Séverine
  • 2003 : Casting urgent by Laetitia Colombani (short film) : la directrice du casting
  • 2004 : Qui mange quand ? by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (TV film) : l'hôtesse du breakfast
  • 2005 : Libre échange by Olivier de Plas (short film) : Florence
  • 2005 : Belle, enfin possible by Régis Roinsard (short film) : la standardiste
  • 2005 : Pas bouger ! by Xavier Daugreilh (short film) : la mère
  • 2005 : Retiens-moi by Jean-Pierre Igoux (TV film) : Virginie
  • 2008 : Mes stars et moi by Laetitia Colombani : La Psy-chat-nalyste
  • 2012 : My Way by Florent-Emilio Siri : Vline Buggy
  • 2014 : J'aurais pas dû mettre mes Clarks by Marie Caldera (short film) : la réalisatrice
  • 2015 : La Boule noire by Denis Malleval (TV film) : Madame Fabre
  • 2019 : Fête de famille by Cédric Kahn : Marie
  • 2021 : The Accusation by Yvan Attal : La Psychologue

Bibliography[edit]

  • La Tresse, Paris, Grasset, 2017
  • Les Victorieuses, Paris, Grasset, 2019
  • Le Cerf-volant, Paris, Grasset, 2021

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peras, Delphine (7 January 2018). "La Tresse: Laetitia Colombani, auteure un brin chanceuse". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Laëtitia Colombani : « Ma mère m'a habituée à vivre avec les livres »". Sud Ouest (in French). 28 September 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ^ Lastennet, Zoé (20 July 2019). "Laetitia Colombani : "Le dimanche, j'adore les plans de dernière minute"". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ^ Nortier, Viviane (27 March 2002). "Si je t'aime... prends garde à toi". La Dépêche (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ Sotinel, Thomas (28 October 2008). ""Mes stars et moi" : eau de rose sur un plateau". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  6. ^ Cadet, Jean-François (15 June 2021). "Vous m'en direz des nouvelles - Laetitia Colombani, les intouchables à bonne école". RFI (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Autour du roman "La tresse", de Laetitia Colombani". France Inter (in French). 15 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Laetitia Colombani tisse les liens humains". Paris Match (in French). 16 June 2017.
  9. ^ ""La Tresse" : Laetitia Colombani adapte son best-seller dans un film en "hommage au courage des femmes"". Franceinfo (in French). 27 November 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  10. ^ "La Tresse (2023)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  11. ^ Fleury, Adeline (10 May 2019). "Trois raisons de lire «les Victorieuses» de Lætitia Colombani". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  12. ^ Develey, Alice (16 June 2021). "Le cerf-volant de Lætitia Colombani: l'insoutenable légèreté de l'Inde". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2024.

External links[edit]

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