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Emmanuelle Riva

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Emmanuelle Riva

Born February 24, 1927 in Cheniménil, Vosges, FranceDied January 27, 201764 films

Emmanuelle Riva (February 24, 1927 – January 27, 2017) was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour and Amour.

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In 2013, Riva won the BAFTA Award and the César Award for her lead role in Michael Haneke's Amour as Anne Laurent, and was nominated for the Academy Award for the same role.[2][3] She had previously been nominated for a BAFTA Award in 1960 for Hiroshima mon amour, and had won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1962 for Thérèse Desqueyroux.

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Amour posterFirst watchAmour20127.8as AnneGeorges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Three Colors: Blue poster7.6Three Colors: Blue1993Hiroshima Mon Amour poster7.7Hiroshima Mon Amour1959Léon Morin, Priest poster7.1Léon Morin, Priest1961Adua and Her Friends poster7.2Adua and Her Friends1960Kapo poster6.9Kapo1960Venus Beauty Institute poster5.9Venus Beauty Institute1999Lost in Paris poster6.0Lost in Paris2017The Possessors poster6.9The Possessors1958

Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. 2021Alma
  2. 2017Lost in ParisMartha
  3. 2013A Greek Type of ProblemGranny
  4. 2012Wide-AwakeThe Superwoman
  5. 2012AmourAnne
  6. 2011SkylabMrs. Prévost
  7. 2009A Man and His DogFemme église
  8. 2008The Great AlibiGeneviève Herbin
  9. 2006My SonGrandmother / La grand-mère
  10. 2004Eros TherapyEmma
  11. 2004Green ParadiseLa mère de Lucas
  12. 2001C'est la vieDominique
  13. 2001MédéeLe choeur
  14. 1999Venus Beauty InstituteTante Lyda
  15. 1997XXLSonia Stern
  16. 1997Capitaine au long coursClémentine / Calypso
  17. 1995Arthur Rimbaud, l'homme aux semelles de ventVitalie Rimbaud
  18. 1995Éclats de familleMaguerite
  19. 1995God, My Mother's Lover and the Butcher's Son
  20. 1993A Shadow of a DoubtGrandmother
  21. 1993Three Colors: BlueMother
  22. 1992Far from BrazilJuliette
  23. 1991For SashaMrs. Malka
  24. 1990The Passion of BernadetteMother Marie-Thérèse Vauzou
  25. 1988The Tribulations of Balthazar KoberMother
  26. 1987Funny BoyMicky's Mother
  27. 1985Resist or the Captives of Aigues-Mortes
  28. 1984Liberty at NightMouche
  29. 1984Un delittoMadame Louise
  30. 1983A Man of My MeasureLisa Leibovitch
  31. 1982The Eyes, the MouthMadre
  32. 1982Is There a Frenchman in the House?Adélaïde Tumelat
  33. 1981The Games of Countess DolingenUne invitée
  34. 1979Les Jeunes FillesAndrée Hacquebaut
  35. 1976The Devil in the HeartMrs. Bouvier, the mother
  36. 1975La mort de l'utopieLa tragédienne
  37. 1975Au long de rivière FangoMathilde
  38. 1974ArianePasiphae
  39. 1973I Will Walk Like a Crazy HorseMadame Rey
  40. 1972Le CygneDame Gritie
  41. 1972Gates of FireThe Baroness
  42. 1971Man of DesireValentine
  43. 1970The ModificationHenriette
  44. 1969Safari 5000
  45. 1968La forêt noireMaria Richter
  46. 1967Risky BusinessSuzanne Doucet
  47. 1967Bitter FruitSoledad
  48. 1966La Fin de la nuitThérèse Desqueyroux
  49. 1966Le Coup de grâceSophie
  50. 1966L’Or et le plombWorld's woman
  51. 1965Thomas the Impostorla princesse de Bormes
  52. 1965I Kill, You KillLucia Rossi Perozzi (segment "La donna che viveva sola")
  53. 1964The Big HitClémence Grandval
  54. 1963CaterinaCaterina
  55. 1963The Hours of LoveMaretta
  56. 1962ThereseThérèse Desqueyroux
  57. 1962Climates of LoveIsabelle
  58. 1961Léon Morin, PriestBarny
  59. 1960KapoTerese
  60. 1960Adua and Her FriendsMarilina
  61. 1960Recourse in GraceGermaine Tourier
  62. 1960The Eighth DayFrançoise
  63. 1959Hiroshima Mon AmourElle
  64. 1958The Possessorsla secrétaire de Noël