Marion Sarraut

Marion Sarraut (13 August 1938 – 12 July 2021) was a French film and theatre director. Born in Saigon in French Indochina, Marion was the granddaughter of former Prime Minister Albert Sarraut. She studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre for three years, and subsequently participated in the creation of the magazine Cahiers du Cinéma. She spent a significant amount of time alongside the directors of the French New Wave, becoming a screenwriter and assistant director for the Société française de production and Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier. For more than ten years, she directed the series Numéro un, as well as children's shows such as L'Île aux enfants and Les Visiteurs du mercredi. In the 1980s, she directed numerous telefilms. Sarraut was a member of Collectif 50/50, which aims to promote gender equality and diversity in cinema and audiovisual. She was a member of the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, as well as the Société pour l'administration du droit de reproduction mécanique. She was administrator of the Fondation Ostad Elahi, directing a film on the life and works of Nur Ali Elahi. Marion Sarraut died on 12 July 2021 at the age of 82. Source: Article "Marion Sarraut" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Works

A Woman Is a Woman

Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.

Release Date1961-09-06

Charactersd Prostitute 1 (uncredited)

Vote Count381

Les Cordier, juge et flic

The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.

Release Date1994-02-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count8

Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon

Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon

Release Date1983-11-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count60

Catherine

Catherine - a French TV series produced for Antenne 2 channel in 1986. It was based on the series of "Catherine" novels written by Juliette Benzoni. The series was directed by Marion Sarraut, who had already successfully brought on TV another of Madame Benzoni's work - Marianne. The director had the author's assistance going so far as working together, like mother and daughter, to work on the best-seller Catherine. Two years of preparation, fifteen months of shooting, two hundred actors - over fifteen hundred costumes. The episodes were not to be seen in prime time - but from 13:30 - 14:00 each afternoon. The production was nevertheless a huge success. The readers of the books were more than satisfied with what Marion Sarraut had done to Catherine. To their great joy, the producers had adapted the seven books more or less truthfully. Some minor changes had to be made, probably also because of the small bugdet they had at their disposal. Claudine Ancelot was a perfect Catherine. At her side, Pierre-Marie Escourrou as her great love Arnaud de Montsalvy. Pascale Petit was Sara, Benoît Brione was the evil Gilles de Rais, and Geneviève Casile Queen Yolande. For over two decades, the story of "Catherine and Arnaud" had vanished. In December 2007 the French company France Loisirs started releasing the long awaited Catherine Il suffit d'un amour TV-Serie on DVD. At the moment the whole TV series has been released on 5 double DVDs.

Release Date1986-03-19

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Vote Count2

Le Gerfaut

Release Date1987-07-08

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count1

La Comtesse de Charny

Release Date1989-06-05

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JobCreator

Vote Count1

La Poupée de Sucre

La Poupée de Sucre

Release Date1983-12-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count9

La Florentine

La Florentine

Release Date1991-11-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

La Sainte Famille

The story of a traditional Catholic family in northern France, part of society but subject to all its changes.

Release Date2017-12-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

The First Summer

Two sisters meet up late one summer to clear out the house of their deceased grandparents.

Release Date2015-06-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his young cousin, Roxane, but does not dare to confess his love to her. It must be said that Cyrano's prominent nasal appendage attracts him constant mockery, which often forces him to defend his honor with weapons. When Roxane reveals to him that she loves the handsome Christian, a cadet of Gascony like Cyrano, the latter undertakes to take him under his protection. But the young man is cruelly lacking in spirit. It is therefore Cyrano who writes love letters to Roxane in her name, in which he expresses the ardent flame he also feels for his cousin. He even helps Christian to marry his beloved in secret. It is only years later and after having been the victim of an attack that Cyrano, on the verge of death, will finally declare his passion for her.

Release Date1990-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Le Tombeur

Release Date1987-04-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobStage Director

Vote Count1

Petite sœur

The story of a young gymnast who has a serious accident during a competition and who will fight to be able to live again from her passion.

Release Date1996-02-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Un fil à la patte

Release Date1989-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

L'ami de mon fils

Louise has been a widow for years and teaches literature in a high school. She divides all her time between books and her son, Martin, who still lives with her. During a family lunch, she meets Martin's best friend, Stanislas, a young painter of Russian origin, who is studying at the Beaux-Arts and whose talent promises a brilliant career. Louise is still finding Stanislas very attractive and already the young man is madly in love with her. All it takes is a little something to bring the two lovers together in the same passionate embrace. Informed by his mother, Martin pretends to be delighted by this unexpected rapprochement between the two beings he loves the most. His rage bursts, however, during the family meeting that Louise has organized to make her affair with Stanislas official.

Release Date1997-06-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Le Jeu de la vérité

Recorded in Theatre de Fontainebleau. The story is about three high school friends in their forties who meet regularly for dinner. One evening, a fourth person is invited, the girl with whom all three were in love in high school. Then begins a part of the Game of Truth where indiscreet questions, sharp spikes and revelations come together. The piece is published by Art & Comedy (2007) and released on DVD.

Release Date2005-03-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Belle grand mère, La Trattoria

Release Date2003-01-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Belle Grand-Mère

Joséphine (aka Babou) and Grégoire (aka Pacha) live peacefully with their daughters and grandchildren. This gentle life is about to be disrupted by the unexpected return of their son Thibault, who has been living in Brazil for several years…

Release Date1998-10-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Pleins feux

A famous actress learns the hard way that the devotion of a young admirer is not what it seems.

Release Date1992-01-01

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JobDirector

Toutes les femmes sont des déesses

A few months pregnant, Valerie is leading the construction of the Athens metro, which will reduce pollution in the Greek capital. However, on the construction site, archaeologists are trying to suspend the work because the subsoil contains archaeological treasures.

Release Date2000-01-10

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JobDirector

Un viol

Release Date2009-06-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Pacte Sacré

Release Date2017-01-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Fugues

Release Date2000-04-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Le Bel Indifférent

TV movie adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s one-act play of a woman lecturing her indifferent lover, starring Alain Delon and Annie Cordy.

Release Date1978-01-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

L'Appel de Londres

Release Date2016-04-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobStage Director

Quelques femmes bulles

Release Date1977-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Carlos Numéro 1

Release Date1979-06-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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