Stéphane Audran is a famous French actress, muse of director Claude Chabrol. She starred in the films of Luis Buñuel. Awarded with the IFF and BAFTA prizes, the winner of the "Silver Bear" and "Cesar".
There is no role that Stefan Audran could not play. The talented actress equally brilliantly succeeded in any female images. The performer gained fame thanks to the paintings of Claude Chabrol, her ex-husband. There are more than eighty works on the account of this amazing woman.
The path to the heights of success
Colette Suzanne Jeannie Dashville was born at Versailles on November 8 in 1932. There is practically no information about the childhood time of the future famous actress. However, it is known that she was not interested in an artistic career. The girl did not move well, she had problems with speech. But she was lucky with the teachers.
She studied with Michel Witold, Charles Dyullen, Rene Simen, Tanya Balashova. For the first time on the set Stefan appeared in 1957. Her debut was the film "Night Game". The next work was the black and white painting "The Lovers of Montparnasse." At the same time, the actress got such an inconspicuous role that even in the credits her name did not appear. The "Healing Broth" also did not bring fame.
It is not known what the further biography of the performer would have turned out if not for her meeting with Claude Chabrol. In 1959, the maestro invited Stefan to play a supporting character in the film "Cousins". The film caustically ridiculed the bourgeois. The work won the audience success, and Audran had fans.
The actress starred in more than two dozen paintings by the master. She brilliantly coped with one of the leading roles of Audran in the detective-drama film "Cuties". Her heroine is a saleswoman who perceives life through glasses with bright pink lenses.
The character's life is radically changed by the acquaintance with a mysterious brunette. Audran has a very bright role in the crime drama Landru. The actress embodied the image of a serial killer's girlfriend. In the "Lani" project, she reincarnated as a lesbian. For the "Unfaithful Wife" Odran became a lady cheating on her husband.
The film "The Butcher" received special attention. In it, the Frenchwoman played a teacher suffering from secret passion. The final collaboration between Chabrol and his muse was the thriller Betty. The main character is confident, attractive and unhappy. She constantly commits unpredictable risky acts from idleness.
Confession
The actress played the most iconic role in Luis Buñuel. The aristocratic beauty of the performer, the talent of Odran so amazed the director that the master demanded that only this artist become the main character of his comedy drama "The Modest Charm of the Bourgeoisie". A surreal sketch depicts the everyday life of a bourgeois.
The main thoughts of all the characters are exclusively about food. But they are hampered by various circumstances to fully enjoy their meal every day. The audience liked the picture extraordinarily. She was awarded an Oscar. With the advent of the new century, Stefan was removed much less often.
She played in Lulu Kretz's Picnic, starred in By the way of Buñuel. The actress took part in the mini-series "The Blue Bicycle", in the film "Sisi - Rebellious Empress", "The Girl from Monaco". In 1985, the film "Chicken with Vinegar" ("The Obsessive Policeman") was released.
The tape took part in a competitive screening at the Cannes Film Festival. The following year, the director filmed a sequel, calling the new work "Inspector Lavarden".
Significant works
The action takes place in a small Norman town. Three of its venerable residents, including the owner of a butcher's shop, a doctor and a notary, decide to implement a lucrative project. To do this, they need to become the owners of a land plot with a house.
But in it lives a woman embittered with the whole world, confined to a wheelchair with her loyal son. The guy works as a postman. The entrepreneurs are trying to force Louis to sell them the land by force. The methods they use are very controversial.
The family, represented by mother and son Cuneau, responds with similar measures. As a result, all the correspondence of the would-be businessmen was stolen by the postman. He reads it at home, scratches the cars of his enemies with a nail, pokes them through the tires and pours sugar into the gas tank of one car. The result is a car accident.
The examination clearly proves the intentionality of the damage. Inspector Lavarden arrives to investigate the case. He finds out that the financing of the project was assigned to the spouse of one of the dealers. However, she flatly refused to become a sponsor. When Dolphin, unexpectedly for everyone, suddenly disappears, the husband explains that she went to Basel.
All the friends of the woman are greatly surprised by this news, especially her best friend Anna. She begins to suspect the worst. A colleague of the postman admits that she likes the guy and that she knows who caused the disaster.
Young people go to the house of one of Louis' enemies, where they see him hiding something at the foot of a street sculpture in the middle of the night. The next day, the burnt car of the disappeared Dolphin is discovered. The woman is also believed to have died. But the inspector assumes that her friend died instead of her, becoming an unnecessary witness.
Dolphin's body is soon found. Her husband confesses to the murder. Having decided that her son left her for the sake of a new passion, the owner of the disputed plot decides to set fire to the house. In a state of shock, she gets to her feet. Those who succeed in helping carry the woman out of the fire.
Her son and the inspector meet at the site of the arson. Lavardin calms the guy, informing that the case about the car accident with his participation is closed. The film was shot on a modest budget, in Chabrol's laconic and unhurried manner.
With a certain grace, it analyzes the life of the provincial bourgeois, reveals the vices disguised as external decency. Family Matters The gallery of characters is distinguished by the complete absence of goodies.
To one degree or another, everyone has some kind of flaw. Even the inspector is no exception. To achieve his goal, he does not shun any methods. Even threats to innocent people do not stop him.
In the film, Audran brilliantly played Madame Cuneau. In 2018, Stefan took part in the drama The Other Side of the Wind, a joint Iranian-French project. She hides further creative plans from the press.
Twice the brilliant actress tried to arrange her personal life. Her first husband was Jean-Louis Trintignant. They met while studying. The artist became popular after the painting "Man and Woman". The couple broke up quickly, maintaining friendly relations.
Claude Chabrol became Audran's second husband. In 1963, a child appeared in the family. Son Thomas continued his mother's work. He became an actor. Tom Chabrol starred in the films "Women's Business", "Hell".
