Nadine Trentignan - French film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. Her creative work included about 46 films, TV shows and film projects. The most famous of which are: “My love, my love” (1967), “Thief of crimes” (1969) and “It is forbidden to know” (1973). Her film "My Love, My Love" was nominated for the Cannes Film Festival. She made a huge contribution to French cinema. Her biography is rich and closely connected with the world of cinema.
Film Director Biography
Film director and screenwriter Nadine Trentinyan was born on November 11, 1934 in France, in the Alps in the Maritimes, in the city of Nice. Her mother, Lucien Fernanda Corniah, was Spanish, and her father was of Arab descent. By profession, they were both actors. Six children were born in the family. Three of them will later connect their lives with creativity: Nadine herself, Serge and Christian.
Towards the end of World War II, Nadine was educated with her sister Lilian at the girls' school in Fran. To be away from the bombings in Paris, five children were sent by their parents to Bujay (Hotel du Jura-Vert, near the train station), and then to Fran, where they stayed at the Hotel du Center. The eldest daughter was responsible for two sisters - Nadine and Lilian and her two brothers, Serge and Christian. After the war, the family left the south of France and moved to Paris.
In 1961, Nadine married Jean-Louis Trentignan, who broke up with Stephanie Audrand (famous French actress). In marriage, Nadine gave birth to three children - the son of Vincent, the daughters of Pauline and Marie. Unfortunately, Pauline did not live a year. Son Vincennes and daughter Marie, like their parents, linked their lives with art. Marie participated in many films and theatrical productions of her mother.
In 1985, Christian Markan (her brother) discovered Alzheimer's disease. In November 2000, he dies. Later, Nadine will dedicate the touching book Ton chapeau au vestiaire to him.
In 1998, she marries Alain Corno. In 2003, a tragic event again occurs for Nadine - the death of her daughter Marie, and in 2010 Allen will die.
The tragedy of her daughters
Her daughter Marie became a famous French actress. The first participation of Marie in the cinema took place in 1971 in the film "This only happens to others" with the participation of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni. This film is a film on the story of the death of her daughter Pauline, where Marcello and Catherine are a happy married couple with a child. But happiness leaves their home when, at the age of nine months, their daughter dies. Everything for them becomes meaningless. The director and screenwriter of this film was Nadine Trentignan. In total, she shot about 12 paintings with the participation of Marie.
In July 2003, Marie Trentignan was on the set in Vilnius, where she met the guy Bertrand Kant. They met a year and a half. On July 27, in a fit of jealousy, he beat her, causing severe head injuries, after which Marie fell into a coma. July 31 died of a head injury. On August 6, Marie was buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery.
In October, Nadine released the book My Daughter, Marie, where she accused Bertrand Kant of killing Marie. On March 29, 2004, Bertrand was sentenced to 8 years in prison, but in 2007 he was released for good behavior.
Social and political activities
In 1971, Nadine - activist of the active feminism movement. At the same time, she supported an abortion by signing the “343 Manifesto,” published in Le Nouvel Obs. Belonged to the communist internationalist organization. In 2012, she supported the candidacy of Nicolas Sarkozy in the presidential election.
Creation
Movie:
1967: "My love, my love" (director and screenwriter).
1969: Crime Thief (director and screenwriter).
1971: "This only happens to others" (director and screenwriter).
1973: "It is forbidden to know" (director and screenwriter).
1976: "Honeymoon Trip" (director and screenwriter).
1980: First Trip (director and screenwriter).
1984: Future Summer (director and screenwriter).
1988: The Jade House (director and screenwriter).
1991: Against Oblivion, a short three-minute film with 29 directors for Amnesty International.
1995: Lumiere and Company, a short film with 40 directors.
2009: A Farewell Gift.
TV and TV shows:
1978: "Madam Investigator" (director and screenwriter).
1986: "The Illusions of Love" (1 episode).
1993: Luke.
1994: The Young Dreamer.
2000: "Victory, or Pain of a Woman."
2001: The Blue Island.
Prose
Nadine Trentignan also wrote several books, including “Your Hat in the Wardrobe,” dedicated to her brother Christian. Other famous works: “How many children” is a novel in which the theme of motherhood is present, and “My daughter, Marie” is a cry of mother’s pain before the death of her daughter.