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Marguerite Duras

Writer / Film Director / Screenwriter / Novelist / Playwright / Journalist | * 04/04/1914 († 81, 03/03/1996) | Gia Dinh, French Cochinchina. [now Vietnam]
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (French pronunciation: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit ʒɛʁmɛn maʁi dɔnadjø], 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (French: [maʁɡ(ə)ʁit dyʁas]), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. ()

Marguerite Duras (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996) was a French writer and film director.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Romance / Love

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Ernesto, a seven-year-old boy who has the body of a thirty-year-old man, decides, upon attending his first day of school, that he no longer wishes to attend, because he does not wish to be taught matt ...

The Children

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1985 | 3.0/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy
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In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters ...

The Lorry

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1977 | 3.0/5 | 1h 16min
Drama, Romance / Love
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India, 1937. Anne-Marie Stretter is the wife of the French ambassador and leads a solitary yet privileged life in Calcutta. The tedium of her existence is relieved by numerous illicit love affairs wit ...

India Song

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1975 | 3.2/5 | 2h
Drama, Romance / Love
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The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hirosh ...

Hiroshima Mon Amour

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1959 | 3.9/5 | 1h 32min
Drama, History, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Marguerite Duras

Prix Goncourt Grand prix du théâtre (Académie française) Austrian State Prize for European Literature Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Movies with Marguerite Duras as Actress(30)

as herself2023 Marguerite Duras
as herself2023 Work and Words
as herself2021 Marguerite Duras, l'écriture et la vie
as Self (archive footage)2020 L'affaire Matzneff
as Self (archive footage)2020 Delphine and Carole
as Self - Writer (archive footage)2020 Pornotropic
as Self - Writer (archive footage)2018 Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
as Self (archive footage)2015 Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
as self (archive footage)2014 Duras and Cinema
as Herself (archive)2003 Marguerite as She Was
1993 The Death of the Young English Aviator
1993 Écrire
as herself1985 Marguerite Duras: Worn Out with Desire . . . to Write
as herself1984 The Colour of Words
as Narrator1983 One Minute for One Image
as Narrator (voice)1981 Agatha and the Limitless Readings
1981 Duras Shoots
as Narrator (voice)1981 L’homme atlantique
as Herself (Archive sound)1980 Every Man for Himself
as Narrator1979 Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver)
as (voice)1979 Le Navire Night
as Narrator (voice)1978 Les Mains négatives
as elle1977 The Lorry
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1977 Baxter, Vera Baxter
1976 Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
1976 The Places of Marguerite Duras
as Voix Intemporelle (voice)1975 India Song
as Voice1974 Woman of the Ganges
as (voice)1973 Nathalie Granger
as herself1966 Pop Age

TV Shows/Series with Marguerite Duras as Actress(2)

as herself1975 Apostrophes
as herself1965 Dim Dam Dom

Movies with Marguerite Duras as Crew(64)

Writing/Writer2022 Azuro
Writing/Theatre Play2021 Suzanna Andler
Writing/Novel2018 Drifters of a shadowy dream
Writing/Novel2017 Memoir of War
Writing/Novel2015 A Stormy Summer Night
Writing/Novel2009 The Sea Wall
Writing/Author2008 Half Past Ten
Writing/Novel2004 The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas
Writing/Novel1992 The Lover
Writing/Writer1990 La bête dans la jungle
Directing/Director1985 The Children
Writing/Writer1985 The Children
Writing/Novel1985 The Malady of Death
Directing/Director1983 Roman Dialogue
Writing/Writer1983 Roman Dialogue
Writing/Short Story1982 En rachâchant
Writing/Novel1982 En rachâchant
Directing/Director1981 Agatha and the Limitless Readings
Writing/Writer1981 Agatha and the Limitless Readings
Directing/Director1981 L’homme atlantique
Writing/Writer1981 L’homme atlantique
Directing/Director1979 Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver)
Writing/Writer1979 Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver)
Directing/Director1979 Le Navire Night
Writing/Screenplay1979 Le Navire Night
Directing/Director1979 Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne)
Writing/Writer1979 Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne)
Directing/Director1978 Les Mains négatives
Writing/Writer1978 Les Mains négatives
Directing/Director1978 Césarée
Writing/Writer1978 Césarée
Directing/Director1977 The Lorry
Writing/Writer1977 The Lorry
Directing/Director1977 Baxter, Vera Baxter
Writing/Writer1977 Baxter, Vera Baxter
Directing/Director1977 Entire Days in the Trees
Writing/Screenplay1977 Entire Days in the Trees
Writing/Theatre Play1977 Entire Days in the Trees
Directing/Director1976 Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Writing/Writer1976 Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Directing/Director1975 India Song
Writing/Writer1975 India Song
Directing/Director1974 Woman of the Ganges
Writing/Writer1974 Woman of the Ganges
Directing/Director1973 Nathalie Granger
Writing/Author1973 Nathalie Granger
Directing/Director1971 Jaune, Le Soleil
Writing/Writer1971 Jaune, Le Soleil
Directing/Director1969 Destroy, She Said
Writing/Writer1969 Destroy, She Said
Directing/Director1967 La Musica
Writing/Writer1967 La Musica
Writing/Writer1967 The Sailor from Gibraltar
Writing/Novel1966 10:30 P.M. Summer
Writing/Screenplay1966 10:30 P.M. Summer
Writing/Writer1966 La Voleuse
Writing/Writer1966 Mademoiselle
Writing/Writer1965 The Moment of Peace
Writing/Writer1964 Dark Night, Calcutta
Writing/Writer1961 The Long Absence
Writing/Novel1960 Seven Days… Seven Nights
Writing/Screenplay1960 Seven Days… Seven Nights
Writing/Screenplay1959 Hiroshima Mon Amour
Writing/Novel1957 This Angry Age

TV Shows/Series with Marguerite Duras as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1984 Per un viaggio in Italia

Full Name: Marguerite Duras
Citizenship: France
Born: Saturday, 04/04 1914 (April) in Gia Dinh, French Cochinchina. [now Vietnam]
Died: Sunday, 03/03 1996 (March) in 6th arrondissement of Paris (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: French (FR, native language), Vietnamese (VI)
Educated at: University of Paris
Employer: Elle, Libération
Spouses (current/former): Dionys Mascolo, Robert Antelme
Children: Jean Mascolo
Other names for Marguerite Duras (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Marguerite Donnadieu"
"마르그리트 뒤라스"
"Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu"
Marguerite Duras frequently works together with these people:
Jean Mascolo (9x, Crew)
Benoît Jacquot (9x, Crew)
Geneviève Dufour (9x, Crew)
Delphine Seyrig (8x, Actress)
Dominique Auvray (8x, Crew)
Carlos D'Alessio (8x, Crew)
Bruno Nuytten (7x, Crew)
Michel Vionnet (7x, Crew)
Jeanne Moreau (6x, Actress)
Gérard Depardieu (5x, Actor)
Nicole Hiss (5x, Actress)
Bernard Pivot (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:104512, Added: 06/23/2018, Last updated: 03/23/2024