Agnès Jaoui

French actress, singer, screenwriter and director, born in Antony in 1964.

During her student years, Agnès Jaoui took drama classes with Patrice Chéreau. During one of the productions there, she met Jean-Pierre Bacri, with whom she would go on to co-write and perform in numerous films. Their first collaboration, Cuisine et dépendances, was adapted for the screen by Philippe Muyl in 1993. Alan Resnais asked the scathingly humorous duo to write the screenplay for Smoking/No Smoking (1993) and then that of Same Old Song (1997), in which they also acted. One year earlier, Cedric Klapisch’s Family Resemblance introduced them to the public as actor-screenwriters. Conjointly with her career as an actress, Agnes Jaoui directed her first feature film, The Taste of Others, in 2000. Then came Look at Me (2003), which won Best Screenplay at Cannes, Let it Rain (2008), Under the Rainbow (2013), and Place publique (2018). She is also a singer and has released three albums.
Cinema : The Taste of Others (2000) – Look at Me (2004) – Let It Rain (2008) – Under The Rainbow (2013) – Place publique (2018)

TV : En Thérapie (Season 2, 2022)

Their list of films

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Agnès Jaoui
about Palast des Schweigens
of Moufida Tlatli
Le film parle de la place des femmes et de comment on transmet le féminin.
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Agnès Jaoui
about Sei schön und halt den Mund!
of Delphine Seyrig
Es ist sehr amüsant, wenn die Schauspielerinnen gefragt werden, ob sie jemals eine Szene mit einer anderen Frau gespielt haben, die nicht von einem Mann handelt.
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Agnès Jaoui
about Opening Night
of John Cassavetes
Il fait partie des films que je revois souvent. Je ne comprends même pas comment Cassavetes arrive à un tel résultat.
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Agnès Jaoui
about Eselshaut
of Jacques Demy
Ich war voller Bewunderung, hingerissen, fasziniert.