Sandrine Bonnaire
Date of birth: 1967-05-31
Place of birth: Gannat, Allier, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 상드린 보네르, Сандрін Боннер, ساندرین بونر
Biography
Sandrine Bonnaire (born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films including Hollywood movies. Bonnaire was born in the town of Gannat, Allier, in the Auvergne region. She was born into a working-class family, the seventh of eleven children. Her acting career began at the age of 16 in 1983, when she starred in the Maurice Pialat film À nos amours. She played a girl from the suburbs beginning her sexual awakening. In 1984 she was awarded the César Award for Most Promising Actress. Her international breakthrough came in 1986 when she played the main character in Sans toit ni loi (Vagabond), directed by Agnès Varda, for which she won her second César Award. She portrays a vagrant who fails both physically and morally. The film Monsieur Hire directed by Patrice Leconte followed in 1989, along with further work with directors Jacques Doillon and Claude Sautet. In 2004, she starred in another Patrice Leconte's film: Intimate Strangers, which was an arthouse box office hit in the United States. Bonnaire has a daughter, Jeanne, from a relationship with actor William Hurt, whom she met in 1991 during filming of the Albert Camus novel La Peste (The Plague). They acted together in Secrets Shared with a Stranger (1994). Since March 2003 she has been married to actor and screenwriter Guillaume Laurant, with whom she has had a second daughter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandrine Bonnaire, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Could This Be Love?
2007-02-08
Lucas, a wealthy, 43 year-old divorced businessman, is irresistibly attracted to Elsa, a 38 year old
A Nos Amours
1983-11-16
Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promisc
The Light
2004-11-03
Camille arrives in Ouessant, the island of her birth off the Brittany coast, to sell the family home
La Ceremonie
1995-08-30
Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energet
Limonov: The Ballad
2024-09-05
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But
Love Is Better Than Life
2022-01-19
Upon their release from prison twenty years earlier, Gérard, Ary and Philippe asked themselves i
A Few Days with Me
1988-08-14
After being discharged from a mental institution, a man is tasked by his mother to revive a struggli
Intimate Strangers
2004-02-05
Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial advi
Police
1985-09-04
Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brot
Sous le soleil de Pialat
2021-10-18
In just ten films, Maurice Pialat painfully rose to the top of the cinema, draining into his legend
Under the Sun of Satan
1987-08-01
Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her
Viva Varda!
2023-05-17
A pioneering post-war female film director, an instigator of the New Wave who was honored by Hollywo
Ce que le temps a donné à l'homme
2014-12-01
Jacques Higelin and Sandrine Bonnaire met on a train. A beautiful, discreet friendship was born. The
The Soul of a Spy
2015-08-28
The Russian spy in England, Alex Wilkie, is tasked with infiltrating American intelligence and ident
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
2015-05-25
A portrait of the mythical Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-96), a unique performer who was
Mark of an Angel
2008-06-13
Elsa Valentin is in the middle of a brutal divorce and custody battle when she is struck by the appe
Her Name Is Sabine
2008-01-29
A sensitive portrait of Sabine Bonnaire, the autistic sister of the french actress Sandrine Bonnaire
The Soul Eater
2024-04-24
When the disappearance of children and bloody murders multiply in a small mountain village, an old l
East/West
1999-09-01
June 1946: Stalin invites Russian emigres to return to the motherland. It's a trap: when a ship-load
Queen to Play
2009-08-05
Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in
Demandez la permission aux enfants !
2007-04-04
Vagabond
1985-12-04
Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the fi
The Sky Above Paris
1992-01-15
Marc is in love with Lucien, who's in love with Suzanne, who's in love with someone else.
The Color of Lies
1999-01-13
In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional
The Prude
1986-12-03
Pierre is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon lets him know that she is
Monsieur Hire
1989-05-24
A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly
The Innocents
1987-12-23
A woman becomes trapped in the middle of a feud between two men while attempting to free her younger
The Giraffe's Neck
2004-09-29
A clever little girl convinces her grandfather to visit her grandmother, whom she has never met.
Secret Defense
1998-03-18
After biologist Sylvie discovers her brother Paul trying to steal a gun from her lab, he explains th
Resistance
2003-07-16
The epic tale of an American reconnaissance pilot downed in occupied Belgium at the height of World
Towards Evening
1990-12-21
Italy, 1977. Professor Bruschi is a retired widower who lives according to a strict routine he set f
At the End of the Day
2024-09-19
In an increasingly crazy world, Lino, who has decided to leave everything behind, will come to reali
A Simple Heart
2008-03-26
Unable to forget her first love, Félicité, a simple and kind maid, devotes herself completely to her
Mademoiselle
2001-03-21
Claire is a young woman who leads a somewhat formatted life. Pierre is an improviser, but not an act
One Hundred and One Nights
1995-01-25
Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he en
Shoot to Live
2022-05-11
A documentary on filmmaker Claude Lelouch, following him over seven years.
C'est la vie
2001-11-07
Dimitri joins La Maison, a place where people are welcomed for whom medicine can not do anything any
Joan the Maid I: The Battles
1994-02-09
Convinced that only she can lead France to victory against the invading English, Jeanne d'Arc leaves
Joan the Maid II: The Prisons
1994-02-10
Jeanne d'Arc has succeeded in lifting the siege on Orléans and Charles VII has been ordained King of
The Party 2
1982-12-08
A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of h
Crulic: The Path to Beyond
2011-10-21
An animated feature-length documentary telling the story of the life of Crulic, a 33 year-old Romani
Stolen Life
1998-09-09
Three women live together in an old rectory on the seashore. Alda lends her body to a string of carn
Prague
1992-05-01
Alexander is a young, emotionally-repressed Scot who, upset by his Czechoslovakian mother's death, j
Captive of the Desert
1990-04-18
A European researcher is abducted by some ill-educated rebels in a North African country. Their reas
Adieu Paris
2013-07-11
Bank manager Frank and writer Patrizia meet by coincidence again and again at the airport. They comm
Dance First
2023-11-03
Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering h
We Love You, You Bastard
2014-04-02
A war photographer and absent father, who spends more time taking care of his camera than his four d
Le Procès de Bobigny
2006-03-29
In 1972 16-year-old Marie-Claire became pregnant after a rape. With help from her mother Michelle an
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
1996-06-14
In Russia, in 1907, a rich lenient husband of a loose unfaithful woman is brutally murdered. She and
The Human Eye
1999-01-01
A 55-minute film by director Xavier Giannoli that analyses 'À nos amours'. The film features former
The Plague
1992-08-26
In a city in South America an outbreak of bubonic plague occurs. While people try to flee and the mi
The Future Awaits
2025-02-26
In July 1942, during the Vel’ d’Hiv’ Roundup of Jewish families in Paris, 13 year old Tauba Birenbau
Never Ever
1997-09-17
Thomas Murray and Amanda have just moved to Paris. He works for a bank owned by Amanda's father Arth
Blood Red
2014-11-12
Brest, the end of the world. A young woman's foot is found near the sea. Alma Schneider, a cop fresh
Comme une louve
2023-09-20
When Lili, 26 years old, poor, single mother of three, is wrongly accused of abuse and the social se
Blanche and Marie
1985-04-03
A little town in the north of France, 1941. Blanche has three children. She worries about her husban
La Balade de Lucie
2013-03-06
When her husband is arrested, all Lucie's bearings seem to crumble. To rebuild her life and give it
A Better Life
1985-05-22
Two quarreling lovers from opposite sides of the economic scale take central stage in this drama abo
The Final Lesson
2015-11-04
At 92 years old, Madeleine decides to set the date and conditions of her death. By telling her daugh
Young Mothers in the '70s
2016-03-08
In the 1970s, the house of Plessis welcomes young pregnant minors. Even though these unborn children
Debt of Love
1998-01-16
Simon Granderath has been found dead in his appartment. His only daughter, Monika Besse, who lives i
Heaven Will Wait
2016-09-08
Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the ce
The Beaches of Agnès
2008-12-17
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the F
Catch the Wind
2017-11-08
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A Season in France
2018-01-25
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Cinématon
1978-12-20
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Vagabond: Remembrances, Interviews, Notes and Comments
2003-01-01
18 years after the making of the film "Vagabond", director Agnès Varda created this documentary whic
Bébés volés
2016-04-04
A devastated mother's desperate search for her daughter.
The Truk
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Fresh out of jail, Ulysse has only one idea in mind: making money. Confronted by his depressed mothe
La Loi de Marion, insécurité rapprochée
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Fire on Sight
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Inept policemen try to stop an amoral young duo on a spree of robbery and murder in France.
Varda by Agnès
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Ce soir-là et les jours d'après
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Three Days and a Life
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Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine
Into the World
2020-08-12
Jeanne works as an auxiliary in a maternity in Marseilles. Day and night, Jeanne and her colleagues
Cinématon XXIV
1982-12-14
Reel 24 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.
The Life and Work of Claude Chabrol
2006-02-21
Spring 2004, a house with a large garden welcomes filmmaker Claude Chabrol. He is about to celebrate
Umami
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Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flav
Happening
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France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she fall
Marcello, una vita dolce
2006-05-21
After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1
Les Damnés de la Commune
2021-03-16
Exclusively created with period engravings, this animated feature explores the Franco-Prussian War o
Thick Skinned
1989-05-31
Two brothers set fire to a barn while drunk, inadvertently causing the death of a sleeping wanderer.
Femme Fatale
2002-04-30
A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has ri
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002-05-20
Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same
Jaune revolver
1988-04-06
Angele kills the bank robber who has taken her as hostage and deposits the money. The police and a p
The Fifth Silence
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This short musical film is a rereading of “La lettre à David” taken from “César et Rosalie” by Claud
Musique et Travellings
2003-12-31
Director Agnes Varda and composer Joanna Brusdowicz discuss the music they created for Varda's film
Agnes V. by Jane B.
2020-08-11
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Le lièvre
Le Nouvel Hiver
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LOL 2.0: Anne’s golden hour
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