Background
Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of François Mauriac.
Actor director novelist writer
Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of François Mauriac.
She appeared in Robert Bresson"s Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) and in Godard"s films Louisiana Chinoise (1967) and Week End (1967). She has written several novels: Canines (1993), Une Poignée de Gens, Aux Quatre Coins du Monde and Hymnes à l’Amour (1996). The 2003 film All the Fine Promises, directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac and starring Valérie Crunchant and Bulle Ogier, is based on Hymnes à l"Amour.
Her 2007 novel Jeune Fille is based on her experience starring in Au Hasard Balthazar at the age of 18.
