Myriem Roussel

Myriem Roussel

Born: December 26, 1962
in Rabat, Morocco
Myriem Roussel is a French actress born in Rabat (Morocco) on 26 December 1961. She is most noted for her role as Marie in Jean-Luc Godard's 1985 film Je Vous Salue Marie/Hail Mary which was controversial at the time. She had come to Godard's attention when she appeared as an extra in Passion. Other film appearances include The Patriots (1994), Dark at Noon (1993), the 1985 adaptation of Yasunari Kawabata's 1964 novel Beauty and Sadness, and First Name: Carmen (1983)

Movies for Myriem Roussel...

Jeunes gens
Title: Jeunes gens
Character: Lucie
Released: June 26, 1996
Type: Movie
Céramique and Louis are a carefree and charming young couple. But soon the whims of love appear. They have to face up to it.
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Au petit Marguery
Title: Au petit Marguery
Character: La suissesse
Released: November 8, 1995
Type: Movie
Hippolyte, the chef at the small Paris restaurant of the title, is losing his sense of smell - and without that, you can’t cook. Not in France. The restaurant has to close. Guests and customers of the ailing master chef gather for one last fabulous meal. Between courses, personal conflicts are explored and flashbacks flesh out incidents from the lives of the restaurant owners.
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The Patriots
Title: The Patriots
Released: June 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years of training, his first mission is in Paris to steal secrets from Remy Prieur, a French atomic scientist.
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A Bottle of Wishes
Title: A Bottle of Wishes
Character: Claire
Released: May 1, 1994
Type: Movie
4 young people are long time friends. They have a dinner together, which will turn into a mess when they play a game which consists in writing a vow on a little piece of paper to be put into a bottle: they love each other, but they are not able to transcend their loneliness and their selfishness.
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Dark at Noon
Title: Dark at Noon
Character: La vierge des imitations
Released: October 1, 1992
Type: Movie
In this mystical comedy, Felicien has traveled to Portugal from France soon after the end of the First World War. It seems that his recently deceased father had invested a lot of money in a factory located in a remote village, and he has come to evaluate that investment. He gets some clues to the real situation in the town when the man driving his coach refuses to go any further and leaves him on a section of road which is practically paved with abandoned crutches. After a short trek, he meets up with the local dignitary who is to show him around, and he meets a priest and an artist. The priest gives a further clue to the events taking place in the village when he indicates that he's completely exasperated with the endless miracles that seem to be taking place. From that point onward, amazing coincidences, visions and miracles take place in great numbers.
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The Venus Trap
Title: The Venus Trap
Character: Marie
Released: May 19, 1988
Type: Movie
The 30-years old Max is MD and engaged to the attractive Coco, who jealously keep watch over him. After he heard the lovely voice of an unknown misdialing woman, he starts a restless search ...
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The Devils of Monza
Title: The Devils of Monza
Character: Sister Virginia Maria de Leyva
Released: June 16, 1987
Type: Movie
The young noble Don Monza is caught and thrown out by the nun Virginia de Leva when she catches him flirting with one of her nun sisters across the stone wall between their gardens. He hears the rumor that she'd have an affair with her trustee - so he kills him in a set-up duel and aims to take his place. Against her initial resistance, Monza manages to win her heart - and to get into her bed. This doesn't stay a secret for long, but Monza, now in love, does everything to keep it going.
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Blue Hell
Title: Blue Hell
Character: Lily
Released: March 12, 1986
Type: Movie
Ned, a petty criminal, falls into the trap laid by Frank, a sadistic cop who, after having beaten him, takes him home. But Frank's wife Lily helps Ned escape and they fall in love.
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Sadness and Beauty
Title: Sadness and Beauty
Character: Prudence
Released: August 28, 1985
Type: Movie
Hugo is a writer whose one great book was based on an affair he had with Lea, a sculptor. Bereft of inspiration for a follow-up, Hugo returns years later to rekindle the flame of romance and creativity. Lea soundly rejects him, and her student Prudence feels a burning hatred for the man who deserted the teacher she admires.
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Hail Mary
Title: Hail Mary
Character: Marie
Released: January 23, 1985
Type: Movie
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
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First Name: Carmen
Title: First Name: Carmen
Character: Claire
Released: September 4, 1983
Type: Movie
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
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Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie'
Title: Petites notes à propos du film 'Je vous salue, Marie'
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Notes on the inception and making of Hail Mary.
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Godard's Passion
Title: Godard's Passion
Character: Myriem
Released: May 26, 1982
Type: Movie
While shooting a film, the director becomes interested in the unfolding struggle of a young factory worker that has been laid off by a boss who did not like her union activities.