Virginie Thévenet

Virginie Thévenet

Born: January 12, 1957
in Paris, France
Virginie Thévenet was born on January 12, 1954 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Jeux d'artifices (1987), The Night Wears Suspenders (1985) and Quartet (1981).

Movies for Virginie Thévenet...

Opium
Title: Opium
Character: Misia Sert
Released: October 2, 2013
Type: Movie
The frustrated loves of Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet at the beginning of the 1920s. The death of Radiguet that sank Cocteau into opium. A story under the influence of drugs. A narrative in the spirit of Cocteau. And all this in a musical.
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Winter's Child
Title: Winter's Child
Character: Maryse
Released: June 14, 1989
Type: Movie
Feckless aspiring architect Stéphane leaves his pregnant girlfriend for theater designer Sabine; Sabine in turn vainly attempts to overcome her violent obsession with an actor in her theater company. A game of emotional chutes and ladders ensues.
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The Cry of the Owl
Title: The Cry of the Owl
Character: Véronique
Released: October 28, 1987
Type: Movie
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in...
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Jeux d'artifices
Title: Jeux d'artifices
Character: Chérubin
Released: March 17, 1987
Type: Movie
Elisa and Eric are two teenage war orphans. They change their apartment on the outskirts of the city into a photo-studio to make a living, and they are very devoted to it. The two seem to live like heavenly beings without connecting to the outside world. Their only contact with the exterior is through Jacques, a loyal friend, but he also cuts himself out of any social life. The sister and the brother then take to get in touch with the world by Mrs Jean, a friend of their deceased mother with whom Elisa takes courses of singing. They live in harmony until a young man, whom Elisa falls for, eventually leaves with Eric for the USA and left her brokenhearted alone in France.
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Rosette cherche une chambre
Title: Rosette cherche une chambre
Character: Katia
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
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Rosette vend des roses
Title: Rosette vend des roses
Character: Simone
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
A short film directed by and starring Rosette, best known for her acting work with Éric Rohmer, featuring a star-studded cast and crew of regular players from Rohmer films. With the help of her friends, Rosette takes advantage of a gullible stranger passing by in order to sell him all her roses.
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Full Moon in Paris
Title: Full Moon in Paris
Character: Camille
Released: August 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Louise is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a pied-à-terre in the city so she can experience independence.
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Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
Title: Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
Character: Agnès
Released: August 17, 1983
Type: Movie
Barely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the life of a hitherto peaceful couple.
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The Adventures of Rosette
Title: The Adventures of Rosette
Released: April 2, 1983
Type: Movie
A series of stories told by Rosette about her vacation. Filmed in super 8 by Eric Rohmer.
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Il ne faut jurer de rien
Title: Il ne faut jurer de rien
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
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A Good Marriage
Title: A Good Marriage
Character: The Bride
Released: May 19, 1982
Type: Movie
Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues Edmond, with the encouragement of Clarisse, but Edmond does not seem very interested.
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Quartet
Title: Quartet
Character: Madmoiselle Chardin
Released: October 25, 1981
Type: Movie
When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
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Like a Turtle on Its Back
Title: Like a Turtle on Its Back
Character: Nathalie
Released: September 27, 1978
Type: Movie
Unable to put a single word on paper, a youngish man with one novel to his credit finds that his life is crumbling to ruins around him because of his severe case of writer's block. He tries every remedy known to man and makes up a few new ones in this comedy. All his efforts are futile: he loses his girlfriend and his apartment and has a succession of misadventures until finally, homeless and hospitalized, he rediscovers his inspiration.
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A Dirty Story
Title: A Dirty Story
Released: November 9, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of friends listen as one man tells them a story about a time when, in a small cafe, he discovered a peephole into the ladies' bathroom and became addicted to looking through it at female genitals. They ask him questions and come to conclusions about sex. This is a filmed, scripted version. Then, the actual person who this happened to relates the same story; this time, however, it is an unscripted documentary, in which the same things occur as in the scripted one.
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Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)
Title: Vincent mit l'âne dans un pré (et s'en vint dans l'autre)
Character: Bénédicte
Released: May 12, 1976
Type: Movie
This is the tale of a father-son duo who are unable to leave each other. The trouble begins when the son decides to destroy his father's image.
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La Surprise du chef
Title: La Surprise du chef
Character: Sabine
Released: April 28, 1976
Type: Movie
Hubert has a mistress, Papinou would like to seduce her. To do so, he convinces Hubert to go abroad. After years he became editor-in-chief, while Papinou did not succeed.
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Small Change
Title: Small Change
Character: Lydie Richet
Released: March 17, 1976
Type: Movie
Various experiences of childhood are seen in several sequences that take place in the small town of Thiers, France. Vignettes include a boy's awakening interest in girls, couples double-dating at the movies, brothers giving their friend a haircut, a boy dealing with an abusive home life, a baby and a cat sitting by an open window, a child telling a dirty joke, and a boy who develops a crush on his friend's mother.
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Les zozos
Title: Les zozos
Character: Martine
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The romantic adventures of two teenagers in the 60s, boarding at a provincial college.
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Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
Title: Faustine and the Beautiful Summer
Character: Student 1
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Faustine suffers the wounds of first love. During a summer when she is staying with her grandmother, she comes to know the nearby neighbors. Two brothers live in the large house. One is divorced and one has recently remarried, both of them live there with their teenaged and adult children. Though the boys of the household are drawn to Faustine, she grows ever more smitten with the divorced older man...
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Sophie's Ways
Title: Sophie's Ways
Character: Stéphanie
Released: February 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Céline is a free-spirited woman is married to a dull, middle manager Philippe. Her husband's co-worker pegged her as a household ornament because of the union. She befriends a woman who shows her how to juggle the couple's living expenses to get what she wants. As she asserts her independence and gradually frees herself from her husband's claustrophobic world, she turns to painting and writing about the inequity between genders.