Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud was born on January 17, 1971 in Lyon. Her parents separated when she was two years old. She spent her youth in the Lyon district of Croix-Rousse, raised by her mother, an accountant. In high school, she learned Chinese. Very early fascinated by the cinema, the young girl identifies in particular with the complexed teenager character embodied by Charlotte Gainsbourg in L'Effrontée. Having moved to Paris to study history, she soon embarked on acting by joining the free class at Cours Florent and then the Conservatory, where her teachers were Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel. She made her first screen appearance in 1994 in Couples et amants. She decided to become an actress during her youth, after having admired actresses in films. She then took acting lessons in Lyon with the actor and director Christian Taponard. In 1989, she moved to Paris to study history, as well as drama lessons in free classes at Cours Florent, then at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art for three years, with Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel for teachers. In the early 1990s, she obtained her first small roles in the cinema, then in feature films such as The Story of the Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed by Philippe Harel (1994), Le Plus Bel Age..., by Didier Haudepin (1995) or even Love, etc. by Marion Vernoux (1996). In 1997, Sylvie Testud experienced her first great success at the cinema in Germany with the film Beyond Silence by Caroline Link, for which she learned German, the clarinet and sign language. She is rewarded as best actress by the German Film Prize (the equivalent of the César for best actress). In 1998, she played her first major role in French cinema and enjoyed great success in France with the role of Béa in Karnaval, the first feature film by Thomas Vincent, for which she was nominated for the César for best female hope and received the Michael Simon Prize. She then began an important acting career with a preference for auteur cinema. In 2000, her performance in La Captive by Chantal Akerman (adaptation of the novel La Prisonnière by Marcel Proust) earned her a nomination as best actress at the European Film Prize. In 2001, she obtained, for her second nomination, the César for best female hope for the remarkable interpretation of Christine Papin, one of the Papin sisters, in Les Blessures assassines by Jean-Pierre Denis, based on a news item from 1933.
Suspiria
as Miss GriffithYoung American dancer Susie Bannion arrives in 1970s Berlin to audition for the world-renowned...
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From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New...
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The Round Up
as Bella ZyglerA faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
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Vengeance
as Irene CostelloA French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during...
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Cocorico
as Nicole MartinThe Bouvier-Sauvages, a large aristocratic family, meet the much more modest Martin family when...
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The Visitors: Bastille Day
as Charlotte de RobespierreStuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are...
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Wedding Unplanned
as ClarisseWhen she discovers a wedding planer's business card, Alexia instantly says, "YES" to Mathias...
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Meet the Malawas
as Nathalie DulacA news anchor, a comedian, an actress, and a soccer player with big egos have to travel across...
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Final Portrait
as Annette GiacomettiParis, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and...
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French Women
as SamA story about 11 girls living in Paris. Each of them has its own problems: career, love life,...
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Fear and Trembling
as AmélieAmélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live...
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Simone: Woman of the Century
as Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her...
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Champagne !
as JoannaSpringtime in the French vineyards of Champagne. Patrick has gathered his oldest friends for his...
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A New Girl in Paris!
as AmandineTamara has been separated from Diego for two years. She finally leaves home to live the student...
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Lucky Luke
as Calamity JaneFearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.
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Tamara
as AmandineTamara, 15, complexed with her curves, decided its entry into second to get rid of the label of...
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Lourdes
as ChristineIn order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to...
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Flashback
as Olympe de GougesA female lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought...
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Too Close to the Sun
as Sophie PicardA magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her...
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The Exchange Student
as EloïseMalo and Stéphane are two students who are kind of losers and have just started high school....
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Rebellion
as Chantal LegorjusApril 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak...
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24 Days
as Brigitte FarellWhen Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the...
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Wide Load
as JenniferThis is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Foster meets Taupin....
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Marinette
as Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coachBased on the biography Ne jamais rien lâcher, the script traces the career of Marinette Pichon...
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Max
as NinaMax is 6 years old. She lives with her dad Toni, a small time crook with a golden heart. For...
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Sagan
as Françoise Quoirez dite SaganFrance, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes...
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Disclaimer
as MaïtéSince his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG"...
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Labyrinth
as ClaudePsychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on...
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I’m Going Home
as ArielThe comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken...
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For a Woman
as AnneAfter the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on...
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Murderous Maids
as Christine PapinBased on the true story of two chambermaids of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her...
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Beyond Silence
as LaraBeyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks...
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Two Women
as Elisaveta BogdanovnaA headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a...
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96 heures
as Marion ReynaudCarré is the boss of the BRB (Brigade for the Repression of Banditry). 3 years earlier, he...
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The Night Clerk
as Sylvie PoncetFrédéric, a young man with a troubled past, has the good fortune to be given a job in a...
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Des mains en or
as RosePhilippe is a well-known writer, whose life was going smoothly: a surgeon wife, a circle of...
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Thanks to my Friends
as Stéphane BrungeA man in his mid 30's reevaluates his life and priorities after he met someone from his past.
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The Captive
as ArianeAriane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends,...
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Kings for a Day
as ValA wannabe actor must chose between his passion and his father, a crook.
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Mumu
as MumuThe story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger...
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The Misadventures of Margaret
as Young NunA timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an...
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Annaluise & Anton
as LaurenceLuise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy...
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I Love You Coiffure
as Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")Liliane and Maud are twin sisters. The first is a modest provincial hairdresser while the second...
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Only Girls
as TinaAfter a shoplifter finds herself unexpectedly released on parole, she pays a call on the judge...
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Deux gouttes d'eau
as Valérie LaforgeA woman's dead body is found in her apartment on a winter morning. All the evidence points to...
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Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone
as NadiègeStéphanie grew up with an absent mother and a brutal stepfather. One day, she knows, she'll...
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Quand sort la recluse
as le lieutenant FroissyAfter three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic...
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L'Amour, la mort, les fringues
as uncreditedThey stick to our skin and soul, our clothes. We believe we buy them, they own us. Warning !...
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A Loving Father
as VirginiaWriter Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his...
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La France
as CamilleDuring the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away...
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Sentimental Education
as JuliaThe story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the...
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Roxana's Hands
as Roxana OrlacRoxana Orlac, a famous violinist, loses the use of her hands in a terrible lift accident. Her...
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Arrête ton cinéma !
as SybilleSybille, an accomplished actress, is given the chance to direct a film based on her own...
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Tomorrow We Move
as CharlotteWhen her mother moves in, the life of a writer gets crowded.
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Fire in Paradise
as EstherOn her honeymoon on a ship the daughter of a rich plant owner realizes that she's not happy with...
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Women or Children First
as VirginieTom, a Spaniard, is married to Sylvie and lives a quiet but a bit boring life in the Britanny...
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The Grand Restaurant IV
as uncreditedFor this new year, Pierre, the director of the Grand Restaurant is thinking big to try to get...
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The Château
as IsabelleTwo brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.
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À votre bon cœur, mesdames
as LolitaThe story of a septuagenarian, recently divorced, which in its reconstruction desire and quest...
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Spiderwebhouse
as SabineWhen 12-year-old Jonas’ mother leaves to “fight her demons”, he steps up as head of the...
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Marie's Song
as MarieMarie is an adolescent woman who lives in Prussia in 1813 with her mother, a countess. They live...
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A Song For Mama
as SylvieWith their beloved mother only a few days to live, her children decide to give her a surprising...
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Karnaval
as BéaKarnaval is set against a backdrop of intolerance and hostility in the gloomy Northern French...
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The Grand Restaurant III
as The nymphomaniac's friendHe had opened his Great Restaurant twice, in 2010 and 2011, as part of an entertainment...
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The Vanishing Point
as Lucie AudibertLucie Audibert, a student of Art History, does research work on Watteau and is certain that a...
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Ceux qui dansent sur la tête
as CatherineDance drama playing on a dairy farm, starring two 19-year-old friends Syl and Frenzy who live...
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La vie est à nous !
as Louise DelhommeLouise and Blanche run L'Etape, a cafe restaurant in a Savoy village. Facing them is Le Virage,...
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Sisters
as Sybille adulteLyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they...
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Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara
as uncreditedThe life of Rayenari changes when the poet Antonin Artaud arrives to his village seeking the...
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The Idiot
as Darya AlexeyevnaNastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a...
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Les Déferlantes
as LouiseHoled up in a small Normandy town, Louise hides from her ghosts as she looks after grumpy old...
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Legacy
as PatriciaThree French hipsters and their translator travel through rural Georgia to claim a remote,...
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Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
as SophieJuliette discovers that her teenage son, whom she thought was flourishing, is in reality...
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Those Were the Days
as uncreditedThe grueling, emotionally torturous world of French preparatory schools provides the framework...
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Tout pour l'o$eille
as PruneA bunch of broke guys rob a rich con artist who has embezzled money from a charity.
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Defiant Souls
as Enriqueta Faber / Enrique FaberSantiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and...
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The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
as Girl at party offering foodRaoul is a 20 years old student in Paris. Girls are not interested in him, though he is...
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The Rebel, Louise Michel
as Louise MichelA fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along...
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Les acteurs anonymes
as Self (uncredited)Nine comedians meet at the Acteurs Anonymes, a rehab center for acting, lost in the heart of...
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The Dark Room
as AzalaïsIn 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she...
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Victoire
as VictoireVictoire is sweet, sensitive, nice and understanding. She leads an existence which doesn't leave...
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Un moment de bonheur
as L'institutricePhilippe, 25 ans, débarque un matin à Arcachon, où vit sa soeur. C'est un jeune homme qui n'a...
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Dead Man's Memories
as Das MädchenA policeman lunching with his daughter is present when a dead body washes up on shore. He...
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Marée haute
as uncreditedShe worked all summer in a small restaurant on a Normandy beach. It's the end of the season,...
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Words in Blue
as ClaraClara is afraid of words. Her daughter, Anna, is afraid of others. Vincent is afraid to grow up....
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Eat, for This Is My Body
as MadameHaiti, a lonely forgotten black island abandoned to its poverty and misery. A white woman,...
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Sentiments provisoires
as HélèneA young woman announces to the man she has lived with for ten years that she is leaving him ......
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Cause toujours !
as LéaThis way-offbeat comedy from Gallic director Jeanne Labrune concerns two young French women,...
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Everyman's Feast
as SophieAustrian television director Fritz Lehner makes his feature debut with the big-budget drama...
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My Name Is Hmmm...
as La mère de CélineCéline, 11, meets Peter, 40. Together they go on a "luminous journey" in his beautiful red...
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Bad Connection
as LaurenceParis is being rocked by a wave of bomb blasts. Stuck in a video game, Sadim calls the players...
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Life Kills Me
as MyriamPaul is a smart, university educated Frenchman of North African ancestry. He's a smooth talker,...
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In Heaven
as uncreditedI Heaven's plot revolves around three friends with personal ambitions who must face the less...
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Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher
as Jeanne d'ArcBorn Oscar-Arthur Honegger (the first name was never used) in Le Havre, France, he initially...
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Capitaine Marleau
as Salomé RevelBeneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes...
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C à vous
as SelfEvery day live on FRANCE 5, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine and her team receive those who make the news....
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Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne
as Charlotte de SavoyeKnown as The Last Knight for his bravery and battle skills, the great European emperor...
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Fear by the Lake
as Alice WagnerA mysterious and mortally contagious virus threatens the population of Annecy, in southeastern...
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What Pauline Is Not Telling You
as major de gendarmerie Marie HermannPauline regains her freedom when her husband dies, but her silence about the event places her...
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Runaway
as IsabelleCharts the descent into hell of 16-year-old Lea, a self-assured teenager surrounded by a loving...
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Deutsch-Les-Landes
as OdileA small French village deals with a culture clash after the town mayor sells the whole town to...
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