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Céline Sciamma (French: [selin sjama]; [1] born 12 November 1978) is a French screenwriter and film director. She wrote and directed Water Lilies (2007), Tomboy (2011), Girlhood (2014), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), and Petite Maman (2021).
Feb 19, 2020 · Sciamma’s unique talent for capturing the lives of women who are rarely placed at the center of cinematic stories might not seem to be a particularly strong fit for a period piece about an...
Set in 18th-century Brittany, the film stars Adèle Haenel – who worked with Sciamma on Water Lilies, and with whom the director was in a relationship for a number of years – as Héloïse....
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Dec 5, 2019 · Noémie Merlant is the “woman painter” in question, artist Marianne, sent to a far-flung island in Brittany to turn her attention to an unwilling subject, Adèle Haenel as Héloïse, who becomes (quite...
May 23, 2023 · From mini golf to synchronised swimming via football, American football and truth-or-dare, this article takes up elements of gender studies and sports sociology alike, to examine a hitherto overlooked strand of Sciamma’s work.
Jan 31, 2022 · When Sciamma was ten, their father’s work—he specializes in artificial intelligence—took them for two years to Singapore, where she became fluent in English.
Jan 12, 2024 · Known for her acclaimed work in the queer Portrait of a Lady on Fire, which has gathered international accolades, the talented Céline Sciamma has established herself as one of the most...
