Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

{{Short description|Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Valeria Bruni Tedeschi at Berlinale 2022.jpg

| caption = Valeria Bruni Tedeschi at the 2022 Berlin Film Festival

| birthname = Valeria Carla Federica Bruni-Tedeschi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|11|16}}

| birth_place = Turin, Italy

| nationality = Italian
French (from 2006)

| years_active = 1986–present

| awards = David di Donatello
Best Actress
1996 The Second Time
1998 Notes of Love
2014 Human Capital
2017 Like Crazy

Nastro d'Argento
Best Actress
2016 Like Crazy

César Award
Most Promising Actress
1994 Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional

| relations = Carla Bruni (sister)

| children = 1

}}

Valeria Carla Federica Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi ({{IPA|it|vaˈlɛːrja ˈbruːni teˈdeski}}; born 16 November 1964{{cite news| url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,16/articleid,0100_01_1964_0268_0016_10961756/anews,true/ | work=La Stampa | title=Stato Civile di Torino | date=21 November 1964 |access-date=19 July 2013}}), is an Italian and French{{cite web|url=http://cinema.fluctuat.net/valeria-bruni-tedeschi.html|title=Fluctuat : Actu et chroniques : un œil sur la Pop culture|work=Premiere.fr|language=fr|access-date=7 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211114954/http://cinema.fluctuat.net/valeria-bruni-tedeschi.html|archive-date=11 February 2012|url-status=dead}} actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, A Castle in Italy, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/59652.html |title=2013 Official Selection|date=20 April 2013|access-date=20 April 2013|work=Cannes}}

Career

Bruni Tedeschi's debut film as a director, It's Easier for a Camel..., earned her two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival for Emerging Narrative Filmmaker and Best Actress in 2003.{{Cite web|last=Amdur|first=Meredith|date=12 May 2003|title='Blind Shaft' tops at Tribeca Fest|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/markets-festivals/blind-shaft-tops-at-tribeca-fest-1117886005/|access-date=2 January 2022|website=Variety|language=en-US}} The film also won an award at the Ankara Flying Broom Women's Film Festival in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325030/awards|title=Il est plus facile pour un chameau... - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}{{Cite web|title=7th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival|url=https://fipresci.org/festival/7th-flying-broom-international-womens-film-festival/|access-date=2 January 2022|language=en-GB}} It was also awarded Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film.{{Cite web|title=Delluc: the nominations|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/44386/|access-date=2 January 2022|website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema|date=31 October 2003 |language=en}} It was also entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |title=25th Moscow International Film Festival (2003) |access-date=3 April 2013 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403123906/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2003 |archive-date=3 April 2013 }} According to Tim Palmer the film is an engaging example of contemporary French pop-art cinema, referring to directors who wittily merge the features of intellectual/arthouse cinema with mass/popular cinema, putting Bruni Tedeschi in the company of other filmmakers such as François Ozon, Maîwenn le Besco, Sophie Fillières, Serge Bozon, etc.Palmer, Tim (2011). Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema, Wesleyan University Press, Middleton CT. {{ISBN|0-8195-6827-9}}.{{Promotion inline|date=January 2022}}

At the 2005 Berlinale, the Berlin International Film Festival, Bruni Tedeschi appeared to promote two films she had acted in: Tickets (2005), a three-segment film directed by Ermanno Olmi, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ken Loach, and Crustacés et Coquillages, a comedy directed by the French duo of Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau.

In 2007, Bruni Tedeschi directed Actrices, which won the Prix Spécial du Jury at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2022 film Les Amandiers (Forever Young) also premiered in the main competition of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. {{cite web |title=Official Selection |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/selection/competition-1 |website=Festival de Cannes 2022 |access-date=11 August 2022}}

Personal life

Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin, Italy,{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_U6nxWmF9bFoC|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_U6nxWmF9bFoC/page/n117 116]|quote=Valeria Bruni Tedeschi turin.|title=Catálogo BAFICI 2008|publisher=Gob Ciudad de Buenos Aires|via=Internet Archive}} in the Piedmont region of Italy, the daughter of Marisa Borini and Alberto Bruni Tedeschi. Like her younger sister, Carla Bruni, she has settled in France. The girls were raised bilingually, as their family moved to Paris in 1973, fearing kidnappings and, later, the terrorism of the Red Brigades. She holds Italian nationality and acquired French nationality by naturalization on 31 July 2006.{{Cite web |title=JORF n° 0177 du 2 août 2006 - Légifrance |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/jo/id/JORFCONT000000004663 |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=legifrance.gouv.fr}} Her mother is Italian with French ancestry. Her father is Italian.[http://www.rfgenealogie.com/s-informer/infos/celebrites/la-genealogie-de-carla-bruni "La genealogies de Carla Bruni"], RF Genealogie She is a second cousin of Alessandra Martines.{{Cite web|last=Média|first=Prisma|title=Le saviez-vous ? Alessandra Martines est la cousine de Carla Bruni - Gala|url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/le-saviez-vous-alessandra-martines-est-la-cousine-de-carla-bruni_476703|access-date=18 October 2021|website=Gala.fr|date=19 September 2021 |language=fr}}{{Cite web|date=24 February 2021|title=Cos'hanno in comune Fantaghirò, Carla Bruni e Valeria Bruni Tedeschi? Il loro legame vi sorprenderà|url=https://www.cinematographe.it/news/coshanno-in-comune-fantaghiro-carla-bruni-e-valeria-bruni-tedeschi-il-loro-legame-vi-sorprendera/|access-date=18 October 2021|website=Cinematographe.it|language=it-IT}} Tedeschi had a relationship with the French actor Louis Garrel from 2007 to 2012. Together they adopted a girl from Senegal in 2009.{{cite web |last=Mabilon |first=Léa |title=«J'avais envie d'être blanche» : ces mots d'Oumy, la fille de Louis Garrel et Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, victime de racisme" |trans-title="I wanted to be white: words of Oumy, the daughter of Louis Garrel and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, victim of racism |url=https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/actu-people/j-avais-envie-d-etre-blanche-ces-mots-d-oumy-la-fille-de-louis-garrel-et-valeria-bruni-tedeschi-victime-de-racisme-20230127 |website=Le Figaro |access-date=20 May 2023 |language=fr |date=27 January 2023}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.morungexpress.com/entertainment/17811.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325103838/http://www.morungexpress.com/entertainment/17811.html|url-status=dead|title=Carla Bruni 'besotted' after becoming aunt to African baby|archive-date=25 March 2009}} As of 2022, Bruni Tedeschi was in a relationship with French actor {{ill|Sofiane Bennacer|fr}}.{{cite web |last=Vicente |first=Álex |title=Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: "Lamento haber rodado mi película, ninguna obra vale este sufrimiento" |trans-title="Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: I regret having shot my film, no work of art is worth this suffering" |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2023-05-19/valeria-bruni-tedeschi-lamento-haber-rodado-mi-pelicula-ninguna-obra-vale-este-sufrimiento.html#?rel=lom |website=El País |access-date=20 May 2023 |language=es |date=19 May 2023}}{{cite web |title=Affaire Bennacer : sa compagne, la réalisatrice Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, dénonce un "lynchage médiatique" |trans-title="The Bennacer Affair: his partner, the director Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, denounces a "media lynching"" |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/paris-75000/faits-divers/affaire-bennacer-sa-compagne-la-realisatrice-valeria-bruni-tedeschi-denonce-un-lynchage-mediatique_14222237/ |website=La Montagne |language=fr |access-date=20 May 2023 |date=25 November 2022}}{{cite web |last=Chollet |first=Mona |title='Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi did not stop to analyze the power games that were playing out in her school' |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/12/03/valeria-bruni-tedeschi-did-not-stop-to-analyze-the-power-games-that-were-playing-out-in-her-school_6006448_23.html |website=Le Monde |access-date=20 May 2023 |language=en |date=3 December 2022}}

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1985 \| Hôtel de France \| Sonia \|
1989 \| The Story of Boys & Girls \| Valeria \|
1991 \| Fortune Express \| Corinne \|
1993 \|Diary of a Man Condemned to Marriage \| Gloria \|
1993 \|Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional \| Martine \| César Award for Most Promising Actress Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
1994 \| La Reine Margot \| 2nd Escardon Volant \|
1995 \| The Second Time \| Lisa Venturi \| David di Donatello for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
1996 \| My Man \| Sanguine \| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
1996 \| Nénette et Boni \| \|Locarno International Film Festival - Best Actress
1996 \| The Liars \| Daisy \|
1997 \| The House \| \|
1998 \| Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train \| Claire \|
1998 \| Notes of Love \| Angela \| David di Donatello for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
1999 \| The Color of Lies \| Frédérique Lesage \|
1999 \| Empty Days \| Marie Del Sol \|
1999 \| The Nanny \| Vittoria Mori \|
2001 \| The Milk of Human Kindness \| Josiane \|
2002 \| If I Were a Rich Man \| Alice \|
2002 \| Peau d'Ange \| Avocate \|
2002 \| Ten Minutes Older: The Cello \| \| the Histoire d'eaux segment
2003 \| Feelings \| Young mother \|
2003 \| Happiness Costs Nothing \| Carla \|
2003 \| It's Easier for a Camel... \| Federica \| Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best New Director Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director Nominated—César Award for Best Debut
2004 \| 5x2 \| Marion \| Pasinetti Award for Best Actress Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress
2005 \| Time to Leave \| Jany \|
2005 \| Munich \| Sylvie \|
2005 \| Quartier V.I.P. \| Claire \|
2006 \| A Good Year \| Nathalie Auzet \|
2007 \| Actrices \| Marcelline \| Prix Spécial du Jury - Un Certain Regard section
2007 \| Let's Dance \| Sarah Bellinsky \|
2010 \| Kiss Me Again \| Adele \| Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress
2010 \| Roses à crédit \| Suzette \|
2011 \| Les Mains en l'air \| Cendrine \| European Nastro d'Argento
2012 \| The Landlords \| Moira Mieli \|
2013 \| Viva la libertà \| Danielle \| Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress
2013 \| Un château en Italie \| Louise Rossi Levi \|
2014 \|Human Capital \| Carla Bernaschi \| David di Donatello for Best Actress Golden Ciak for Best Actress Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress
2014 \| Saint Laurent \| Mme Duzer \|
2015 \| Macadam Stories \| The Nurse \|
2015 \| Latin Lover \| Stéphanie \| Nominated—Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress
2015 \| Like Crazy \| Beatrice Morandini Valdirana \| David di Donatello for Best Actress Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress Nominated—European Film Award for Best Actress
2016 \| Slack Bay \| Isabelle Van Peteghem \| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2017 \| Let the Sunshine In \| \|
2018 \| The Summer House \| Anna \| Nominated—David di Donatello for Best Actress
2020 \| Summer of 85 \| Mme Gorman \| Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2020 \| The Time of Indifference \| Maria Grazia Ardengo \|
2021 \| La fracture \| Raphaëlle Catania \| Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
2021 \| Anaïs in Love \| Emilie Ducret \|
2023 \| I Told You So (Te l’avevo detto) \| Gianna \|
2024 \| Une vie rêvée \| Nicole \|
2024 \| The Ties That Bind Us \| Sandra Ferney \|
{{TBA}} \| {{Pending film\|Duse}} \| Eleonora Duse \| Post-production{{cite web \|title=Duse \|url=https://filmitalia.org/it/film/156218/ \|website=Film Italia \|access-date=22 July 2024}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1985

| Hôtel de France

| Sonia

1989

| The Story of Boys & Girls

| Valeria

1991