This Cultural Life: Juliette Binoche: This Cultural Life
11:45 pm - 12:15 am, Saturday, February 14 on BBC Four (9)
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Juliette Binoche: This Cultural Life
Season 1, Episode 1
The French actress talks to John Wilson about the formative influences that shaped her career, such as seeing Peter Brookes' production of Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi and learning from her acting coach Vera Gregh. Juliette also reflects on working with acclaimed film directors, including Jean-Luc Godard, Leos Carax and Krzysztof Kieslowski
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John Wilson
(Presenter)
Juliette Binoche
(Guest)
Born:
March 09, 1964
in
Paris
Best Known For:
The English Patient.
Early-life:
Born March 9, 1964, in Paris. She has Polish, Flemish, Brazilian and Moroccan ancestry. Her father is a sculptor, actor and director, her mother a teacher, director and actress. Following their divorce, she and her sister Marion were sent to boarding school. She first acted in amateur stage productions, and began appearing professionally while still studying at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris, initially in the theatre.
Career:
Binoche's first film was Liberty Belle in 1983. She then decided to concentrate on the cinema rather than the stage, and quickly became a major star in France. Her first English-speaking role came three years later in An Unbearable Lightness of Being. Despite offers of work, she turned her back on an international career to return home. She's continued to appear in both international and French projects. Among the highlights are The English Patient (for which she won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar), Hidden, Three Colours: Blue, Chocolat, Breaking and Entering and Dan in Real Life.
Quote:
"Movies are open doors, and at every door, I change character and life... I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn."
Trivia:
Binoche has also appeared on stage in both New York and London.
Edwina Pitman
(Producer)
