RENDEZ-VOUS WITH BLANDINE LENOIR
Blandine Lenoir begins as an actress in front of the camera of Gaspard Noé, in the short film Carne, and then in Seul contre tous. She pursued her career as an actress in parallel with her literary studies, before she started directing at the age of 25.
In 1999 she directed her first short film, Avec Marinette, which received the SACD prize for best first film at the Clermont-Ferrand festival. Then she directed nine other short films while continuing her acting career. Her medium-length film Monsieur Labbé was particularly well received by critics and was nominated for the César in 2011.
Blandine Lenoir made her first feature film in 2014, Zouzou, a family drama, then she directed a comedy, Aurore, in 2017. More recently, she made Annie Colère starring Laure Calamy.
Blandine Lenoir’s cinema is at the service of actors and actresses and their emotions, both in comedy and drama.