Laurent, Christine

(March 29, 1944, Paris, France-)

   A stage set and costume designer, notably for René Allio, she occasionally was an actress (1972 Les Camis-ards, also costume and production designer, René Allio, shot in 1970; 1983 En Haut des Marches, Paul Vecchiali; 1984 Le Matelot 512 / Australia: Able Seaman 512, René Allio; 1990 Le Lyonnais, TV, episode "Taggers", Cyril Collard) but worked mainly as a costume designer for film (1973 Rude Journée pour la Reine, René Allio; 1976 Moi Pierre Rivière, ayant égorgé ma Mère, ma Sœur et mon Frère . . . , René Allio; 1980 Retour à Marseille, René Allio, France / West Germany; 1994 Jeanne la Pucelle 1—Les Batailles / UK and USA:Joan the Maid 1: The Battles, also co-screenwriter, Jacques Rivette; Jeanne la Pucelle ii—Les Prisons / UK and USA: Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons, also co-screenwriter, Jacques Rivette; 2001 Va savoir / Chi lo sa? / USA and Australia: Va savoir (Who Knows?), also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist, Jacques Rivette, France / Italy) and TV (1981 Les intermittences du Coeur, Dirk Sanders; 1997 L'Arlésienne, Dirk Sanders). A film director since 1977, she co-wrote the screenplays and the dialogues of several Jacques Rivette movies (1988 La Bande des Quatre / USA: The Gang of Four / US DVD: Gang of Four, Jacques Rivette, France / Switzerland; 1991 La Belle Noiseuse / UK and USA: The Beautiful Troublemaker, Jacques Rivette; 1995 Haut Bas Fragile / USA: Up, Down, Fragile, Jacques Rivette; 2003 Histoire de Marie et Julien / Storia de Marie e Julien, Jacques Rivette, France / Italy; Ne Touchez pas à la Hache / La duchessa di Langeais / UK: Don't Touch the Axe / USA: Don't Touch the Axe, Jacques Rivette, France / Italy; 2009 36 Vues du Pic Saint-Loup). She is also a stage director.

 Filmography

1977 ◘ Alice Constant / A. Constant (also screenwriter, actor; France / Switzerland)

1985 ◘ Vertiges (also screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist, costume designer; shot in 1983-1984)

1990 ◘ Eden Miséria (also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, co-dialogist; France / Portugal; shot in 1986)

1997 ◘ Transatlantique / Transatlantico (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Portugal / Uru­guay)

2006 ◘ Call Me Agostino (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)