Mardore, Michel

(Michel Guinamant / Octo­ber 22, 1935, Bordeaux, Gironde, France - )

   A film critic since the early 1960s, he wrote in movie reviews (Cinéma 60, Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Positif) and then in the weekly press (Les Lettres françaises, Lui, Le Nouvel Observateur). An occasional actor (1961 Comme un des Beaux-Arts, short, Bernard Chardère; 1963 La Boulangère de Monceau / UK and USA: The Baker of Monceau / The Baker's Girl of Monceau / The Girl in the Monceau Bakery, short, Eric Rohmer; Les Vierges / Le vergini, Jean-Pierre Mocky, France / Italy; 1970 Peau d'Âne / UK: Once Upon a Time / USA: Donkey Skin, Jacques Demy), he also authored novels (1962 La Première Communion, Gallimard; 1970 Le Mariage à la Mode, Denoël; 1972 Le Sauveur, Nadja; 1976 Une si jolie petite Fille, Grasset) and an essay (1973 Pour une Critique Fiction, Le Cerf).

 Filmography

1971 ◘ Le Sauveur / UK: The Saviour / USA: The Savior (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

1973 ◘ Le Mariage à la Mode (also author of original novel, screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)