Pascal, Christine

(November 29, 1953, Lyon, Rhône, France - August 30, 1996, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France)

   She studied literature and attended acting courses at the Lyon Conservatory. Spotted by director Bertrand Tavernier, she made her film debut in L'Horloger de Saint-Paul / UK: The Watchmaker of St. Paul / USA: The Clockmaker of Saint-Paul in 1973. She played in more than thirty films until 1994 (Regarde les Hommes tomber / UK and USA: See How They Fall, Jacques Audiard), including the first she directed. Treated in a psychiatric clinic, she killed herself at age forty-two. Other credit (as co-screenwriter): 1977 Des Enfants gâtés / USA: Spoiled Children (also actor, Bertrand Tavernier).

 Filmography

1979 ◘ Félicité (also screenwriter, dialogist, actor)

1984 ◘ La Garce (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist)

1989 ◘ Zanzibar (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Switzerland)

1992 ◘ Le Petit Prince a dit (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Switzerland)

1995 Adultère, Mode d'Emploi (also co-screenwriter, co-dialogist; France / Switzerland)