Isabelle Adjani

The Actress as Auteur

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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As the only performer to win five César Awards, Isabelle Adjani holds a special place in the history of French cinema. Her fame extends beyond French borders as she has also received two Academy Award nominations for L’Histoire D’Adèle H. and Camille Claudel, was the recipient of the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Possession and Quartet, as well as at the Berlin Film Festival for Camille Claudel.This edited collection explores some of Adjani’s most iconic roles and their reception, in France and abroad. It delves into Adjani’s unique and personal involvement in the roles she has played throughout her career, the way she approached ageing in the later part of her career and the impact it had on her performance and artistic choices.It provides readers with insights into Adjani’s multifaceted acting skills in order to better understand her unique status in French cinema.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-30
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieInternational Film Stars
Antal sidor232
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781399533713

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Romain Chareyron is an Associate Professor of French in the Department of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. He is a contemporary French and Francophone cinema specialist, with interests that branch into Francophone culture and contemporary French society. His research primarily focuses on gender and sexuality, the representation of disability, and film genres in contemporary French cinema. He edited Trans Identities in the French Media: Representation, Visibility, Recognition (2023) and co-edited Screening Youth: Contemporary French and Francophone Cinema (2019). His current project is investigating the representation of disability in French cinema.

1. Introduction: Isabelle Adjani: The Actress as AuteurRomain Chareyron2. In Constant Struggle: Early Formulations of Isabelle Adjani in Faustine et le bel été (1971)Tim Palmer3. ‘“I’m your wife. Forever. We’ll stay together until we die”: Adjani’s Portrayal of a Fractured Psyche in L’Histoire d’Adèle H. (François Truffaut, 1975)Jamie Nicholas Steele4. “I Recognise the Self Who Has Just Done Something Horrible” – Isabelle Adjani and Performance as Uncanny Self-Disclosure in Possession (Andrzej Żuławski, 1981)Alison Taylor5. Cries and Whispers: Adjani’s Voice, Stardom and the Self in L’Eté meurtrier (Jean Becker, 1983)Sarah Leahy6. The Star and the Spokesman: Isabelle Adjani, Harlem Désir, and “Coming Out” As BeurJerry White7. Isabelle Adjani Creating Lives in Camille Claudel (Bruno Nuytten, 1988) and La Reine Margot (Patrice Chéreau, 1994)Homer Pettey8. Adjani’s Virtuosity in Four MomentsBenjamin McCann9. Romanticism and Realism in Isabelle Adjani’s Film Adaptation of Benjamin Constant’s 19th-century novel Adolphe (Benoît Jacquot, 2002)Annabelle Doherty10. Managing Adjani’s Ageing: From Denial to mise en abyme – Gwénaëlle LegrasIsabelle Adjani on Stage After 2016: Navigating Between Meta-Performance and Artistic Exploration Arnaud DupratIsabelle Adjani – Filmography