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Emmanuelle Riva

Emmanuelle Riva

French actress (1927-2017)
February 24, 1927 (January 27, 2017)

Lost in Paris

V.O.: Paris pieds nus
Fr. 2016. Comedy by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon with Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Emmanuelle Riva. In Paris, a goofy Canadian librarian sets out to find her mysteriously missing old aunt, with the help of a homeless man who is in love with her.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 2012. Drama by Michael Haneke with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert. Paralyzed on her right side after a failed operation, a former piano teacher is cared for at home by her husband, who is in his 80s.
Runtime: 127 min.
Fr. 2012. Dramatic comedy by Brigitte Roüan with Nicole Garcia, Éric Caravaca, Patrick Mille.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 2001. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Améris with Jacques Dutronc, Sandrine Bonnaire, Emmanuelle Riva. In a palliative care center, a cancer patient falls in love with a volunteer, a young single mother who hides a deep unhappiness with life.
Runtime: 112 min.

Venus Beauty Institute

V.O.: Vénus Beauté (Institut)
Fr. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Tonie Marshall with Nathalie Baye, Bulle Ogier, Samuel Le Bihan. A forty-year-old single beautician is courted by a young man who has fallen in love with her at first sight.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1994. Dramatic comedy by Didier Grousset with Emmanuelle Riva, Yves Robert, Étienne Chicot.
Fr. 1993. Drama by Aline Issermann with Sandrine Blancke, Alain Bashung, Mireille Perrier. The life of a family is turned upside down when the youngest daughter accuses her father of sexually abusing her.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1991. Mores comedy by Tilly with Emmanuelle Riva, Jenny Clève, Christian Huysman.
Runtime: 98 min.

For Sacha

V.O.: Pour Sacha
Fr. 1991. Sentimental drama by Alexandre Arcady with Sophie Marceau, Richard Berry, Fabien Orcier. In 1967, as war threatens to break out, a young couple who had left France to settle in a kibbutz in Israel welcom friends from Paris.
Runtime: 114 min.

The Passion of Bernadette

V.O.: La Passion de Bernadette
Fr. 1989. Religious drama by Jean Delannoy with Sydney Penny, Emmanuelle Riva, Malka Ribowska. The young Bernadette Soubirous enters a convent after witnessing apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1982. Mores comedy by Alain Dhouailly with Emmanuelle Riva, Étienne Bierry, Pierre Doris. The announcement of the upcoming closure of a village school due to a lack of students causes a stir.

Les Yeux, la bouche

V.O.: Gli Occhi, la boca
It. 1982. Drama by Marco Bellocchio with Lou Castel, Angela Molina, Emmanuelle Riva. An actor returns to the family home on the occasion of the death of his twin brother, who committed suicide.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1976. Mores drama by Bernard Queysanne with Jacques Spiesser, Jane Birkin, Philippe Lemaire. After killing his father, the eldest son of an industrialist runs off with the deceased's mistress.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Georges Wilson with Georges Wilson, Henri Virlojeux, Emmanuelle Riva. A gruff forty year old man is scarred by a failed romance.
Fr. 1974. Dramatic comedy by Sotha with Rufus, Emmanuelle Riva, Elisabeth Wiener. A woman has bought a vast estate, where she welcomes people who live in sweet anarchy.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1973. Poetic drama by Fernando Arrabal with George Shannon, Hachemi Marzouk, Emmanuelle Riva. A man suspected of murder hides out in the desert and meets an ageless man to whom he decides to introduce civilization.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1971. War drama by Claude Bernard-Aubert with Dany Carrel, Emmanuelle Riva, Georges Aminel. A French doctor and four nurses are taken prisoner by the Germans in the Libyan desert.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1970. Psychological drama by Dominique Delouche with Emmanuelle Riva, François Timmerman, André Falcon. A writer becomes attached to a young deviant and loses his money, his honor and his wife for him.
Fr. 1969. Psychological drama by Michel Worms with Maurice Ronet, Emmanuelle Riva, Sylva Koscina. After deciding to break up with his wife, a man takes the train to join his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1967. Social drama by André Cayatte with Jacques Brel, Emmanuelle Riva, René Dary. A young teacher is accused by four of his students of sexual assault.
Runtime: 90 min.

Les Fruits amers

V.O.: Fruits amers - Soledad
Fr. 1966. Psychological drama by Jacqueline Audry, Colette Audry with Emmanuelle Riva, Laurent Terzieff, Beba Loncar. Arrested by the police, a revolutionary is released thanks to the intervention of her sister.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1965. Psychological drama by Jean Cayrol, Claude Durand with Michel Piccoli, Danielle Darrieux, Emmanuelle Riva. A man returns to Bordeaux, twenty years after turning in comrades to the Gestapo.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1964. Psychological drama by Georges Franju with Fabrice Rouleau, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean Servais. During the 1914-1918 war, a young man pretends to be the nephew of a famous general.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Jean Valère with Hardy Krüger, Emmanuelle Riva, Francisco Rabal. A soccer player blackmails a woman who is responsible for ruining his career.
Runtime: 105 min.

Hours of Love

V.O.: Le Ore dell' Amore
It. 1964. Comedy by Luciano Salce with Emmanuelle Riva, Ugo Tognazzi, Umberto d'Orsi. After a stormy period, a man and his wife try to save their love.
Runtime: 107 min.

Therese

V.O.: Thérèse Desqueyroux
Fr. 1962. Psychological drama by Georges Franju with Emmanuelle Riva, Philippe Noiret, Édith Scob. An unhappy woman tries to poison her husband.
Runtime: 109 min.

Léon Morin, Priest

V.O.: Léon Morin, prêtre
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc. A young atheist woman falls in love with the priest who slowly brings her back to Christianity.
Runtime: 130 min.

Climates of Love

V.O.: Climats
Fr. 1961. Drama by Stellio Lorenzi with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Marina Vlady, Emmanuelle Riva. Separated from a frivolous wife, a man remarries but cannot forget his first wife.
Runtime: 143 min.
It. 1960. Drama by Gillo Pontecorvo with Susan Strasberg, Emmanuelle Riva, Laurent Terzieff. A Jewish teenager detained in a concentration camp accepts a surveillance job.
Runtime: 117 min.

Adua et ses compagnes

V.O.: Adua e le compagne
It. 1960. Social drama by Antonio Pietrangeli with Simone Signoret, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere. Four prostitutes gather their savings to open a restaurant.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by Marcel Hanoun with Emmanuelle Riva, Félix Marten, José Varela. A single person who lives alone ends up being won over by the love of a widower.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by Alain Resnais with Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson. Reunited by a love affair, a French person and a Japanese person evoke a painful past.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Psychological drama by Laslo Benedek with Raf Vallone, Emmanuelle Riva, Annie Girardot.
Runtime: 97 min.

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