Aurore Clement

Daughter of modest farmers, Aurore Clément had to give up her studies at the age of 16 and work in a factory following the death of her father. After having faced another ordeal, the accidental death of her sister, she decides to leave for Paris, where, by dint of determination, she becomes a model. It was Louis Malle, noticing her on the cover of Elle , who opened the doors of the cinema to her by entrusting her with the role of France, a young Jewish woman in love with a collaborator in the very controversial Lacombe Lucien (1974).

After these remarkable beginnings, the discreet Aurore Clément mainly found supporting roles, bringing her softness to the masculine universes of Boisset (Le Juge Fayard dit le sérif) or Schoendoerffer (Le Crab tambour). Directed by great Italian filmmakers, from Dino Risi (Dear Papa) to Mario Monicelli, she leaves for the Philippines for the filming of Apocalypse Now. She plays Roxanne, the quintessence of the enigmatic and bewitching French woman, but her scenes will be cut during the editing, and it will be necessary to wait for the release of the redux version (2001) for them to be reinstated. On the set of Coppola's film, she meets the one who will become her husband, the production designer Dean Tavoularis.

With the poster of two films presented in Cannes in 1982, The Ghosts of the hatter and The Invitation to the voyage, Aurore Clément plays the wife of Dean Stockwell in Paris, Texas, the Palme d'or of Wenders in 1984. With a an air sometimes serious, sometimes laughing, and a voice not unlike that of Delphine Seyrig, she becomes one of Chantal Akerman's favorite actresses, from Rendez-vous d'Anna (1978) to Demain on Déménage (2004) ). Turning with strong personalities such as Serge Gainsbourg and Anne-Marie Miéville, she also appears in the singular films of Laetitia Masson, which does not prevent her from increasing, from the 2000s, appearances in mainstream productions ( Tanguy, Bon Voyage and even Jet Set).

Irresistible as a flirtatious hairdresser in La Demoiselle d'Honneur by Chabrol, the elegant Aurore Clément embodies the Duchess of Chartres in the very chic cast of Marie-Antoinette by Sofia Coppola (2006). Along with her film career, the actress escaped the big screen to play on television, in dozens of series and TV films (including the Zodiac saga and its sequel, The Master of the Zodiac). On the bill each year in several films, his various roles or supporting roles (Opposite Winds, Let My People Go !, The Last Winter and Cornouaille) complete a rich filmography of more than 120 titles.