Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin (b. 1953. Courbevoie, France) studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He first appeared on the big screen in Notre historie (Our Story, 1984) by director Bertrand Blier. Since then he has acted in more than 70 pictures, he has worked with directors such as Cédric Kahn, or Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Very Long Engagement / Un long dimanche de fiançailles, 2004). In 1997 he won the César award for Best Supporting Actor in Cédric Klapisch's Family Resemblances (Un air de famille), and in 1999 he was nominated for the same prize in the leading role of The Octopus (Le Poulpe), directed by Guillaum Nicloux. Audiences at the Karlovy Vary festival had the opportunity to see him in Robert Guédiguian's The Town Is Quiet (Le ville est tranquille, 2001). Premonition is his directorial debut, for which he and Valérie Stroh wrote the screenplay and in which he also plays the lead role.

MFF Karlovy Vary