Jean-Paul Rappeneau

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Jean-Paul Rappeneau (born 8 April 1932 at Auxerre) is a French film director, screenwriter, and actor.

He started out in film as an assistant and screenwriter collaborating with Louis Malle on Zazie dans le metro in 1960 and Vie privee in 1961. In 1964, he was co-screenwriter for L' Homme de Rio, which starred Jean-Paul Belmondo.

The first film that he both wrote and directed was La Vie de chateau in 1966. Although it was a great critical and popular success, he did not make another film until 1971, when he directed Les Maries de l'an II, again starring Belmondo and Marlène Jobert.

Since 1975, Rappeneau has written only for his own films, including Le Sauvage, starring Yves Montand and Tout feu tout flamme (1981), again with Montand and Isabelle Adjani.

In 1990, Rappeneau directed the classic Cyrano de Bergerac, his adaptation of the classic French play by Edmond Rostand, starring Gérard Depardieu in his greatest role.

The 2003 comedy Bon voyage again starred Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani.

External link

[Jean-Paul Rappeneau] on the Internet Movie Database

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