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Céline Sciamma
Director 47 years old

Céline Sciamma

Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France

Céline Sciamma is a French screenwriter and film director. Sciamma's work is strikingly minimalist, partly the legacy of her mentor, Xavier Beauvois, who advised her while she was a student at the major French film school, La Fémis.

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5 titles
Petite maman

Petite maman

Céline Sciamma 2021 1h 12m 8.0

After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps her come to terms with this newfound loss.

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Céline Sciamma 2019 2h 1m 7.9

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Bande de filles

Bande de filles

Céline Sciamma 2014 1h 52m 7.3

Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.

Tomboy

Tomboy

Céline Sciamma 2011 1h 22m 7.5

Laure is moving into a new neighborhood with her little sister Jeanne. Because she is in need of new friends and does not know anybody, Laure decides to dress and act as a boy. She becomes close to Lisa, who does not know her new best friend is not a boy.

Naissance des pieuvres

Naissance des pieuvres

Céline Sciamma 2007 1h 25m 8.0

Summer in a new suburb outside Paris. Nothing to do but look at the ceiling. Marie, Anne and Floriane are 15. Their paths cross in the corridors at the local swimming pool, where love and desire make a sudden, dramatic appearance.

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