Louis Garrel - French actor from the famous film dynasty

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Louis Garrel is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Louis comes from a famous French cinematic family. His mother Bridget C, father Philip Garrel, grandfather Morris Garrel and even great-grandfather devoted their lives to cinematography. Not surprisingly, Garrel Jr. continued the tradition.

Childhood and youth

Louis was born in Paris on June 14, 1983. From childhood, the boy grew up in the atmosphere of cinema. Due to his parents' profession, he was often on film sets and backstage. As a child, Louis did not want to be an actor at all, in his youth he dreamed of becoming a lawyer. With age, hereditary passion for cinema took over the boy.

Garrel Jr. likes to talk about how he decided to become an actor at the age of 15, when he became interested in the pictures from the filmography of his godfather, who often visited them. Godfather Jean-Pierre Leo starred in films by famous directors Francois Truffaut, J. L. Godard, P. P. Pasolini, B. Bertolucci and others.

Films "Last Tango in Paris" 1972 directed by B. Bertolucci and "Four Hundred Blows" 1959 directed by F. Truffautmade a strong impression on Leo. And when it came time to choose where to go to study, the guy chose the Paris Higher National Conservatory. It is worth mentioning that Louis Garrel has a sister, Estelle Garrel, who also chose the acting path.

In 2004, after graduating from the conservatory, a new representative of the famous family, Louis Garrel, set off to conquer the film Olympus.

Movies

In fact, in his first film, Louis starred a long time ago, even at the age of six. Then he had to play a small role in his father's film. The painting was called Spare Kisses. The guy's mother and grandfather also took part in the filming of this film.

The first real role of Louis can be called the work in the film "This is my body", filmed in 2001 by director Rodolphe Marconi. "This is my body" is a drama film co-produced by France and Portugal. The female lead was played by Jane Birkin. The plot of the picture tells us about a math student who is bored with his gray life, and who decided to audition for the filming of the film. New acquaintances from the set, a new life captures the main character so much that he forgets about his studies, about his girlfriend and about his parents.

Picture "Dreamers"

The famous director Bernardo Bertolucci was familiar with the Garrel family and Louis in particular before this film. After the film "This is my body" he took a different look at Louis, saw in him a talented young actor and invited him to one of the main roles in hisfilm "The Dreamers".

Garrel got the role of Teo in this famous erotic drama - an intellectual handsome man with rebel inclinations. Upon release, the film received a lot of positive reviews from the audience and a lot of mixed reviews from critics.

After this film, Louis Garrel became popular and recognizable. This had the most positive impact on his future career.

Riding the wave of success

Each subsequent film with the participation of Garrel Jr. becomes an event. One after another, the paintings "My mother" in 2004, "Regular lovers" in 2005, "Paris story", "Prelude" in 2006 are released.

In 2006, Louis received the French César Award in the Most Promising Actor category for his lead role in Philippe Garrel's Constant Lovers.

The role of the actor is mostly heroes-lovers. The films in which he acts are melodramas, erotic dramas. Over the years, Louis was recognized as the sexiest man in France.

The roles he plays in subsequent films "All Songs Are Only About Love", "The Last Night's Dream" in 2007, "The Choice Is to Love", "The Beautiful Fig Tree", "Border of Dawn" in 2008, seem young actor with the same type and boring.

In 2008, Louis decides to try his hand at directing and writing scripts. The film "My Friends" is released, screenwriter and directorwhich was Garrel Jr. The guy from the famous dynasty wants to conquer the audience not only with his appearance and acting skills, but also with his own vision of modern cinema.

In the meantime, he failed to achieve directing fame, Louis continues to act in films as an actor.

In 2009, the film with his participation "My Girl Doesn't Want" was released, in 2010 - the films "Imaginary Love", "Threesome Marriage".

Now Louis continues to act in films as an actor and direct his films as a director.

Among his last roles - Dorant in the film "False Confessions", Andre Savage in the film "Stone Disease", Solal in the film "My King".

Private life

Many girls are interested in the question: is an attractive, successful young man from the famous Louis Garrel family free? The actor's personal life is rarely discussed in the press. It is known that at least from 2007 to 2012 he lived in a civil marriage with actress and director Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi.

Valeria is the older sister of Carla Bruni, the one who is married to Nicolas Sarkozy. The woman is older than Louis by almost 20 years. Together they adopted a child, a girl from Senegal.

Quite often falls on the pen of journalists Louis Garrel. Photos of this handsome man also often appear in the press, which speaks of his popularity and the love of the audience.