Jeanne Balibar
Les Historiennes (The Historians)
In an intimate one-woman tour de force performance, Jeanne Balibar explores ideas around feminism, autonomy, national identity, displacement, and class through three extraordinary characters.
THE MURDERER – Balibar shares Anne-Emmanuelle Demartini’s writing on Violette Nozière, an 18-year-old French woman convicted of murdering her father in the 1930s after years of alleged abuse.
THE SLAVE – Charlotte de Castelnau’s writing illuminates historical issues around marriage, slavery, colonialism, and Catholicism.
THE ACTRESS – Emmanuelle Loyer depicts the life of actress, filmmaker, and renowned feminist Delphine Seyrig and her father, the archeologist Henri Seyrig.
In French with English supertitles
No late seating
Tickets $30–$60
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
No late seating
Tickets $30–$60
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
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Brilliant Quirky: Jeanne Balibar on Film
Tuesdays, Sep 11–Oct 30
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
In conjunction with Les Historiennes, FIAF’s CinéSalon and Anthology Film Archives will co-present a retrospective of Jeanne Balibar’s work as an actress, as well as the first film she directed, throughout September and October.
Learn More Writing History from a Crime: The Violette Nozière Case
Mon, Oct 8 at 7pm
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Anne-Emmanuelle Demartini, in conversation with Sharon Marcus and Stephane Gerson
Learn More Marriage and Slavery in the Early Portuguese Atlantic World
Wed, Oct 10 at 6pm
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Charlotte de Castelnau-L’Estoile, in conversation with Amy Chazkel and Natasha Lightfoot
Learn MoreClaude Lévi-Strauss, Our Contemporary
Thu, Oct 11 at 6pm
Columbia Maison Française
Emmanuelle Loyer, in conversation with Emmanuelle Saada and Camille Robcis
Learn MoreWomen’s Voices, Women’s Stories
Fri, Oct 12 at 1pm
Columbia Maison Française
Jeanne Balibar in conversation with historians Anne-Emmanuelle Demartini, Emmanuelle Loyer, and Charlotte de Castelnau-L’Estoile, moderated by Emmanuelle Saada
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About the Artist
French actress Jeanne Balibar has been lauded for her wide range of roles and her unique voice that has attracted the attentions of directors including Arnaud Desplechin, Bruno Podalydès, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Claude Biette, Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Nicloux, Christophe Honore, Maïwenn, Diane Kurys, Benoît Jacquot, Raoul Ruiz, Jacques Rivette, Michael Winterbottom, Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Olivier Dahan, and lately Pawel Pawlikowski. She received the 2018 César Award for Best Actress for her performance in Mathieu Amalric's Barbara. She will direct her second feature film this summer.
Images © Carole Bellaiche