Marguerite Duras
Born in Gia Định, Vietnam — Apr 04 1914• Died Mar 03 1996
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Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras, was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film Hiroshima mon amour (1959) earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. Duras was born Marguerite Donnadieu on 4 April 1914, in Gia Định, Cochinchina, French Indochina (now Vietnam). Her parents, Marie (née Legrand, 1877–1956) and Henri Donnadieu (1872–1921), were teachers from France who likely had met at Gia Định High S…
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The Lover
Writing
Dim Dam Dom
Self
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Writing
India Song
Voix Intemporelle (voice)
Azuro
Writing
Little Girl Blue
Self (archive footage)
Memoir of War
Writing
Mademoiselle
Writing
Le Navire Night
(voice)
La Voleuse
Writing
The Sea Wall
Writing
The Children
Directing
A Stormy Summer Night
Writing
Pornotropic
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Godard Cinema
Seven Days… Seven Nights
Writing
Un metteur en ordre: Robert Bresson
Self
Jeanne Moreau: Free Spirit
Self - Writer (archive footage)
Delphine and Carole
Self (archive footage)
The Lorry
elle
Duras and Cinema
self (archive footage)
The Sailor from Gibraltar
Writing
Nathalie Granger
(voice)
Baxter, Vera Baxter
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Long Absence
Writing
This Angry Age
Writing
Jaune, Le Soleil
Directing
L'affaire Matzneff
Self (archive footage)
Per un viaggio in Italia
Directing
Suzanna Andler
Writing
The Afternoon of Mr. Andesmas
Writing
La Musica
Writing
Mitterrand, président culturel
Self (archive footage)
Duras/Godard
Self
Destroy, She Said
Directing
La Musica
Writing
The Colour of Words
Self
Entire Days in the Trees
Directing
10:30 P.M. Summer
Writing
The Square
Writing
Half Past Ten
Writing
Pop Age
Self
La bête dans la jungle
Writing
Dim Dam Dom: Marguerite Duras and Little François
Self
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Les Mains négatives
Self - Narrator (voice)
Marguerite Duras: Worn Out with Desire . . . to Write
Self
The Square
Writing
Agatha and the Limitless Readings
Narrator (voice)
Sans merveille
Writing
Woman of the Ganges
Voice
The Places of Marguerite Duras
Self
Aurélia Steiner (Melbourne)
Directing
Marguerite as She Was
Self (archive footage)
Drifters of a shadowy dream
Writing
Écrire
Self
Dark Night, Calcutta
Writing
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Self (archive footage)
Hiroshima: The Time of Return
(voice)
L’homme atlantique
Narrator (voice)
En rachâchant
Writing
The Malady of Death
Writing
Gaumont-Palace
Narrator (voice)
Marguerite Duras and Stripper Lolo Pigalle
Self
Roman Dialogue
Directing
Mulher a Mulher: Interview with Marguerite Duras by Yann Lemée
Self
Marguerite Duras
Self
Marguerite Duras and the '68ers
Self
Césarée
Self - Narrator (voice)
Marguerite Duras in the Lions' Den
Self
Les enfants et Noël
Self - Narrator (voice)
Marguerite Duras, l'écriture et la vie
Self
The Moment of Peace
Writing
Savannah Bay
Writing
The Malady of Death
Writing
Work and Words
Self
Aurélia Steiner (Vancouver)
Narrator (voice)
Agatha
Writing
Marguerite Duras interviews Jeanne Moreau
Self
Marguerite Duras and the Prison Governess
Self
One Minute for One Image
Self - Narrator
Music
Writing
Cygne I
Narrator (voice)
Writing
Writing
Duras Shoots
Self
The Death of the Young English Aviator
Self
Savannah Bay c’est toi
Self
The Marguerite Duras Century
Self
La Dame des Yvelines
Self