Julie Duclos (born 10 July) is a French director and actress, founder of the theater company L'In-quarto. She is the daughter of an actor Philippe Duclos.

Julie Duclos
Born10 July
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actress, director
Years active2001–present
ParentPhilippe Duclos

Career edit

She attended at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts (CNSAD) in Paris (2010 promotion) with Dominique Valadié and Alain Françon. She created her first show there in 2009, A Lover's Discourse: Fragments, adapted from the essay by Roland Barthes, which was then resumed at La Loge (Paris) in 2011, then at the MESS Festival in Sarajevo in 2012.[1]

With the same group of actors from CNSAD, in 2012 she created the show Masculin/Féminin, a laboratory of theatrical creation between reality and fiction then Nos Serments at the Théâtre national de la Colline,[2] in collaboration with Guy-Patrick Sainderichin, very freely inspired by the film The Mother and the Whore of Jean Eustache.[3] This show is adapted as part of a radio fiction about France Culture, entitled A force de rêve tout bas.[4]

She again collaborates with the Théâtre national de la Colline for MayDay, a play by Dorothée Zumstein, inspired by the news story Mary Bell, found guilty of the murder of 2 young children at the age of 10.[5]

As part of the Avignon Festival 2019, she stages Pelléas et Mélisande by Maeterlinck at la Fabrica. The modern set design and the subtle use of the video include critically acclaimed,[6][7] as well as the acting Alix Riemer, Matthew Sampeur, Philippe Duclos and Vincent Dissez.[8]

Julie Duclos is currently associated with the National Theater of Brittany (TNB) directed by Arthur Nauzycie and is part of the teaching team of the school of TNB.[9]

Actress of theater and cinema, she plays in particular in By the Grace of God by François Ozon.[10]

Theater edit

Filmography edit

Film edit

  • Les fantômes de Louba (2001) as girl #1
  • Les deux vies du serpent (2006) as the bourgeois girl
  • The Sword and the Rose (2010) as Julie
  • Crime d'État (2013 television film) as Fabienne Boulin
  • By the Grace of God (2018) as Aline Debord

Television edit

  • P.J. (2006) as Nathnaelle
  • Famille d'accueil (2008) as Olivia
  • Julie Lescaut (2009) as Roxane Dupuy
  • Les Dames (2010) as Diane
  • Les limiers (2013) as Ester Monin
  • Dr Blanche's Clinic (2014 television film) as Félicie

References edit

  1. ^ "Fragment d'un discours amoureux - Julie Duclos" (in French). L'In-quarto. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Nos Serments" (in French). La Colline Théâtre National. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Amour, intelligence et violences, les belles promesses de "Nos Serments"" [Love, Intelligence and Violence, the Beautiful Promises of "Nos Serments"]. sceneweb.fr (in French). 12 April 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ "A force de rêver tout bas de Julie Duclos" [By Dint of Dreaming Low by Julie Duclos] (in French). France Culture. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ "MayDay" (in French). La Colline Théâtre National. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  6. ^ Ferney, Jeanne (8 July 2019). ""Pelléas et Mélisande", un conte de notre temps au Festival d'Avignon" ["Pelléas et Mélisande", A Tale of Our Time at the Avignon Festival]. La Croix (in French). ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ^ Darge, Fabienne (6 July 2019). ""Pelléas et Mélisande": une jeunesse empêchée dans un monde trop vieux" ["Pelléas et Mélisande": Youth Prevented in an Old World] (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 20 August 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ Laporte, Arnaud (11 July 2019). "Maeterlinck et Duclos au sommet du symbolisme avec "Pelléas et Mélisande"" [Maeterlinck and Duclos at the Top of Symbolism with "Pelléas et Mélisande"] (in French). France Culture. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Julie Duclos" (in French). TNB. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Grâce à Dieu" (in French). UniFrance. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

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