Dominique Laffin
Dominique Elisabeth Laffin (born June 3, 1952 in Saint-Mandé , Département Val-de-Marne , † June 12, 1985 in Paris ) was a French actress .
Life
Dominique Laffin was born as Dominique Elisabeth Laffin in 1952 in the Île-de-France region near Paris. She gave up university studies after three days in order to pursue an unskilled career as an actress. The former saleswoman made her debut in Claude Miller's drama Süßer Wahn in 1977 alongside Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou . After her first leading role in Jean-Marie Poiré's comedy Les Petits câlins (1978), she worked in the same year with the French director Jacques Doillon , representative of the Nouveau Naturel (German: "New Naturalness") in French cinema in the 1970s. Doillon's drama The Woman Who Weeps is inspired by a series of portraits that Pablo Picasso created in 1937 of his then partner Dora Maar . It tells the story of a young wife and mother who is forced into an open love triangle by her husband (played by Jacques Doillon). For her fifth film role, in which, according to her own statements, she did not play or identify with the character of the same name, but rather saw every situation as a real one, Laffin was nominated for the most important French film award, the César , for Best Actress in 1980 . However, Laffin was defeated by her colleague Miou-Miou ( The Dropout ).
After the success of The Woman Who Wines Laffin acted in the title role of Christine Pascal's film Félicité in 1979 . In the same year she acted in Catherine Breillat's drama Tapage nocturne, a film director who, despite marriage and child, lets herself explore the limits of her desires with a bisexual actor (played by Joe Dallesandro ). After Marco Ferreri's tragic comedy Mein Asyl , in which Roberto Benigni is her film partner, roles in foreign productions followed, such as in Rudolf Thome's System without a shadow or Hans Liechti's Akropolis Now (both 1983). In her career, Laffin mainly played in dramas and mostly gave sensitive characters a face. After a supporting role in Claude Sautet's tragicomedy Garçon, which was nominated several times for the César ! Colleague is coming soon! , followed in 1985 with the leading role of Anita in Laurent Perrins Passage Secret, her last appearance in a movie.
Dominique Laffin died of a heart attack at the age of 33 . Her grave is on the Cimetière de Montmartre in Paris , not far from François Truffaut's grave .
The daughter Clémentine Autain (* 1973 ) comes from her relationship with the singer Yvan Dautin , who acted alongside her mother in the film System ohne Schatten .
Filmography (selection)
- 1977: Sweet Madness ( Dites-lui que je l'aime )
- 1978: Les Petits câlins
- 1978: The woman who cries ( La Femme qui pleure )
- 1979: Tapage nocturne
- 1979: My asylum ( Chiedo asilo )
- 1980: giants of the road ( empreinte des géants )
- 1983: system without shadow
- 1983: Garçon! Colleague is coming soon! ( Garçon! )
- 1985: Passage secret
Awards
- 1980: César nomination for The Woman Who Weeps ( Best Actress )
Web links
- Dominique Laffin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film review for The Woman Who Cries on nachfilm.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Laffin, Dominique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Laffin, Dominique Elisabeth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Mandé , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1985 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |