Carole Achache
Acting
Biography
Carole Hélène Marthe Andrée Achache (née Salomon-Lange; 31 May 1952 – 1 March 2016) was a French writer, photographer and actress. She was the daughter of French writer Monique Lange and the mother of French-Moroccan film director Mona Achache. She appeared in films such as The Gypsy (1975), Special Section (1975), Lumière (1976), Mr. Klein (1976), Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977), and Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) under the name Carole Lange. She later worked as a still photographer in the films Other People's Money (1978), A Week's Vacation (1980), The Trout (1982), and Un soir au club (2009). As an author, Achache published five books. Achache died in Paris on 1 March 2016 at the age of 63. Her death was ruled as suicide by hanging. Achache was born in Paris, France on 31 May 1952. She was the daughter of French writer Monique Lange and of French science historian Jean-Jacques Salomon, who left her mother when Achache was a child. Her mother was born Jewish and later converted to Catholicism. Her maternal grandfather, Robert Lange, was a French journalist and politician. American writer William Faulkner was her godfather. Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo was her step-father. When Achache was a child, she was abused by French writer Jean Genet, who was a friend of her mother. The abuse led her to drug use and prostitution between Paris and New York in the 1970s. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Achache worked as an actress under the name Carole Lange in films such as Guy Gilles's Earth Light (1970), José Giovanni's The Gypsy (1975), Costa-Gavras's Special Section (1975), Jeanne Moreau's Lumière (1976), Joseph Losey's Mr. Klein (1976), Claude Sautet's Mado (1976), Yves Boisset's Le Juge Fayard dit Le Shériff (1977), Jacques Rouffio's Violette & François (1977), Georges Lautner's Death of a Corrupt Man (1977), and Laurent Heynemann's The Bit Between the Teeth (1979). And on the television series Le tourbillon des jours (1979), and Les 400 coups de Virginie (1980). She also worked as a still photographer in films such as Other People's Money (1978) by Christian de Chalonge, A Week's Vacation (1980) by Bertrand Tavernier, The Trout (1982) by Joseph Losey, and Un soir au club (2009) by Jean Achache. In 2002, Achache published her first novel, L'Indienne de Cortés (English: Cortés' Indian Woman), about La Malinche, a Nahua woman who accompanied Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés throughout his conquest of the Aztec Empire and later became his mistress. Her second novel, La plage de Trouville (English: Trouville Beach), was published in 2008 and follows the story of the painting of the same name by Jacques Mauny, which belonged to Achache's family and was stolen by the Nazis around 1943. In 2011, Achache published Fille de (English: Daughter of), about her relationship with her mother. Achache also published two photography books, Chantiers en cours (English: Work in Progress) in 2004, and Des fleurs (English: Flowers) in 2006. Achache was married to French director and screenwriter Jean Achache, with whom she had two children, a son and a daughter, film director Mona Achache, born on 18 March 1981. Achache died in Paris on 1 March 2016 at the age of 63. Her death was ruled as suicide by hanging. ... Source: Article "Carole Achache" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.
Mr. Klein
In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...
Death of a Corrupt Man
In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings that Carole left behind, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma. Through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation with the help of actress Marion Cotillard, the director brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.
Little Girl Blue
A middle-aged businessman faces bankruptcy after his partner's suicide and a rival's unscrupulous offer to buy his company. Determined to avoid the trap, he finds an unexpected solution through a prostitute.
Mado
On the verge of an emotional collapse, schoolteacher Laurence takes a week off from work to figure out her life. She reconnects with friends and family and wrestles with everything from whether she should continue her job to whether she should have a child with her boyfriend.
A Week's Vacation
The sexual and social dysfunctional behaviour of the corporate elite are further aggravated when a naive married woman becomes the obsession of two wealthy suitors.
The Trout
Two thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.
The Gypsy
Violette and François are a couple with a child. As they cannot lead a good life with odd jobs, François starts to steal.
Violette & Francois
Henri Rainier has everything a man could want. A glamorous wife, two beautiful daughters and a well-paid job with a large bank. Then, one day, his entire world collapses. In the wake of a high-profile financial scandal, he is summoned into his director's office and accused of negligence. Rainier has no choice but to resign, but he soon realises that he has been made a scapegoat. He begins his own investigation in an attempt to clear his name and discover who is responsible for the enormous hole in the bank's finances. It soon becomes apparent that he is up against a very powerful and dangerous opponent.
Other People's Money
Sarah, an actress nearing her forties, has invited 3 friends to join her for a holiday in Provence. This is the prologue for what happened a year ago in Paris with a man Sarah had long considered a platonic friend. She had just finished a film, had also finished her relationship with the director and was about to receive an award…
Lumière
The Tunisian born hero of the film decides to break with his disorganized yet habit-ridden life in Paris, and sets off to discover his homeland, which he left at 6 years old, and to rekindle the memory of his mother, who died when he was a child.
Earth Light
In 1943, Joseph, a Jewish man, was arrested by the Germans in front of his 13-year-old daughter, Suzanne, in the apartment where they were hiding. By abandoning his daughter, Joseph saved her life.
Suzanne
Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....
The Bit Between the Teeth
Simon Nardis was once an internationally renowned jazz pianist but for the past ten years he has led a more orderly life as a husband and father. But all that changes when he walks into a jazz club by chance one evening. He comes face-to-face with the demons he thought he had tamed: music, alcohol and doubts about himself. He wonders if he really is happy...