Robert Guédiguian
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Guédiguian at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
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| Born |
Robert Jules Guédiguian 3 December 1953 Marseille, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Spouse(s) | Ariane Ascaride (m. 1975) |
Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and Jean-Pierre Darroussin.
Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armenian father. He evokes his paternal roots in his 2006 film Le Voyage en Armenie. He has a working-class background - his father is a worker on the Marseille docks. He became concerned with political questions and for a while was involved with the French Communist Party. In 2008 he joined the Left Party.
Like Marcel Pagnol and René Allio before him, he anchors his films in social reality. His films are strongly marked by the local and regional environment of the city of Marseille, and in particular L'Estaque, (north-west Marseille), for example in Marius et Jeannette. His 2011 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
He has been married to actress Ariane Ascaride since 1975 and they have two daughters, Valentine and Madeleine.
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