Fanny Ardant - Naissance d'une passion
William Karel meets Fanny Ardant on the set of "The Woman Next Door" by François Truffaut. He was the director's photographer at the time. Fanny and François then have a romantic relationship. On "Finally, Sunday!", Truffaut is struck down by devastating cancer and dies a few months later. Fanny is devastated. This love story will determine her whole life. Since then, she has traced a very personal furrow totally marked by their history. Towards the freedom they both cherished. It is therefore from this love story and unpublished images filmed by William Karel that the director wishes to tell Fanny Ardant.
- Runtime
- 52m
- Released
- 2023
Details
Release year: 2023
Storyline
William Karel meets Fanny Ardant on the set of "The Woman Next Door" by François Truffaut. He was the director's photographer at the time. Fanny and François then have a romantic relationship. On "Finally, Sunday!", Truffaut is struck down by devastating cancer and dies a few months later. Fanny is devastated. This love story will determine her whole life. Since then, she has traced a very personal furrow totally marked by their history. Towards the freedom they both cherished. It is therefore from this love story and unpublished images filmed by William Karel that the director wishes to tell Fanny Ardant.
Top credits
- Fanny Ardant — Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee
- Pierre-François Garel — Self - Narrator
- Hanns Zischler — Self - Narrator
- Adelheid Kleineidam — Self - Voice of Fanny Ardant