your favorite french film actress (under 50 y.o.)

personally if i could vote for two it'd be agnes jaoui and then emmanuelle devos

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/business.jpg

probably still going ledoyen

(lol 77-era, assumed this was a ws poll but i guess it isn't?)

How did you make that short list? Fame, talent, looks?

Where's E. Beart?

my apologies to anyone i've missed out; write-in votes will count!

my intention is to look at the younger generation (so i really shouldn't have included marceau); list chosen purely from personal enthusiasm

if i'm being really honest i started this thread to just shout about how awesome devos and jaoui are

devos in kings and queen:

http://www.altfg.com/Stars/r/rois-et-reine.jpg

with vincent cassell in read my lips:

http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/magnolia/read_my_lips/_group_photos/emmanuelle_devos2.jpg

with amalric:

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00rIdO5b5xf4A/610x.jpg

agnes jaoui with jamel debbouze:

http://www.presseocean.fr/of-photos/2008/08/30/POLAGN_1104102_2_apx_470__w_presseocean_.jpg

in the taste of others:

http://www.dumasgrillet.com/project/dumasgrillet/fichiers/le-gout-des-autres-46.jpg

with jean-pierre bacri:

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07Yq0c26Sm879/610x.jpg

and helpfully covering up his bald head:

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w185/Hippocampej/jaoui-bacri.jpg

Tempted to vote for Devos, but Elodie Bouchez gave two of my favorite performance ever in Wild Reeds and The Dreamlife of Angels.

eva green?

too english, cf. belluci being too italian

yeah I see that you mainly picked the "new" generation. I was just surprised to see Marceau and (my personel fave) Karin Viard in there

by rights i should have left them off but avec les francaises... c'est si facile d'etre sentimental

irene jacob, tho i haven't seen her in anything in ages

Kristen Scott-Thomas
why not put jodie foster in there too

hah yeah that's also a stretch but she was so good in "i've loved you for so long"

Ludivine <3 <3.

Not seen it in a decade, but I have really fond memories of Bouchez in Dreamlife of Angels. Probably would have been Delpy, but I guess she's known more for American films these days.

she should have been on the list though, she's done enough french stuff

why not put jodie foster in there too
ha

ludivine sagnier

she just might be france's own chloe sevigny

http://www.mati.com.pl/pinkwart/recenzje/kino/ludivine.jpg

cause her last name sounds similar?

Charlotte Gainsbourg.

^^ this

what should i see?

from a horndog pov, anything, but rly 'i'm not there'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GouttesAff.jpg

i really, really don't want to see "i'm not there".

although that ^ one looks kind of uh, interesting

well, it's an excellent film.

i intend to read it for the articles

Elodie Bouchez gave two of my favorite performance ever in Wild Reeds and The Dreamlife of Angels.

Don't remember her in Wild Reeds, but she totally captivated me in Dreamlife, so she gets my vote, too.

not that i'd necessarily choose her, but sort of odd to leave off probably the most familiar face of this cohort. (admittedly, she's a little older than a lot of that list.)

http://www.irandokht.com/images/juliette-binoche01.jpg

(thought she was great in red balloon, tho iirc morbius does not share this enthusiasm.)

yeah, i actually didn't realize she was under 50 but she doesn't really belong in this group - she is part of the pantheon, she is a grande dame of cinema already

Emmanuelle Béart FTW.

binoche is the same age as jaoui and devos, but yeah she's been internationally omnipresent for so long that she's sort of on another plane.

Agnes looks like Caroline Kennedy.

I have not heard of all these but feel an urge to vote for Ledoyen so I will

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

I was going to say Binoche, don't really know if she's a grand dame or whatever...

by my lights she's been sufficiently lionized. i'm interested to know who your runners-up are, pete!

But also no Jaoui.

i'd like to vote irene jacob in this poll, but i don't think she's made enough good movies.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I think I'm the one who voted for VBT, the first-lady-in-law of France, since I don't think Morbius protege J4ck 4ngstr3ich hangs around this board.

Irène Jacob is Swiss, pas de francaise.

wow, who'd a thought boobs were so popular

yeah im a bit baffled by these results

addendum to results:

Sandrine Bonnaire		2
Charlotte Gainsbourg	2
Emmanuelle Béart		1
Béatrice Dalle			1
Julie Delpy				1
Irene Jacob				1
Clemence Poesy			1

hum, weird results indeed.
apparently, "swimming pool" is the most appreciated movie with a french actress of the last years ! wondering why... (really, ludivine sagnier is not even hot apart from her character in this movie).

FINAL CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Ludivine Sagnier 	9
Emmanuelle Devos 	4
Charlotte Gainsbourg	2
Sandrine Bonnaire	2
Sophie Marceau		2
Marion Cotillard 	2
Irène Jacob		2
Karin Viard		1
Audrey Tautou		1
Sandrine Kiberlain 	1
Agnès Jaoui		1
Elodie Bouchez		1
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi 	1
Emmanuelle Béart	1
Béatrice Dalle		1
Julie Delpy		1
Irene Jacob		1
Clemence Poesy		1
Marie Gillain		0
Kristen Scott-Thomas 	0
Natacha Régnier 	0
Lætitia Masson		0
Emma de Caunes		0
Amelie Lerma		0
Virginie Ledoyen	0
Laurence Côte		0
Caroline Ducey		0
Déborah François 	0
Jeanne Balibar		0

Strangest fact: sonderangerbot and DANCE MUSIC STUCK AT RECOMBINANT PLATEAU (special guest stars mark bronson) both said they would vote for Virginie Ledoyen, yet neither of them did

they were bluffing !
i'm suprised balibar got none. not that I would have voted for her but still.
apart from the sagnier wtf, I must say I wouldn't have expected devos to be second. I didn't know she was that popular outside France.

the power of propaganda!

if you'd all posted similarly stunning and beguiling photos of your choices she might not have run away with the second spot

I know Ludivine Sagnier's name, but haven't seen her in anything but Water Drops on BBurning Rocks and Swimming Pool. The rest of her resume is, mmmm, minor.

so, T&A nitwits, youse.

tracer i admire your dedication to this poll

Hm. My Elodie Bouchez vote wasn't tabulated.

i believe that if one feels passionately about two-dimensional representations of bewitching females one should always follow through

shit

hahaha i take it all back!!

AMENDED FINAL CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Ludivine Sagnier 9
Emmanuelle Devos 4
Elodie Bouchez 2
Charlotte Gainsbourg 2
Sandrine Bonnaire 2
Sophie Marceau 2
Marion Cotillard 2
Irène Jacob 2
Karin Viard 1
Audrey Tautou 1
Sandrine Kiberlain 1
Agnès Jaoui 1
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi 1
Emmanuelle Béart 1
Béatrice Dalle 1
Julie Delpy 1
Irene Jacob 1
Clemence Poesy 1
Marie Gillain 0
Kristen Scott-Thomas 0
Natacha Régnier 0
Lætitia Masson 0
Emma de Caunes 0
Amelie Lerma 0
Virginie Ledoyen 0
Laurence Côte 0
Caroline Ducey 0
Déborah François 0
Jeanne Balibar 0

gooddammit

AMENDED AND FORMATTED FINAL CONSOLIDATED RESULTS
Ludivine Sagnier 	9
Emmanuelle Devos 	4
Elodie Bouchez		2
Charlotte Gainsbourg	2
Sandrine Bonnaire	2
Sophie Marceau		2
Marion Cotillard 	2
Irène Jacob		2
Karin Viard		1
Audrey Tautou		1
Sandrine Kiberlain 	1
Agnès Jaoui		1
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi 	1
Emmanuelle Béart	1
Béatrice Dalle		1
Julie Delpy		1
Irene Jacob		1
Clemence Poesy		1
Marie Gillain		0
Kristen Scott-Thomas 	0
Natacha Régnier 	0
Lætitia Masson		0
Emma de Caunes		0
Amelie Lerma		0
Virginie Ledoyen	0
Laurence Côte		0
Caroline Ducey		0
Déborah François 	0
Jeanne Balibar		0

I WANT A RE-COUNT

lol

if there are legitimate concerns with the transparency of this process the parties concerned may apply for an evaluation of their claims in the appropriate venue i.e. my crotch

The lady from "Rock of Love" was not included?

Oh and how come Eva Green wasn't included in the amended list?

caprice

way too English

plus she pissed me off by being in that horrible bertolucci movie

I would have voted Emma De Caunes. So fucking hot.

Isabelle Carré?

plus she pissed me off by being in that horrible bertolucci movie

omfg diva slideshow

Know its way too late for an amendment even but thought I'd mention Fanny Ardant. Wiki tells me she turns 50 in March so its just in time.

I was impressed at the time.

I watched 'La Naissance des Pieuvres'(aka 'Water Lilies') last night and would now like to add Adèle Haenel to this list.

pix please!

can we talk about how vincent cassell should be banned from movies? that ET lookin nigga make me sick

aw woogums

sorry FA will be 60 in March -- see, i was so impressed...

that's even more impressive!

ok i watched the dream life of angels because of you guys and.... man elodie's got some eyebrows! wazzang!

it was a good movie, pissed me off in good ways. what a sweet couple of bikers. nobody really changed though. and my perceptions of the characters didn't change too much either (although thankfully bouchez's character got a lot deeper than she seemed in the beginning, when i was fearful that the whole thing was going to be about some kind of cloying sinead o'connor moppet).

disagreed with the lovely emma b: i don't think the blonde girl was in love with the club owner. it was something more egocentric and messed up than that.

Wait, when did Elodie Bouchez marry one of the dudes from Daft Punk?

yesterday!

irene jacob was robbed

otmar

sagnier winning is such a fraud

ludivine was less than amazing in devil's double & love crime, i <3 her 4eva tho

she annoyed the hell out of me in devil's dubs, and i dont know why. something about her constant sleepy expression made me want to give her a thermos of coffee

irene jacob was robbed