Louis Garrel is a French actor from famous filmmaking

Louis Garrel (Louis Garrel) - French actor, director and screenwriter. Louis is from the famous French cinematographic family. His mother Brigitte Si, father Philippe Garrel, grandfather Morris Garrel and even his great-grandfather dedicated their lives to filmmaking. Not surprisingly, Garrel Jr. continued the tradition.

Childhood and youth

Louis was born in Paris on June 14, 1983. The boy grew up in an atmosphere of cinema from childhood. Because of the profession of his parents, he was often on film sets and behind the scenes. As a child, Louis did not want to be an actor, in his youth he dreamed of a career as a lawyer. With age, the hereditary passion for cinema took over the boy.

Garrel, Jr. likes to talk about what he decided to become an actor at the age of 15, when he was carried away by pictures from the filmography of his godfather, who often visited them. Godfather of the boyfriend Jean-Pierre Leo starred in the films of famous directors Francois Truffaut, JL Godard, PP Pasolini, B. Bertolucci, and others.

The films "The Last Tango in Paris" of 1972 directed by B. Bertolucci and "The Four Hits" of 1959 by director F. Truffaut produced a strong impression on Leo. And when it's time to choose where to go to study, the guy chose the Paris Higher National Conservatory. It is worth mentioning that Louis Garrel has a sister, Estelle Garrel, who also chose the actor's path.

In 2004, after graduating from the conservatory, a new representative of the famous family, Louis Garrel, went to conquer the filmoim.

Films

In fact, in his first film, Louis starred long ago, at the age of six. Then he had to play a small role in the film of his father. The painting was called "Spare Kisses". The mother and grandfather of the guy also took part in the filming of this film.

The first real role of Louis can be called work in the film "This is my body," shot in 2001 by the director Rodolf Marconi. "This is my body" - a dramatic tape co-produced by France and Portugal. The main female role was played by Jane Birkin. The plot of the picture tells us about a student-mathematician, who was bored with his gray life, and who decided to go through tests for filming in the film. New acquaintances from the set, a new life so captures the main character, that he forgets about his studies, his girlfriend and his parents.

Picture "Dreamers"

The famous director Bernardo Bertolucci before this film was familiar with the family of Garrel and with Louis in particular. After the movie "This is my body," he looked at Louis differently, saw in him a talented young actor and invited one of the main roles in his film "Dreamers".

Garrel got in this famous erotic drama the role of Theo - an intelligent handsome man with the inclinations of a rebel. After the release of the screens, the film received a lot of positive feedback from the audience and a lot of controversial reviews from critics.

After this film, Louis Garrel became popular and recognizable. This had the most positive impact on his future career.

On the wave of success

Each subsequent film with the participation of Garrel Jr. becomes an event. One after another, the pictures "My Mother" appear in 2004, "Permanent Lovers" in 2005, "Paris History", "Prelude" in 2006.

In 2006, for the main role in the film "Constant Lovers" directed by Philippe Garrel Louis received the French award "Cesar" in the category "The Most Promising Actor".

The role of the actor is mostly heroes-lovers. The films in which he is removed are melodramas, erotic dramas. In different years, Louis was recognized as the sexiest man in France.

The roles that he plays in the subsequent films "All the songs only about love", "The Dream of the previous night" in 2007, "The Choice - To Love", "The Beautiful Fig Tree", "The Border of Dawn" in 2008, seem to the same actor the same and boring .

In 2008, Louis decides to try his hand at directing and writing scripts. On the screens goes the movie "My friends", screenwriter and director of which became Garrel Jr.. A guy from the famous dynasty wants to conquer the audience not only with his appearance and acting skills, but also with his own vision of modern cinema.

And while he was unable to achieve the director's fame, Louis continues to star in films as an actor.

In 2009, a film with his participation "My Girl Does not Want" appeared on the screens, in 2010 - the films "Imaginary Love", "Marriage of Three".

Now Louis continues acting in films as an actor and making his films as a director.

Among his last roles are Dorant in the tape "False Recognitions", Andre Savage in the tape "Stone disease", Solal in the tape "My King".

Personal life

Many girls are interested in the question: is an attractive and successful young man from the famous Louis Garrel family free? The personal life of the actor is rarely discussed in the press. It is known that at least from 2007 to 2012 he lived in a civil marriage with actress and director Valerie Bruni-Tedeschi.

Valeria is the eldest sister of Carla Bruni, the same one who is married to Nicolas Sarkozy. A woman older than Louis is almost 20 years old. Together they adopted a child, a girl from Senegal.

Quite often falls on the pen journalists Louis Garrel. Photos of this handsome man also often appear in the press, which speaks of his popularity and love of the audience.