Robert Jules Guédiguian (born 3 December 1953) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Most of his films star Ariane Ascaride and

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Life and career

Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armenian father, whose family immigrated to France in the early 20th century after the

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...

. He evokes his paternal roots in his 2006 film ''Le Voyage en Armenie''. He has a working-class background, as his father is a worker on the

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docks. Guédiguian became concerned with political questions and for a while was involved with the

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. In 2008 he joined the Left Party in France. Like

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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

, and in particular

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(north-west Marseille), for example in '' Marius et Jeannette.'' His 2011 film '' The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' premiered in the

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section at the

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. He has been married to actress Ariane Ascaride since 1975 and they have two daughters, Valentine and Madeleine.

Filmography

As filmmaker

As actor

*1990: ''L'Ami Giono: Jofroi de la Maussan'' (Telefilm) *2002: ''

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'' as Marius *2012: ''Rendezvous in Kiruna'' *2021: ''Twist à Bamako''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Guediguian, Robert 1953 births Living people Mass media people from Marseille French people of Armenian descent French people of German descent French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters Left Party (France) politicians European Film Awards winners (people) Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite French film producers