Sotha (born 1944) is a French actress, playwright, screenwriter, film & stage director, and composer. Her real name is Catherine Sigaux. She was one of the founders of the
Café de la Gare
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Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. Actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years, until his suicide in ...
. She is the daughter of novelist and journalist Gilbert Sigaux.''Francophone women film directors: a guide'' By Janis L. Pallister, Ruth A. Hottell p. 192
In 1981 Sotha published a novel in comic book format whose title roughly translates as "Look to the sky, it's going to rain." In 2002, she wrote a play, ''Le Brave Soldat Chvéïk s'en va au Ciel'' (The Good Soldier Schweik goes to Heaven), based on the famous satirical novel ''
The Good Soldier Švejk
''The Good Soldier Švejk'' () is an unfinished satirical dark comedy novel by Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, published in 1921–1923, about a good-humored, simple-minded, middle-aged man who pretends to be enthusiastic to serve Austria-Hungar ...
'' by the Czech writer
Jaroslav Hašek
Jaroslav Hašek (; 1883–1923) was a Czech writer, humorist, satirist, journalist, bohemian and anarchist. He is best known for his novel '' The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War'', an unfinished collection of farcical inc ...
Claude Faraldo
Claude Faraldo (March 23, 1936 – January 30, 2008) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born to Italian immigrants. He directed the French cult film classic ''Themroc
''Themroc'' is a 1973 French satirical film by directo ...
Coluche
Michel Gérard Joseph Colucci (, ; 28 October 1944 – 19 June 1986), better known under his stage name Coluche (), was a French stage comedian and cinema actor. He adopted ''Coluche'' as a stage name at age 26, when he began his entertainment ca ...
Cross
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Patrick Dewaere
Patrick Dewaere (26 January 1947 – 16 July 1982) was a French film actor. Born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, he was the son of French actress Mado Maurin. Actor from a young age, his career lasted more than 21 years, until his suicide in ...
'' (as herself in a documentary directed by
Marc Esposito
Marc Esposito (born 16 July 1952) is a French film director and screenwriter. Esposito
was first a journalist, critic and press manager. He created two movie magazines: "Premiere" with Jean-Pierre Frimbois in 1976, and "Studio Magazine" in 1987. ...
, 1992)
Director
* '' Au long de rivière Fango'' (1974)
* '' Les matous sont romantiques'' (1974)
* ''Le graphique de boscop'' (co-directed with Georges Dumoulin, 1976)
* ''Pas besoin de valises'' (short film, 1983)
* ''Les œufs sur le plat'' (short film, 1984)
* ''Tant pis si je meurs'' (1988)
Writer
* ''Mon bel amour, ma déchirure'' (directed by José Pinheiro, 1987)
* ''La Chica'' (directed by
Bruno Gantillon
Bruno Gantillon (born 16 June 1944, in Annemasse), is a French film director and screenwriter.
Filmography
;Assistant director
* 1970 : ''Cannabis'', directed by Pierre Koralnik
;Director
* 1970 : '' Un couple d'artistes''
* 1971 : '' Morg ...