Brigitte Sauriol (born 1945 in

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film director and screenwriter. She is most noted for her 1983 film '' Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu)'', for which she received a

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nomination for Best Director at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984. Her other credits included the films ''Le Loup blanc'', '' The Absence (L'Absence)'', ''Bleue brume'' and '' Laura Laur'', and an episode of the television series ''Haute tension''. She teaches screenwriting at the

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.Samuel Flageul, « Enseignement de la scénarisation : sur le chemin de l'école ». ''Ciné-Bulles'', Vol. 23, No. 2 (2005). p. 32-35.

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