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284 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 3, 2006
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Josiane Balasko
17 books4 followersBalasko has a successful career as a writer, actress, comedian and film director enjoying considerable success in all three. She lives and works in France.
Balasko began her career writing and performing with the caf' theatre troupe Splendid in 1976. In 1990 she was nominated for a César for best actress for Bertrand Blier's Trop Belle Pour Toi (Too Beautiful For You) opposite Gérard Depardieu and again in 1994 was applauded for her role in Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes (1994), movingly playing a working-class mother and communist activist in Paris of the 1950s. In 1996 she won a César for best original screen play for her film comedy Gazon Maudit (French Twist) in which she also starred as the film's lead character. It went on to become one of the highest grossing films of the year.
Balasko began her career writing and performing with the caf' theatre troupe Splendid in 1976. In 1990 she was nominated for a César for best actress for Bertrand Blier's Trop Belle Pour Toi (Too Beautiful For You) opposite Gérard Depardieu and again in 1994 was applauded for her role in Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes (1994), movingly playing a working-class mother and communist activist in Paris of the 1950s. In 1996 she won a César for best original screen play for her film comedy Gazon Maudit (French Twist) in which she also starred as the film's lead character. It went on to become one of the highest grossing films of the year.
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