Marie Rivière
Biography
Marie Rivière (born 22 December 1956) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with director Éric Rohmer.
From a working-class background, Marie Rivière grew up on a housing estate/project in Montreuil before working as a schoolteacher, then as a shop assistant. At 21, having seen L'Amour l'après-midi, she sent a letter and photo to Éric Rohmer. He saw her in his office at Les films du losange, in the presence of Arielle Dombasle and Thierry Lhermitte, and offered her a small role in Perceval le Gallois. Two years later she appeared in Rohmer's The Aviator's Wife, the first in the Comédies et Proverbes series. The Green Ray, in which she played the fragile dreamer Delphine, was a critical and popular success, and won the Golden Lion at Venice. In 1998 she appeared again for Rohmer in Conte d'automne (Autumn Tale), alongside another Rohmer muse, Béatrice Romand.
She co-directed her first film in 1993, with Marc Rivière, La Règle du Silence.
Acting (53 movies)
A Tale of Autumn
1998
A Tale of Winter
1992
Time to Leave
2005
The Lady and the Duke
2001
The Aviator's Wife
1981
Raison perdue
1984
The Stolen Diary
1993
Girls Can't Swim
2000
Hideaway (Le refuge)
2009
Marinaleda
2023
Les lutteurs immobiles
1988
My Sense of Modesty
2013
The Green Ray
1986
Just the Two of Us
2023
Under the Snow
2012
Memory Lane
2010
Life the Way It Is
1978
Le bonheur se porte large
1988
Bright Days Ahead
2013
Le Canapé rouge
2005
Marie-Line
2000
Sex, Love & Therapy
2014
Zéro défaut
2003
Down by Love
2016
Catherine de Heilbronn
1980
This Summer Feeling
2015
Chassé-croisé
1982
Muriel's Parents Are Desperate
1995
Love Is in the Air
2005
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
1987
Madeleine and the Two Apaches
2014
Samia
2000
Les Contes secrets ou les Rohmériens
2005
Médiumnité
1978
Féminin plurielles
2018
Courted
2015
El Turrrf
2013
Cinématon
1978
Venus Beauty Institute
1999
Dark Flow
2020
Actresses
2007
My Donkey, My Lover & I
2020
The Adventures of Rosette
1983
Perceval
1978
Eva voudrait
2020
A Castle in Italy
2013
Température ambiante
2024
Queen Mom
2025
Bonus Malus
2024
The Asembly Line
2023
Washed Ashore
2011
At Work
2026
Heart to Heart
1979
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Green Ray | 1986 | Writer |
| Le Canapé rouge | 2005 | Writer |
| In the Company of Éric Rohmer | 2010 | Writer |