Juliet Berto
Juliet Berto (actually: Juliet Bertoliatti; born January 16, 1947 in Grenoble, † January 10, 1990 in Paris) was a French actress, film director and screenwriter.
Life
Juliet Berto had the mid-1960s first theater performances. She came across an acquaintance with the director Jean -Luc Godard to film. They soon became one of the most famous actresses of the French art cinema, especially by Godard's late sixties movies Two or three things I know about her, The Chinese, Weekend and The Gay Science. With their impartiality and ability to improvise, it embodies the lifestyle of the generation of '68, bringing this particular in Jacques Rivette's 70s productions Out 1, Celine and Julie Go Boating and immortal duel but also in Alain Tanner's Return from Africa and The Middle of the World expressed.
In 1981 she made her debut as co-director ( with Jean -Henri Roger ) of the film Snow ( Neige ), who had the daily lives of drug addicts at the Pigalle to content, much caused a sensation and received a César nomination for best first film. Berto plays in this film, a barmaid who directs the events in the background. With Cap canaille and Havre led them in other crime films in the harbor environment director.
She was member of the jury at the Berlinale 1987. Shortly before her 43rd birthday Juliet Berto died from cancer.