.jpg/250px-Esther_Garrel_Call_Me_By_Your_Name_Photo_Call_Berlinale_2017_(cropped).jpg){kind=small}
.jpg/1463px-Esther_Garrel_Call_Me_By_Your_Name_Photo_Call_Berlinale_2017_(cropped).jpg)
Community hub
0 subscribers8 pages, 0 posts
Recent from talks
All channels
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Be the first to start a discussion here.
Contribute something
Welcome to the community hub built to collect knowledge and have discussions related to Esther Garrel.
Nothing was collected or created yet.
Esther Garrel
View on Wikipediafrom Wikipedia
Esther Garrel (born 18 February 1991) is a French actress. She is most known for her roles in 17 Girls (2011), Jealousy (2013), Call Me by Your Name (2017), and Thirst Street (2017).
Key Information
.jpg)
Early life
[edit]Garrel was born in Paris, the daughter of filmmaker Philippe Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy. Her brother is actor Louis Garrel, and her grandfather is actor Maurice Garrel.[1] Her maternal grandfather was of Sephardic Jewish descent.[2][3][4]
Career
[edit]Garrel made her film debut in Wild Innocence, directed by her father.[5] She went on to star in 17 Girls, directed by Delphine and Muriel Coulin, which had its world premiere at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival,[6][7] as well as Youth, directed by Justine Malle.[8] In 2013 Garrel starred alongside her brother in Jealousy, directed by her father.[9]
In 2017, Garrel co-starred in Call Me by Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino, opposite Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, and Michael Stuhlbarg.[10] It had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.[11] She went on to star in Thirst Street, directed by Nathan Silver,[12] which had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 21 April 2017,[13] and Lover for a Day, directed by her father, and which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2017.[14]
Filmography (selection)
[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice | Short | |
| 2001 | Wild Innocence | Little girl | |
| 2008 | The Beautiful Person | Esther | |
| Mes copains | Short | ||
| Rien dans les poches | Hélène Manikowski | TV movie | |
| 2009 | Un chat un chat | Sibylle | |
| 2010 | Where the Boys Are | Esther | Short |
| Armandino e il madre | Sara | Short | |
| 2011 | 17 Girls | Flavie | |
| House of Tolerance | A prostitute | ||
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Mathilde | |
| 2013 | Jealousy | Esther | |
| Jeunesse | Juliette | ||
| Ennui ennui | Cher | Short | |
| Les carrés blancs | She | Short | |
| Je sens plus la vitesse | Marthe | Short | |
| 2014 | Tu garderas la nuit | Magda | Short |
| 2015 | L'Astragale | Marie | |
| Marguerite & Julien | The storyteller | ||
| 2016 | Daydreams | Lucienne Heuvelmans | |
| Après Suzanne | Esther | Short | |
| Victor ou la piété | Camille | Short | |
| 2017 | Thirst Street | Clémence | |
| Lover for a Day | Jeanne | ||
| Call Me by Your Name | Marzia | ||
| 2018 | The Great Pretender | Thérése | |
| 2019 | Sisters in Arms | Yaël | |
| Schneeweiss (Snow White) | Schneeweiss | Short | |
| 2020 | Adventures of a Mathematician | Francoise | |
| 2022 | Julia(s) | Emilie | |
| 2023 | The Plough | Martha Burchnar |
References
[edit]- ^ Olsen, Mark (16 August 2014). "'Jealousy' a Garrel family endeavor to create art from loss". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Petit Tailleur, le coup de foudre filmé par Louis Garrel". Les Inrocks (in French). 6 October 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Transmissions avec Louis et Philippe Garrel". www.franceinter.fr (in French). 25 December 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "L'Actualité Cinéma influence Judaï". 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Wild Innocence". MUBI. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (20 September 2012). "Follow the Leader, to Extremes". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "17 Girls". New York Film Festival. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Stein, Sophia (11 July 2013). "Honor Thy Father's Obsessions". Cultural Weekly. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Scott, A.O (14 August 2014). "Love and Unhappiness, in Soft Shades of Gray". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Raup, Jordan (23 May 2016). "Michael Stuhlbarg, Armie Hammer & More Leading Luca Guadagnino's 'Call Me By Your Name'". The Film Stage. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "2017 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: COMPETITION AND NEXT LINEUP ANNOUNCED". Sundance Film Festival. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Thirst Street". Tribeca Film Festival. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Cox, Gordon (2 March 2017). "Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2017 Feature Film Slate (FULL LIST)". Variety. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ Croll, Ben (19 May 2017). "'Lover For a Day' Review: Philippe Garrel Looks at Love in Shades of Gray, Again — Cannes 2017". Indiewire.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
External links
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
Esther Garrel
View on Grokipediafrom Grokipedia
Early life
Family background
Esther Garrel was born on February 18, 1991, in Paris, France.[8] She is the daughter of Philippe Garrel, a renowned French filmmaker associated with the post-New Wave era, and Brigitte Sy, an actress, screenwriter, and director.[3][9] Her parents' long-standing involvement in cinema provided a deeply immersive environment in the arts from an early age. She has one older sibling, her brother Louis Garrel, born in 1983, who is a prominent actor and filmmaker.[3][10] On her paternal side, Garrel's grandfather was Maurice Garrel, a celebrated French actor known for his roles in over 100 films, including works by directors like Louis Malle and Costa-Gavras.[3][11] Her maternal grandfather was of Sephardic Jewish descent, which has contributed to the family's rich cultural identity blending French and Jewish heritage.[12] The Garrel family has collectively shaped French independent cinema, with Philippe Garrel's experimental films and collaborations extending the legacy of the New Wave through intimate, autobiographical storytelling, while Maurice Garrel's acting career bridged classical and avant-garde traditions.[13][14] This lineage established a foundational context of artistic innovation and familial collaboration in cinema for Esther Garrel's upbringing.Childhood and early influences
Esther Garrel was born on February 18, 1991, in Paris, France, into a family deeply embedded in the French film industry. As the daughter of acclaimed director Philippe Garrel and actress and director Brigitte Sy, she was raised in a household where cinema was a central element of daily life.[1][15] From her earliest years, Garrel was surrounded by artists, filmmakers, and the creative processes of independent cinema, which her parents actively shaped during the 1990s and early 2000s. This environment provided an informal artistic nurturing, fostering her connection to the medium without reliance on structured training. In a 2020 interview, she reflected on this upbringing, stating, "Since my birth, I have been immersed in this milieu and I grew up sharing this passion on a daily basis with my loved ones," noting how "in my family, cinema has strengthened the emotional bonds."[16][8] Garrel's initial exposure to the industry came through her parents' professional activities, including on-location experiences on film sets during her childhood, which immersed her in the practical and collaborative aspects of filmmaking from a young age. This early proximity to the world of French independent cinema sparked her interest in acting, embedding it within the familial and cultural fabric of her formative years in Paris.[15]Career
Debut and early roles
Esther Garrel made her first screen appearance at the age of eight in the 1999 short film Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice, directed by Gérard Courant, where she appeared alongside family members in a minor, non-acting capacity as herself.[17][18] Her feature film debut came in 2001 with Wild Innocence (Sauvage Innocence), directed by her father Philippe Garrel, in which she portrayed a little girl observing the film's production process.[19] This role marked her entry into narrative cinema, leveraging her familial ties within the French independent film scene. Throughout the mid-2000s, Garrel took on small, character-driven parts in independent French productions, reflecting her family's influence on her early opportunities. In 2008, she played the role of Esther, a supporting classmate, in Christophe Honoré's The Beautiful Person (La Belle Personne), a coming-of-age drama centered on adolescent romance and social dynamics.[20][19] The following year, in 2009, she appeared as Sibylle, a young friend in a story of personal reinvention, in Sophie Fillières' Un chat un chat (Pardon My French).[19] She also featured in Bertrand Bonello's 2009 short Where the Boys Are (Là où sont les garçons), portraying Esther in a vignette exploring youthful daydreams amid urban change.[19] These early roles often emphasized portrayals of youthful innocence and introspection in intimate, low-budget French films, allowing Garrel to build experience through nuanced, ensemble contributions rather than leads. Having grown up immersed in cinema without formal acting training, she transitioned seamlessly from child parts to adolescent characters, honing her craft on set within her family's artistic milieu.[18]Breakthrough and family collaborations
Esther Garrel achieved her breakthrough in 2011 with the role of Flavie in the coming-of-age drama 17 Girls (17 Filles), directed by Delphine and Muriel Coulin, where she portrayed one of seventeen teenage schoolmates who collectively decide to become pregnant, inspired by real events in a small Breton town. The ensemble performance, including Garrel's contribution, drew critical notice for its raw depiction of adolescent rebellion, solidarity, and the pressures of youth, earning the film praise at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight for its fresh, intimate approach to female experiences.[21][22] In 2013, Garrel starred in her father Philippe Garrel's Jealousy (La Jalousie), playing a character named Esther amid a web of romantic entanglements and emotional turmoil, themes central to the Garrel family's filmmaking legacy of exploring love, infidelity, and artistic lives in Paris. This intimate family project, shot in black-and-white, highlighted the director's signature style of personal, introspective drama and marked a key transitional role for Garrel in establishing her presence in auteur cinema.[23][24] Garrel's mid-2010s roles further solidified her reputation through diverse French productions, including a young prostitute in Bertrand Bonello's historical drama House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close, 2011), Mathilde in Noémie Lvovsky's time-travel comedy Camille Rewinds (Camille redouble, 2012), and Marie, a free-spirited accomplice in crime, in L'Astragale (2015), an adaptation of Albertine Sarrazin's semi-autobiographical novel directed by her mother, Brigitte Sy. These performances showcased Garrel's versatility in period pieces and contemporary stories, often emphasizing themes of marginality and desire.[25][26][27] Her frequent collaborations with Philippe Garrel and Brigitte Sy blended familial bonds with professional synergy, allowing Garrel to navigate projects that echoed the Garrel clan's tradition of introspective, poetically realist cinema. Critics have lauded her naturalistic acting—subtle, unadorned, and emotionally resonant—as a natural extension of this heritage, though she has not yet earned major awards for these early successes.[3][28]International recognition and recent projects
Esther Garrel achieved significant international exposure with her role as Marzia, the girlfriend of the protagonist, in Luca Guadagnino's coming-of-age romance Call Me by Your Name (2017), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and earned four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The film, set in 1980s Italy and co-starring Timothée Chalamet, highlighted Garrel's poised screen presence and contributed to her broader acclaim beyond French cinema. In the same year, Garrel balanced this breakthrough with roles in French productions, including Clémence in the bilingual romantic drama Thirst Street (2017), directed by Nathan Silver, which explored themes of obsession and cultural displacement through an American-French lens.[29] She also portrayed Jeanne, a young student entangled in a complex romantic triangle, in her father Philippe Garrel's Lover for a Day (2017), which premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section at the Cannes Film Festival. Following 2017, Garrel continued to diversify her portfolio with international collaborations, such as Thérèse in The Great Pretender (2018), another Silver-directed film blending theater and personal drama in a New York setting.[30] In 2019, she played Yaël, a French recruit in an all-female Kurdish fighting unit, in the war drama Sisters in Arms, a French-German co-production that addressed feminist themes in conflict zones and screened at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.[31] Her role as Françoise, the wife of mathematician Stanisław Ulam, in the biographical drama Adventures of a Mathematician (2020), a Polish-American production, further showcased her in historical narratives about scientific innovation during World War II.[32] Garrel's work in 2022 included Emilie in the speculative drama Julia(s), directed by Olivier Treiner, which examined parallel life paths through a sci-fi lens and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight.[33] By 2023, she appeared as Martha Burchnar, a member of a struggling puppeteering family, in The Plough, her father Philippe Garrel's introspective family drama that competed at the Berlin International Film Festival.[34] In 2024, Garrel took on the role of rally driver Michèle Mouton in the biographical sports drama Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia, an Italian-American co-production depicting the 1983 World Rally Championship rivalry, emphasizing her venture into action-oriented genres.[35] That same year, she starred as No St. Aubergine, an Interpol agent investigating bizarre deaths, in the surreal sci-fi comedy Dream Team, directed by Whitney Horn and Lev Kalman, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.[36] Garrel's career trajectory post-2017 reflects a shift toward multilingual, genre-spanning projects in romance, drama, biography, and comedy, often involving international co-productions that blend European and American influences. While she has not received major individual awards, her sustained presence at prestigious festivals—including Berlin, Cannes, Sundance, and an upcoming spotlight at the 2025 Lisboa Film Festival—underscores her growing global profile. Upcoming projects include the short film La Fête d'Henri (2025).[3][1]Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Wild Innocence | Little girl | Philippe Garrel |
| 2008 | The Beautiful Person | Léa | Christophe Honoré |
| 2011 | 17 Girls | Flavie | Delphine and Muriel Coulin |
| 2011 | House of Tolerance | Clotilde | Bertrand Bonello |
| 2012 | Camille Rewinds | Mathilde | Noémie Lvovsky |
| 2013 | Jealousy | Esther | Philippe Garrel |
| 2013 | Youth | Juliette | Justine Triet |
| 2015 | Astragal | Marie | Brigitte Sy |
| 2015 | Marguerite & Julien | La meneuse orphelinat / The storyteller | Valérie Donzelli |
| 2016 | Daydreams | Lucienne Heuvelmans | Ari Folman |
| 2017 | Lover for a Day | Jeanne | Philippe Garrel |
| 2017 | Call Me by Your Name | Marzia | Luca Guadagnino |
| 2017 | Thirst Street | Gina | Nathan Silver |
| 2018 | The Great Pretender | Thérèse | Nathan Silver |
| 2019 | Sisters in Arms | Yaël | Caroline Fourest |
| 2020 | Adventures of a Mathematician | Françoise | Thor Klein |
| 2022 | Julia(s) | Emilie | Olivier Treiner |
| 2023 | The Plough | Jeanne | Philippe Garrel |
| 2023 | Race for Glory: Audi vs. Lancia | Michèle Mouton | Stefano Mordini |
| 2024 | Dream Team | No St. Aubergine | Lev Kalman, Whitney Horn |
Short films and other appearances
Esther Garrel made her screen debut at the age of eight in the short film Zanzibar à Saint-Sulpice, directed by Gérard Courant, appearing alongside family members in this experimental work capturing everyday moments in Paris.[43] Throughout her career, Garrel has contributed to numerous short films, often in supporting or lead roles, showcasing her versatility in intimate, narrative-driven formats. Notable examples include:| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Mes copains | Unspecified | Louis Garrel | 26-minute drama premiered at the Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight.[44][45] |
| 2010 | Petit tailleur | Unspecified | Louis Garrel | 44-minute fiction exploring themes of chance encounters; nominated for a César Award for Best Short Film.[46][47] |
| 2013 | Ennui ennui | Cher | Gabriel Abrantes | 34-minute espionage satire screened at multiple international short film festivals.[48] |
| 2015 | Victor ou la piété | Camille | Mathias Gokalp | Explores family tensions over cultural identity; 20-minute drama.[49][50] |
| 2016 | Après Suzanne | Esther | Félix Moati | 17-minute coming-of-age story about post-breakup family dynamics; competed at Cannes Short Film Corner.[51][52] |
| 2022 | Nocomodo | Mother | Lola Halifa-Legrand | 13-minute drama on childhood fears; screened in the Orizzonti Shorts competition at the Venice Film Festival.[53][54] |
| 2024 | Half an Inch of Skin | Camille | Jordan Goldnadel | 10-minute drama about an expecting couple; world premiered at the Chelsea Film Festival.[55][56] |