Jean-Hugues Anglade
After five years of studies at the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts under Antoine Vitez and a couple of stage appearances, Jean-Hugues Anglade made his screen debut in 1983 in Patrice Chereau's L'Homme Blessé (1983) as a troubled young man discovering his own homosexuality. He then appeared in two cult films: Luc Besson's stylish Subway (1985) and Jean-Jacques Beineix's 37.2 le matin/Betty Blue (1986). The latter picture was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar and received the Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montréal World Film Festival in 1987. The film's acclaim established Anglade as a symbol of the new generation of French actors who weren't hesitant to expose themselves, as well as the naked souls of the troubled characters which they portrayed. Anglade sealed his success with Maladie d'Amour (1987) and Nocturne Indien (1989) before reuniting with director Besson in Nikita; the film, which cast him as the boyfriend of the titular punk turned assassin (Anne Parillaud), helped him attract notice in the United States. After the disastrous Killing Zoe (1994), Anglade regained his reputation with an impressive portrayal of the doomed King Charles IX in La Reine Margot (1994). He also made an uncredited appearance in Besson's Leon (1994) but could be seen only in the longer version of the film that was released in France in 1996. He directed his first film, Tonka, the following year. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
Filmography
Jean-Jacques Beineix's Betty Blue stars Béatrice Dalle as the title character, a mentally unbalanced woman who becomes involved with Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a repairman who is working on a novel. Betty is a free-spirited, sexually aggressive woman who loosens up the lonely Zorg. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds Zorg's book and is aggressively supportive. Her instability starts to catch up with the couple after she murders Zurg's boss, and burns down the house they were sharing. They try one last fresh start, but Betty may be too far gone. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Michel Piccoli plays Akiva Liebskind, a Russian chess genius in the Swiss-filmed Dangerous Moves. He is pitted against Soviet exile Pavius Fromm (Alexandre Arbatt), who, since childhood, has dreamed of nothing but defeating Liebskind. Both men soon become obsessed with winning. Already suffering from a weak heart, Liebskind courts a coronary, while the increasingly paranoid Fromm is convinced that his opponent is spying on him from every corner. The KGB enters into the game by attempting to sabotage Fromm, hoping that by doing so they will discredit everyone who's ever publicly opposed the Soviet government. Dangerous Moves was the 1984 recipient of the Best Foreign-Language Picture Academy Award. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Whilst traveling about the Midwestern region of the United States, cellist Gerard Huxley (Jean-Hugues Anglade) meets two young women, sisters Megan (Connie Nielsen) and Dominique (Mia Kirshner). The women learn that their father has passed on and decide to go to Seattle to inform their mother (Anne Archer) of her newly attained widow status, dragging the naïve Gerard with them. The sisters turn out to have a bad streak a mile wide -- violence and death are left in the trio's tracks, including the killing of a judge (Robert Culp). Even though Gerard is guilty of little more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he is in a precarious situation now that he is traveling with killers and, eventually, everyone involved must answer for their deeds. ~ Ryan Shriver, All Movie Guide
Awards
- 1994 - Queen Margot - French Academy of Cinema - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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