Robert Guédiguian

Robert Jules Guédiguian born 3 December 1953 is a French filmmaker producer and actor Most known for Marius and Jeannette 1997 and Gloria Mundi 2019 his films usually star his wife Ariane Ascaride or JeanPierre Darroussin Guédiguian is the son of a German mother and an Armenian father whose family immigrated to France in the early 20th century after the Armenian genocide He evokes his paternal roots in his 2006 film Le Voyage en Armenie He has a workingclass background as his father is a worker on the Marseille docks Guédiguian became concerned with political questions and for a while was involved with the French Communist Party In 2008 he joined the Left Party in France He has been married to actress Ariane Ascaride since 1975 and they have two daughters Valentine and Madeleine Like Marcel Pagnol and René Allio before him he anchors his films in social reality His films are strongly marked by the local and regional environment of the city of Marseille and in particular LEstaque northwest Marseille for example in Marius et Jeannette His 2011 film The Snows of Kilimanjaro premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival In December 2023 alongside 50 other filmmakers Guédiguian signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid and the release of hostages Source Article Robert Guédiguian from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA