Mona Achache

Mona Achache (born 18 March 1981) is a French-Moroccan[2] film director, actress and screenwriter.[3][1][4][5]

Mona Achache
Achache in 2010
Born
Mona Achache

(1981-03-18) 18 March 1981[1]
Occupations
  • Actress
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active2003–present
Children1

Career

Following a literary and theatrical education Mona Achache becomes an assistant director followed by screenwriting for fictional and documentary films. Becoming a mother at the age of 20, she produced a documentary film about birth in 2002.

In late 2022, she shot the docudrama Little Girl Blue about her mother, with Marion Cotillard portraying Achache's mother.[2] Achache wrote, directed and acted in the film[2] that will premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section.[6]

Personal life

In the early 2000s Achache was in a relationship with director Christophe Ruggia. She later revealed that their relationship ended after he confessed to her that he had fallen in love with, and subsequently inappropriately touched, actress Adèle Haenel, who was at that time underage, corroborating Haenel's account of sexual abuse at the hands of Ruggia.[7][8]

Filmography
Year Title Role Box office Notes
2003 Père et fils Assistant director $8,721,817[9] Directed by Michel Boujenah
2006 Suzanne Director and writer Short, basen on tragedy of Suzanne Achache-Wiznitzer [10]
2008 Wawa Short
2009 The Hedgehog $11,756,829 Seattle International Film Festival - Best Film
Valladolid International Film Festival - Best Film - Audience Award
Women Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film by or About Women
Cairo International Film Festival - Best Director
Cairo International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize
Cairo International Film Festival - Silver Pyramid
Cairo International Film Festival - Special Award
Washington DC Filmfest - Audience Award
Nominated - Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature
Nominated - Cairo International Film Festival - Golden Pyramid
Nominated - Chlotrudis Award - Best Adapted Screenplay
Eden Is West Actress $2,868,787[11] Directed by Costa-Gavras
2011 Dans la tourmente $618,172[12] Directed by Christophe Ruggia
2012 Bankable Director Television film
2013 Les gamins Writer $14,000,000[13] Directed by Anthony Marciano
2014 Les Gazelles Director and writer $2,323,409[14]
2015 Marjorie Director Television series (1 episode)
2016 Grandmas Project Director and cinematographer Documentary short
2019 Osmosis Director Television series (2 episodes)
2022 Valiant Hearts Director
2023 Little Girl Blue Director, writer and actress Post-production

References
  1. "Mona Achache". Première (in French). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. "Mona Achache et Marion Cotillard réunies à Mulhouse pour le tournage d'un film". L'Alsace (in French). 10 December 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Mona Achache". AlloCiné (in French). Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. "Mona Achache". Le Figaro (in French). Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  5. "Mona Achache". Unifrance (in French). Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  6. Goodfellow, Melanie (24 April 2023). "Cannes Unveils Final 2023 Selections Including Robert Rodriguez's 'Hypnotic'; Sean Penn Pic 'Black Flies; By Catherine Corsini, Amat Escalante & Valérie Donzelli". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  7. "#MeToo : Adèle Haenel explique pourquoi elle sort du silence". YouTube (in French). 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  8. Sprimont, Diane (4 November 2019). "Adèle Haenel : "Les monstres ça n'existe pas. C'est notre société. C'est nous, nos amis, nos pères."". Radio France (in French). Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  9. JP. "Père et fils (2003)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. Suzanne
  11. JP. "Eden à l\'ouest (2009)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. JP. "Dans la tourmente (2012)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 16 August 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  13. JP. "Les Gamins (2013)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. JP. "Les Gazelles (2014)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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