Marie-Luce Bonfanti
Birthday: Born in 1943-07-06 in Ixelles, Belgium
Deathday: Alive
Marie‑Luce Bonfanti is a Franco‑Belgian actress whose career unfolds at the crossroads of theatre, television, and stage creation. Born in Brussels to a family with both Corsican and Belgian roots, she trained at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, where she developed a precise, sensitive, and highly physical acting style. She graduated in 1978, just as she began appearing on screen. Her work has never been limited to acting alone: she writes, translates, teaches, designs scenography, and takes part in numerous theatrical creations. Her name appears regularly in the archives of the performing arts, a sign of a discreet yet steady career marked by versatility and a strong commitment to ensemble work.
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Mazarin
Character: Filandre
The series Mazarin (1978) recounts the rise of Jules Mazarin, first an Italian diplomat and later France’s chief minister after Richelieu. The story shows how he earns the trust of Anne of Austria and becomes the political mentor of the young Louis XIV. Over the course of the episodes, Mazarin faces court intrigues, the hostility of powerful nobles, and the turmoil of the Fronde, which threatens royal authority and forces him into several periods of exile. Despite pamphlets and conspiracies, he ...
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25 Degrees in Winter
Character: Boss of the cafe
An Ukranian woman enters Belgium illegally and hides in the van of a driver abandoned by his wife. He ends up helping her to find her husband who had emigrated long before. They are joined by his wacky Spanish mother and cute young daughter....
La moitié de l'amour
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Unable to possess Ivy in reality, Adrian organizes himself so as to know everything about her, to possess her story. Like the viewer, Adrian will be an involuntary detective, witness to a passion....
Why Get Married the Day the World Ends?
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Juliette is frantically running away from a man when a car hits her. Lying in the street, semiconscious and stunned, she commences counting. She knows that if no one helps her by the time she reaches 100, something terrible will happen....
Beef Cattle
Character: Marie
Thomas, in his forties, holds an important post in a slaughterhouse. He is engaged to Marie-Rose, the daughter of the director, whom he hopes to follow later. In a routine examination in the hospital, however, he finds out that he has cancer and his days are counted. The upheaval that he suffers as a result, however, does not take long, his decision is certain: he will use the short time to clean up some bad guys. What else can he do now?...
Professor Taranne
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Professor Taranne, a conceited university Professor, is subject to several absurd and disquieting incidents from the world surrounding him. He is being accused of things he couldn't have been doing. He starts doubting himself - a self that might be fragmented or multiple....
Mascara
Character: Norma
A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a opera lover, but by night he also enjoys plunging into the transvestite scene. In addition, he harbors a longing for his very own sister. When he learns that his wife has been murdered, he tries to implicate the set designer who has designs on his sister....