Model, singer, muse, actress, film-maker and director, Arielle Dombasle was born in Connecticut, USA, but grew up in Mexico. Arielle Dombasle has worked with many directors, including Eric Rohmer, Raoul Ruiz, Werner Schroeter, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Roman Polanski and John Malkovich. A figure of auteur and underground cinema, she became a popular figure when she appeared in Un Indien dans la Ville, Miami Vice or Alibi.com 2; or when she performed in the music hall, at the Crazy Horse or at the Opéra Comique with Jérôme Savary. Her pop, rock and lyrical albums have won her three gold discs and a double platinum disc, and she has given numerous concerts around the world. It was at the age of 22, with Chassé-Croisé, that she made her first film. This was followed by Les Pyramides Bleues, La Traversée du Désir and Opium, in which she combined her two passions: cinema and music. With Alien Crystal Palace, she directed a fantastic, gothic, rock melodrama. In her latest film, Les Secrets de la Princesse de Cadignan, she remained faithful to her imagination but returned to a classical style by adapting a short story from Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie Humaine.
Picture : Jeff Manzetti . H&K