Christophe Ruggia (born 7 January 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter.
39-476: Haenel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adèle Haenel (born 1989), French actress Harold Haenel (born 1958), American sailor Hubert Haenel (born 1942), French politician Yannick Haenel (born 1967), French writer Companies [ edit ] C. G. Haenel , German arms company See also [ edit ] Hänel [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
78-500: A "counter-investigation" in Marianne , Ruggia claimed that the rupture between him and Achache took place after he found her with another man on a set and that it was he who left the apartment where they lived together. He adds to having confided to his partner, at the beginning of their relationship, his "fascination" for Haenel, but, according to him, "the rest is only pure invention". According to this "counter-investigation", Achache
117-466: A casino owner. Writing for The Village Voice , Melissa Anderson compared her performance to that of Isabelle Adjani 's in the 1970s and '80s, and declared her a worthy successor to Deneuve in French cinema. For her roles in both films, Hanael received a Best Actress nomination at the 20th Lumières Awards . In 2016, Haenel made her German language debut in the film The Bloom of Yesterday playing
156-477: A letter published on French magazine Télérama , citing "complacency" over those accused of being sexual predators, including Gérard Depardieu , Roman Polanski and Dominique Boutonnat [ fr ] . Haenel is known for her far-left , Trotskyist , feminist , LGBT+ (though she has been relatively low-key about this identity), and anti-racist political positions, as well as her involvement in social justice causes. She believes that discrimination
195-561: A master's degree. She also pursued studies in physics and marine biology. Haenel made her film debut in 2002 at the age of 12, playing an autistic girl in the Christophe Ruggia film Les Diables . She had been chosen for the lead role after accompanying her brother to the audition. After Les Diables , Haenel took a five-year break from acting. In 2007, she was persuaded by casting director Christel Baras (who had cast her in her film debut) to resume her film career, taking up
234-579: A precise instance of physical contact with Haenel, in which Ruggia "got his hand on the belly of Adèle and then ran it up to her chest, under a T-shirt", while they were watching a film together and Adèle was lying with her head on his knees. According to the claim, Ruggia, seeing fear in Haenel's eyes, and getting scared himself, then withdrew his hand. Achache stated that she remained silent because it "seemed unfair to her to speak for Adèle Haenel", and that afterwards she left Ruggia. In an interview presented as
273-994: A trial described as " Stalinist " by Amnesty International . When the Ukrainian filmmaker did not eat for three months, Ruggia launched in September 2018 with a collective of filmmakers a rotating hunger strike that he organized in front of the Russian embassy in Paris. In the 2010s, he signed numerous forums and petitions, defending in particular undocumented workers, high school students engaged against police violence, Cédric Herrou —known for his help to migrants—and human rights in Syria . On 3 November 2019, an article appeared in Mediapart in which actress Adèle Haenel accused Ruggia of "touching" and "sexual harassment", when she
312-533: A widowed detective based on the French Riviera . David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter noted her performance as evoking the "classic screwball heroine", a departure from her usually more serious roles, and complimented her on the "grace and buoyancy" she brought to the character. She was again nominated for the César Award for Best Actress . In 2019, Haenel appeared in three films which played at
351-428: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Ad%C3%A8le Haenel Adèle Haenel ( French: [adɛl enɛl] ; born 11 February 1989 ) is a French actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two César Awards from seven nominations and one Lumières Award from two nominations. Haenel began her career as a child actress, making her film debut with Les Diables (2002) at
390-436: Is intertwined within the framework of bourgeois and patriarchal systems , leading to gender violence , gender discrimination , and racism , especially in the academic and artistic fields she has distanced herself from. Hanel advocates for promoting an alternative model in theater creation and is dedicated to opposing gender violence and sexual assault against women and young girls. Additionally, she connects these issues to
429-467: Is still friends with Laetitia Cangioni. Cangioni had to quit the filming of Les Diables in 2001 due to "burnout" and she is presented by Marianne as being one of the four people who, during the investigation by Médiapart, claimed "to have felt something abnormal" in the relationship between Ruggia and Haenel during the shooting. A preliminary investigation was opened by the Paris prosecutor's office for counts of sexual harassment and sexual assault "on
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#1732782381168468-732: The COVID-19 pandemic , the play made its world premiere at the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne in Switzerland in May 2021. In May 2022, during an interview for German magazine FAQ , Haenel told that she was stepping away from film acting as "I tried to change something from within. [...] I don't want to be part of that anymore”. She cited the industry as "[defending] a capitalist, patriarchal, racist, sexist world of structural inequality. This means that this industry works hand in hand with
507-545: The Cannes Film Festival : Quentin Dupieux 's Deerskin , Aude Léa Rapin's Heroes Don't Die , and Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire . In Portrait of a Lady on Fire , Haenel portrayed Héloïse, a young aristocrat in 18th-century Brittany who is to be married off to a nobleman from Milan. The New Yorker ' s Richard Brody took note of her chemistry with co-star Noémie Merlant and complimented
546-711: The César Award for Best Actress for Love at First Fight . She continued to garner recognition for her performances in BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017), The Trouble with You (2018) and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019). Haenel was born on 11 February 1989 in Paris . Her mother is a teacher and her father is a translator. She grew up in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis in what she described as "a very left-wing, artistic neighborhood". She has Austrian heritage through her father and speaks fluent German. Haenel started acting at
585-584: The César Award for Best Supporting Actress . In 2014, Haenel starred in the Thomas Cailley romantic comedy Love at First Fight as Madeleine, a graduate-school dropout and survivalist . She won the César Award for Best Actress for her performance. In the same year, Haenel co-starred with Catherine Deneuve in André Téchiné 's crime drama In the Name of My Daughter , playing the daughter of
624-559: The César Awards . He directed two other feature films, Les Diables (2002) and Dans la tormente [ fr ] (2011). Ruggia became known for his numerous activist commitments, and, according to Libération , he was several times co-president or vice-president between 2003 and June 2019 of the Société des réalisateurs de films [ fr ] (SRF, "Society of Film Directors"), as well as co-chair for
663-553: The Fondation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet in 1993. In 1991, he conceived and produced a short film as part of a campaign against HIV/AIDS in the West Indies entitled, Sovè l'anmou . After L'Enfance Égarée (1993), a short film released in theaters in the program Four Urban Legends , he directed his first feature, Le Gone du Chaâba [ fr ] (1997), that was nominated at
702-408: The surname Haenel . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haenel&oldid=978897565 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
741-516: The French descendant of German Holocaust survivors. In the 2017 Robin Campillo film BPM (Beats per Minute) , Haenel portrayed Sophie, a headstrong HIV/AIDS activist of the Paris chapter of ACT UP . She received a nomination for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. Haenel starred in the 2018 Pierre Salvadori crime comedy The Trouble with You , playing
780-436: The actresses for being "relentlessly graceful, endowed with physical aplomb, contemplative insight, and strong emotion". A. O. Scott of The New York Times considered Haenel's performance worthy of an Oscar nomination for Best Actress , and Bilge Ebiri of Vulture described the climax of the film (which features Haenel) as "one of the finest pieces of acting and one of the most moving images I've seen in eons." Haenel
819-521: The age of 12, and quickly rose to prominence in the French entertainment industry as a teenager. She received her first César Award nomination for her performance in Water Lilies (2007), which also marked the beginning of her long professional and personal relationship with director Céline Sciamma . In 2014, Haenel received her first César Award for her supporting role in Suzanne , and in 2015 won
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#1732782381168858-471: The age of 5 and was involved in local theatre. As a child, Haenel would mimic cartoon characters, particularly the characters of Tex Avery . Haenel studied economics and social sciences at the Lycée Montaigne . She had planned to attend HEC Paris and took a preparatory course, but ultimately failed the entrance exam. Haenel continued her studies in economics and sociology, eventually receiving
897-505: The award for Best Director for his film An Officer and a Spy . As Haenel left, she waved her fist and shouted "La honte!" ("Shame!"), and after exiting the auditorium, she was filmed clapping sarcastically and shouting "Bravo la pédophilie!" ("Bravo, paedophilia!"). Christophe Ruggia Christophe Ruggia is a graduate of the Free Conservatory of French Cinema ( Conservatoire libre du cinéma français ), and laureate of
936-474: The election. Subsequently, Haenel attended several meetings of the party. In May 2022, she declared herself a supporter of anti-capitalism : initially focusing on feminist issues, she realized that these systems are interconnected, as "liberation cannot be achieved within the framework of capitalism ." In 2014, Haenel came out as a lesbian during her César award acceptance speech and acknowledged her relationship with director Céline Sciamma , whom she met on
975-636: The fundamental concerns of Marxist radical feminism and actively participates in discussions on police violence , anti-colonialism , environmentalism , and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict . During the 2022 French presidential election , Haenel publicly supported the Trotskyist party " Permanent Revolution [ fr ] " and participated in the campaign of the party's candidate, Anas Kazib [ fr ] . However, Kazib failed to obtain enough nominations to qualify for
1014-427: The global economic order, in which all lives are not equal". Haenel's last project was to be The Empire , written and directed by Bruno Dumont , but she explained that she left the film as "it was a dark, sexist and racist world that was defended. The script was full of jokes about cancel culture and sexual violence. I tried to discuss it with Dumont, because I thought a dialogue was possible. I wanted to believe for
1053-479: The guild for French directors. Though Haenel had explicitly chosen not to go to the police with her accusations, citing the justice system as "usually condemning so few sexual offenders" and "only one rape out of a hundred" and stating that "the justice ignores us, we ignore the justice", the publicity garnered by her interviews about the abuse led the Paris prosecutor's office to announce they were investigating Ruggia. Haenel later changed her mind about working with
1092-426: The hold on the actress he has directed and with which he dreamed of shooting again", and asking her for forgiveness, saying that his "adulation" for Haenel could have been "painful at times" for her, declaring: "At the time, I had not seen that my adulation and the hopes that I placed in her might have appeared to her, given her young age, as painful at times. If so, and if she can, I ask her to forgive me"; however, at
1131-465: The part of a synchronised swimmer in Céline Sciamma 's debut feature Water Lilies . Manohla Dargis of The New York Times highlighted Haenel's performance in an otherwise mixed review of the film, recognizing her as having "the makings of a real star". For her role in the film, Haenel was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2008. In 2012, she was nominated in
1170-453: The period 2014–2015. According to Libération in 2003, "he played a preponderant role in the coordination of the struggle" of recurring status entertainment workers. In 2005, shortly before the conviction of director Jean-Claude Brisseau for sexual harassment , he was one of the signatories of a petition in support of the latter launched by Les Inrockuptibles . This petition denounces "the way in which certain media have reported on
1209-458: The police and officially filed a complaint against Ruggia in late November 2019. In January 2020, the police officially charged Ruggia with sexual aggression against a minor by a person of authority and sexual harassment. On 28 February 2020, Haenel, Céline Sciamma , Noemie Merlant , and Aïssa Maïga walked out of the 45th César Awards ceremony after Roman Polanski , who was convicted of raping thirteen-year old Samantha Geimer in 1977 , won
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1248-567: The same category for House of Tolerance (2011), a period film directed by Bertrand Bonello , in which she played a prostitute at an upscale Parisian brothel at the turn of the twentieth century. She also received the Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress along with her co-stars Céline Sallette and Alice Barnole. Haenel played one of the two sisters in Katell Quillévéré 's Suzanne (2013), for which she received
1287-410: The same time he denounced a " media pillory " against him. The Société des réalisateurs de films (SRF) launched a delisting procedure against him. Director Mona Achache , Ruggia's former romantic partner, testified for the investigation of Mediapart : "He had confided to me to have feelings of being in love for Adèle during the promotional tour of Les Diables ." Achache claims that he told her about
1326-513: The set of Water Lilies . The couple amicably split in 2018, before they began work on Portrait of a Lady on Fire . Haenel and Sciamma have remained close after the end of their relationship. Haenel identifies as a feminist . She is a prominent face of France's #MeToo movement, and was the first prominent actress to speak publicly about abuse within the French film industry. In a November 2019 Mediapart interview, Haenel accused director Christophe Ruggia of sexually harassing her from
1365-483: The time she was 12 to 15 after casting her in his film Les Diables . Following the experience, she considered abandoning acting altogether. Haenel's account was backed up by many people who had worked on the film and noted Ruggia's inappropriate behaviour towards her, along with letters he had written her at the time proclaiming his love for her. As a result, Ruggia was expelled from the Société des réalisateurs de films,
1404-622: The trial against him". In 2015, he launched with other filmmakers "The Call of Calais", which denounces a disengagement of the French government from the problem of the Calais Jungle , where thousands of migrants lived in miserable conditions. He is the initiator of a support movement in France for the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov , an opponent of the annexation of Crimea , who was sentenced by Russia in 2015 to twenty years in prison for "acts of terrorism" and "arms trafficking" during
1443-412: The umpteenth time that it was not intentional. But it's intentional. [...] Just as they make fun of the victims, of people in a situation of weakness. The intention was to make a sci-fi film with an all-white cast – and therefore a racist narrative. I didn't want to support this." Haenel indicated that she was focused on theatre work. In May 2023, Haenel announced her retirement from the film industry in
1482-430: Was between twelve and fifteen years old. Ruggia refuted the accusations through his lawyers and in a right of reply published on Mediapart on 6 November 2019, writing: "I never had towards her, I repeat, the physical gestures and the behavior of sexual harassment of which she accuses me, but I made the mistake of playing Pygmalion with the misunderstandings and the obstacles that such a posture gives rise to, such as
1521-417: Was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress for her performance, her seventh César nomination. Since 2019, Haenel and co-star Ruth Vega Fernandez have prepared to perform director Gisèle Vienne's [ fr ] adaptation of Robert Walser 's L'Etang ( The Pond ) for theatres in France and Switzerland. After performances were repeatedly delayed or cancelled by restrictions necessitated by
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