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'''René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny''' (12 July 1908 &ndash; 16 May 1994) was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of [[Paul Claudel]] and [[Antonin Artaud]],<ref name="kirkup" /> and for his performances for the [[Théâtre national populaire]] and [[Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe|Odéon-Théâtre de France]].<ref name="bosseno" />
'''René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny''' (12 July 1908 &ndash; 16 May 1994) was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of [[Paul Claudel]] and [[Antonin Artaud]],<ref name="kirkup" /> and for his performances for the [[Théâtre national populaire]] and [[Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe|Odéon-Théâtre de France]].<ref name="bosseno" />


His film work included collaborations with directors [[Marcel Carné]], [[Louis Malle]], [[Jean-Luc Godard]], [[Federico Fellini]], [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], [[Francesco Rosi]], and [[Luis Buñuel]]. He was nominated for the [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for the 1988 film [[Camille Claudel (film)|''Camille Claudel'']], and won the [[Joseph Plateau Award|Joseph Plateau Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1992.
His film work included collaborations with directors [[Marcel Carné]], [[Louis Malle]], [[Jean-Luc Godard]], [[Federico Fellini]], [[Michelangelo Antonioni]], [[Francesco Rosi]] and [[Luis Buñuel]]. He was nominated for the [[César Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for the 1988 film [[Camille Claudel (film)|''Camille Claudel'']], and won the [[Joseph Plateau Award|Joseph Plateau Lifetime Achievement Award]] in 1992.


==Early life==
==Early life==
'''René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny''' was born in [[Saint-Malo]], [[Brittany]].<ref name="encine">[http://encinematheque.net/seconds/S53/index.asp Alain Cuny] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180818/http://encinematheque.net/seconds/S53/index.asp |date=2016-03-03 }}, at L'Encinémathèque. Retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> He was brought up by an aunt and spent a large part of his childhood with her, in [[Boucé, Allier|Boucé]], and spent several years in an orphanage. He developed an early interest in painting and from the age of 15 he attended the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|École des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris. He met [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], [[Georges Braque|Braque]] and members of the surrealist group.<ref name="cineressources">[http://cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=13862&_ga=1.254697729.884258918.1451750602 "Alain Cuny"], [[Ciné-Ressources]]; retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> He then began working in the film industry as a costume, poster and set designer and was employed on films of [[Alberto Cavalcanti|Cavalcanti]], [[Jacques Feyder|Feyder]] and [[Jean Renoir|Renoir]]. After a meeting with the actor-manager [[Charles Dullin]], Cuny was persuaded to study drama and he began acting on stage in the late 1930s.<ref>Ephraim Katz. ''The International Film Encyclopedia''. London: Macmillan, 1980. p. 292.<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>
'''René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny''' was born in [[Saint-Malo]], [[Brittany]].<ref name="encine">[http://encinematheque.net/seconds/S53/index.asp Alain Cuny] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180818/http://encinematheque.net/seconds/S53/index.asp |date=2016-03-03 }}, at L'Encinémathèque. Retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> He was brought up by an aunt and spent a large part of his childhood with her, in [[Boucé, Allier|Boucé]], and spent several years in an orphanage. He developed an early interest in painting and from the age of 15 he attended the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|École des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris. He met [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], [[Georges Braque|Braque]] and members of the surrealist group.<ref name="cineressources">[http://cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=13862&_ga=1.254697729.884258918.1451750602 "Alain Cuny"], [[Ciné-Ressources]]; retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> He then began working in the film industry as a costume, poster and set designer and was employed on films of [[Alberto Cavalcanti|Cavalcanti]], [[Jacques Feyder|Feyder]] and [[Jean Renoir|Renoir]]. After a meeting with the actor-manager [[Charles Dullin]], Cuny was persuaded to study drama and he began acting on stage in the late 1930s.<ref>Ephraim Katz. ''The International Film Encyclopedia''. London: Macmillan, 1980. p. 292., {{ISBN|978-0333274972}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
[[File:Cuny Harcourt 1945.jpg|thumb|left|[[Studio Harcourt]] headshot of Cuny, 1945.]]
[[File:Cuny Harcourt 1945.jpg|thumb|left|[[Studio Harcourt]] headshot of Cuny, 1945]]
In the theatre, Cuny became particularly linked with the works of [[Paul Claudel]] (who said of him after a performance of ''L'Annonce faite à Marie'' in 1944, "I have been waiting for you 20 years").<ref name="kirkup">James Kirkup. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alain-cuny-1436996.html "Obituary: Alain Cuny"], in ''The Independent'', 18 May 1994. Retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> Another literary friend and hero was [[Antonin Artaud]], "whose texts he read with supreme conviction at a time when Artaud was more or less an outcast, a situation reflected in Artaud's ''Van Gogh: The Man Suicided by Society'',<ref>Antonin Artaud. ''Artaud Anthology'', edited and translated by Jack Hirschman. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1986. pp. 135–163. {{ISBN|978-0-87286-000-1}}.</ref> which Cuny interpreted in his voice's fabulous organ tones".<ref name="kirkup" /> Later Cuny worked with [[Jean Vilar]] at the [[Théâtre national populaire]], and with [[Jean-Louis Barrault]] at the [[Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe|Odéon-Théâtre de France]].<ref name="bosseno">''Dictionnaire du cinéma populaire français''; sous la direction de Christian-Marc Bosséno et Yannick Dehée. (Paris: Nouveau Monde, 2004). p. 243.</ref> His dramatic presence and measured diction made him well-suited to many classical roles.<ref name="passek">''Dictionnaire du cinéma français'': sous la direction de Jean-Loup Passek. (Paris: Larousse, 1987). p. 97.</ref>
In the theatre, Cuny became particularly linked with the works of [[Paul Claudel]] (who said of him after a performance of ''L'Annonce faite à Marie'' in 1944, "I have been waiting for you 20 years").<ref name="kirkup">James Kirkup. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alain-cuny-1436996.html "Obituary: Alain Cuny"], in ''The Independent'', 18 May 1994. Retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> Another literary friend and hero was [[Antonin Artaud]], "whose texts he read with supreme conviction at a time when Artaud was more or less an outcast, a situation reflected in Artaud's ''Van Gogh: The Man Suicided by Society'',<ref>Antonin Artaud. ''Artaud Anthology'', edited and translated by Jack Hirschman. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1986. pp. 135–163. {{ISBN|978-0-87286-000-1}}.</ref> which Cuny interpreted in his voice's fabulous organ tones".<ref name="kirkup" /> Later Cuny worked with [[Jean Vilar]] at the [[Théâtre national populaire]], and with [[Jean-Louis Barrault]] at the [[Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe|Odéon-Théâtre de France]].<ref name="bosseno">''Dictionnaire du cinéma populaire français''; sous la direction de Christian-Marc Bosséno et Yannick Dehée. (Paris: Nouveau Monde, 2004). p. 243.</ref> His dramatic presence and measured diction made him well-suited to many classical roles.<ref name="passek">''Dictionnaire du cinéma français'': sous la direction de Jean-Loup Passek. (Paris: Larousse, 1987). p. 97.</ref>


His first major role in the cinema was as one of the devil's envoys in [[Marcel Carné]]'s film ''[[Les Visiteurs du soir]]'' (1942). A few other romantic leading parts followed, but increasingly he appeared in supporting roles, especially in characterizations of intellectuals such as the tormented philosopher Steiner in ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'' (1960), directed by [[Federico Fellini]]. He worked frequently in Italian cinema and had close associations with [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] and [[Francesco Rosi]] as well as Fellini. One of his most admired film performances was in Rosi's ''[[Many Wars Ago|Uomini contro]]'' (''Many Wars Ago'', 1970), as the rigidly authoritarian General Leone.<ref name="passek" />
His first major role in the cinema was as one of the devil's envoys in [[Marcel Carné]]'s film ''[[Les Visiteurs du soir]]'' (1942). A few other romantic leading parts followed, but increasingly he appeared in supporting roles, especially in characterizations of intellectuals such as the tormented philosopher Steiner in ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'' (1960), directed by [[Federico Fellini]]. He worked frequently in Italian cinema and had close associations with [[Michelangelo Antonioni]] and [[Francesco Rosi]] as well as Fellini. One of his most admired film performances was in Rosi's ''[[Many Wars Ago|Uomini contro]]'' (''Many Wars Ago'', 1970), as the rigidly authoritarian General Leone.<ref name="passek" />


Among his French films were ''[[The Lovers (1958 film)|The Lovers]]'' (''Les Amants'', 1958), directed by [[Louis Malle]], and [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Détective (1985 film)|Détective]]'' (1985). He also appeared in the softcore porn film ''[[Emmanuelle (film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1974), a role which he said he took to show his contempt for the film business.<ref>[[Olivier Germain-Thomas]]: ''Agora:"les aventuriers de l'esprit"''. Besançon: La Manufacture, 1991. p. 209: "J'ai joué dans ''Emmanuelle'' pour me débarrasser de l'estime des gens que je n'estimais pas."</ref> In the same year, he played [[Sitting Bull]] in the absurdist western ''[[Don't Touch the White Woman!|Ne touchez pas à la femme blanche!]]'' (''Don't Touch the White Woman!'', 1974).
Among his French films were ''[[The Lovers (1958 film)|The Lovers]]'' (''Les Amants'', 1958), directed by [[Louis Malle]], and [[Jean-Luc Godard]]'s ''[[Détective (1985 film)|Détective]]'' (1985). He also appeared in the softcore porn film ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (1974), a role which he said he took to show his contempt for the film business.<ref>[[Olivier Germain-Thomas]]: ''Agora:"les aventuriers de l'esprit"''. Besançon: La Manufacture, 1991. p. 209: "J'ai joué dans ''Emmanuelle'' pour me débarrasser de l'estime des gens que je n'estimais pas."</ref> In the same year, he played [[Sitting Bull]] in the absurdist western ''[[Don't Touch the White Woman!|Touche pas à la femme blanche!]]'' (''Don't Touch the White Woman!'', 1974).


Towards the end of his career he returned to aspects of Claudel. He appeared in ''[[Camille Claudel (film)|Camille Claudel]]'' (1988), a biographical film about the author's sister in which he played their father, Louis-Prosper Claudel. In 1991 he completed a long-planned film adaptation of a Claudel play ''[[The Annunciation of Marie]]'' (''L'Annonce faite à Marie'', 1991), a French-Canadian production in which he both directed and acted; it won him the Prix [[Georges Sadoul|Georges-Sadoul]].<ref name="bosseno" /> He also gave regular readings of Claudel's work at the [[Festival d'Avignon]].<ref name="cineressources" />
Towards the end of his career he returned to aspects of Claudel. He appeared in ''[[Camille Claudel (film)|Camille Claudel]]'' (1988), a biographical film about the author's sister in which he played their father, Louis-Prosper Claudel. In 1991, he completed a long-planned film adaptation of a Claudel play ''[[The Annunciation of Marie]]'' (''L'Annonce faite à Marie'', 1991), a French-Canadian production in which he both directed and acted; it won him the Prix [[Georges Sadoul|Georges-Sadoul]].<ref name="bosseno" /> He also gave regular readings of Claudel's work at the [[Festival d'Avignon]].<ref name="cineressources" />


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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Cuny died in 1994 in Paris. He is buried in [[Civry-la-Forêt]], west of Paris, where he had lived.<ref name="encine" />
Cuny died in 1994 in Paris. He is buried in [[Civry-la-Forêt]], west of Paris, where he had lived.<ref name="encine" />


== Partial filmography ==
==Filmography==
{{Div col}}

*1940: ''Après Mein Kampf mes crimes'' (directed by [[Alexandre Ryder]]) - Marinus van der Lubbe
=== Film ===
*1941: ''[[Madame Sans-Gêne (1941 film)|Madame Sans-Gêne]]'' (directed by [[Roger Richebé]]) - Roustan
{| class="wikitable"
*1941: ''[[Stormy Waters (1941 film)|Remorques]]'' (''Stormy Waters'') (directed by [[Jean Grémillon]]) - Un matelot du 'Mirva' (uncredited)
!Year
*1942: ''[[Les Visiteurs du soir]]'' (directed by [[Marcel Carné]]) - Gilles - un ménestrel
!Title
!Role
!Director
!Notes
|-
|1940
|''Après Mein Kampf mes crimes''
|[[Marinus van der Lubbe]]
|[[Alexandre Ryder]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1941
|''Madame Sans-Gêne''
|Roustan
|[[Roger Richebé]]
|
|-
|[[Stormy Waters (1941 film)|''Stormy Waters'']]
|Sailor
|[[Jean Grémillon]]
|Uncredited
|-
|1942
|''[[Les Visiteurs du soir]]''
|Gilles
|[[Marcel Carné]]
|
|-
|
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|-
|
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|-
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|}
*1940: (directed by ) -
*1941: (directed by ) -
*1941: ''[[Stormy Waters (1941 film)|Remorques]]'' (''Stormy Waters'') (directed by ) - Un matelot du 'Mirva' (uncredited)
*1942: (directed by ) - - un ménestrel
*1943: ''[[The Phantom Baron|Le Baron fantôme]]'' (''The Phantom Baron'') (directed by [[Serge de Poligny]]) - Hervé
*1943: ''[[The Phantom Baron|Le Baron fantôme]]'' (''The Phantom Baron'') (directed by [[Serge de Poligny]]) - Hervé
*1946: ''Solita de Cordoue'' (directed by [[Willy Rozier]]) - Pierre Desluc
*1946: ''[[Solita de Cordoue]]'' (directed by [[Willy Rozier]]) - Pierre Desluc
*1951: ''[[The Forbidden Christ|Il Cristo proibito]]'' (''The Forbidden Christ'') (directed by [[Curzio Malaparte]]) - Antonio
*1951: ''[[The Forbidden Christ|Il Cristo proibito]]'' (''The Forbidden Christ'') (directed by [[Curzio Malaparte]]) - Antonio
*1952: ''[[Red Shirts (film)|Camicie rosse]]'' (''Red Shirts'') (directed by [[Goffredo Alessandrini]] and [[Francesco Rosi]]) - Bueno
*1952: ''[[Red Shirts (film)|Camicie rosse]]'' (''Red Shirts'') (directed by [[Goffredo Alessandrini]] and [[Francesco Rosi]]) - Bueno
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*1973: ''La rosa rossa'' (directed by Franco Giraldi)
*1973: ''La rosa rossa'' (directed by Franco Giraldi)
*1974: ''[[Don't Touch the White Woman!|Touche pas à la femme blanche!]]'' (''Don't Touch the White Woman!'') (directed by [[Marco Ferreri]]) - Sitting Bull
*1974: ''[[Don't Touch the White Woman!|Touche pas à la femme blanche!]]'' (''Don't Touch the White Woman!'') (directed by [[Marco Ferreri]]) - Sitting Bull
*1974: ''[[Emmanuelle (film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (directed by [[Just Jaeckin]]) - Mario
*1974: ''[[Emmanuelle (1974 film)|Emmanuelle]]'' (directed by [[Just Jaeckin]]) - Mario
*1975: ''Ame no Amsterdam'' (directed by [[Koreyoshi Kurahara]])
*1975: ''Ame no Amsterdam'' (directed by [[Koreyoshi Kurahara]])
*1975: ''Irene, Irene'' (directed by [[Peter Del Monte]]) - Guido Boeri
*1975: ''Irene, Irene'' (directed by [[Peter Del Monte]]) - Guido Boeri
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*1991: ''[[The Annunciation of Marie|L'Annonce faite à Marie]]'' (''The Annunciation of Marie'') (directed by Alain Cuny) - Anne Vercors
*1991: ''[[The Annunciation of Marie|L'Annonce faite à Marie]]'' (''The Annunciation of Marie'') (directed by Alain Cuny) - Anne Vercors
*1992: ''[[The Return of Casanova|Le Retour de Casanova]]'' (''The Return of Casanova'') (directed by [[Édouard Niermans (director)|Édouard Niermans]]) - Marquis
*1992: ''[[The Return of Casanova|Le Retour de Casanova]]'' (''The Return of Casanova'') (directed by [[Édouard Niermans (director)|Édouard Niermans]]) - Marquis
{{div col end}}


=== Television ===
== References ==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Title
!Role
!Notes
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|1987
|''[[La piovra]]''
|Nicola Antinari
|7 episodes
|-
|1988
|''La coscienza di Zeno''
|Alfio Cosini Sr.
|Television film
|-
|1995
|''La famiglia Ricordi''
|Giovanni Paisiello
|[[Miniseries]]; 4 episodes
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


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'''René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny''' was born in [[Saint-Malo]], [[Brittany]].<ref name="encine">[http://encinematheque.net/seconds/S53/index.asp Alain Cuny] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180818/http://encinematheque.net/seconds/S53/index.asp |date=2016-03-03 }}, at L'Encinémathèque. Retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> He was brought up by an aunt and spent a large part of his childhood with her, in [[Boucé, Allier|Boucé]], and spent several years in an orphanage. He developed an early interest in painting and from the age of 15 he attended the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|École des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris. He met [[Pablo Picasso|Picasso]], [[Georges Braque|Braque]] and members of the surrealist group.<ref name="cineressources">[http://cinema.encyclopedie.personnalites.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=13862&_ga=1.254697729.884258918.1451750602 "Alain Cuny"], [[Ciné-Ressources]]; retrieved 22 January 2016.</ref> He then began working in the film industry as a costume, poster and set designer and was employed on films of [[Alberto Cavalcanti|Cavalcanti]], [[Jacques Feyder|Feyder]] and [[Jean Renoir|Renoir]]. After a meeting with the actor-manager [[Charles Dullin]], Cuny was persuaded to study drama and he began acting on stage in the late 1930s.<ref>Ephraim Katz. ''The International Film Encyclopedia''. London: Macmillan, 1980. p. 292., {{ISBN|978-0333274972}}</ref>
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Alain Cuny
Cuny in 1979
Born
René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny

(1908-07-12)12 July 1908
Saint-Malo, Brittany, France
Died16 May 1994(1994-05-16) (aged 85)
Paris, France
Resting placeCivry-la-Forêt 5
OccupationActor
Years active1941–1994

René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud,[1] and for his performances for the Théâtre national populaire and Odéon-Théâtre de France.[2]

His film work included collaborations with directors Marcel Carné, Louis Malle, Jean-Luc Godard, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Francesco Rosi and Luis Buñuel. He was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1988 film Camille Claudel, and won the Joseph Plateau Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992.

Early life

[edit]

René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny was born in Saint-Malo, Brittany.[3] He was brought up by an aunt and spent a large part of his childhood with her, in Boucé, and spent several years in an orphanage. He developed an early interest in painting and from the age of 15 he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He met Picasso, Braque and members of the surrealist group.[4] He then began working in the film industry as a costume, poster and set designer and was employed on films of Cavalcanti, Feyder and Renoir. After a meeting with the actor-manager Charles Dullin, Cuny was persuaded to study drama and he began acting on stage in the late 1930s.[5]

Career

[edit]
Studio Harcourt headshot of Cuny, 1945

In the theatre, Cuny became particularly linked with the works of Paul Claudel (who said of him after a performance of L'Annonce faite à Marie in 1944, "I have been waiting for you 20 years").[1] Another literary friend and hero was Antonin Artaud, "whose texts he read with supreme conviction at a time when Artaud was more or less an outcast, a situation reflected in Artaud's Van Gogh: The Man Suicided by Society,[6] which Cuny interpreted in his voice's fabulous organ tones".[1] Later Cuny worked with Jean Vilar at the Théâtre national populaire, and with Jean-Louis Barrault at the Odéon-Théâtre de France.[2] His dramatic presence and measured diction made him well-suited to many classical roles.[7]

His first major role in the cinema was as one of the devil's envoys in Marcel Carné's film Les Visiteurs du soir (1942). A few other romantic leading parts followed, but increasingly he appeared in supporting roles, especially in characterizations of intellectuals such as the tormented philosopher Steiner in La Dolce Vita (1960), directed by Federico Fellini. He worked frequently in Italian cinema and had close associations with Michelangelo Antonioni and Francesco Rosi as well as Fellini. One of his most admired film performances was in Rosi's Uomini contro (Many Wars Ago, 1970), as the rigidly authoritarian General Leone.[7]

Among his French films were The Lovers (Les Amants, 1958), directed by Louis Malle, and Jean-Luc Godard's Détective (1985). He also appeared in the softcore porn film Emmanuelle (1974), a role which he said he took to show his contempt for the film business.[8] In the same year, he played Sitting Bull in the absurdist western Touche pas à la femme blanche! (Don't Touch the White Woman!, 1974).

Towards the end of his career he returned to aspects of Claudel. He appeared in Camille Claudel (1988), a biographical film about the author's sister in which he played their father, Louis-Prosper Claudel. In 1991, he completed a long-planned film adaptation of a Claudel play The Annunciation of Marie (L'Annonce faite à Marie, 1991), a French-Canadian production in which he both directed and acted; it won him the Prix Georges-Sadoul.[2] He also gave regular readings of Claudel's work at the Festival d'Avignon.[4]

Personal life

[edit]

In 1962, he married Marie-Blanche Guidicelli. The couple divorced in 1969.

Death

[edit]

Cuny died in 1994 in Paris. He is buried in Civry-la-Forêt, west of Paris, where he had lived.[3]

Partial filmography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c James Kirkup. "Obituary: Alain Cuny", in The Independent, 18 May 1994. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Dictionnaire du cinéma populaire français; sous la direction de Christian-Marc Bosséno et Yannick Dehée. (Paris: Nouveau Monde, 2004). p. 243.
  3. ^ a b Alain Cuny Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, at L'Encinémathèque. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Alain Cuny", Ciné-Ressources; retrieved 22 January 2016.
  5. ^ Ephraim Katz. The International Film Encyclopedia. London: Macmillan, 1980. p. 292., ISBN 978-0333274972
  6. ^ Antonin Artaud. Artaud Anthology, edited and translated by Jack Hirschman. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1986. pp. 135–163. ISBN 978-0-87286-000-1.
  7. ^ a b Dictionnaire du cinéma français: sous la direction de Jean-Loup Passek. (Paris: Larousse, 1987). p. 97.
  8. ^ Olivier Germain-Thomas: Agora:"les aventuriers de l'esprit". Besançon: La Manufacture, 1991. p. 209: "J'ai joué dans Emmanuelle pour me débarrasser de l'estime des gens que je n'estimais pas."
[edit]

René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny was born in Saint-Malo, Brittany.[1] He was brought up by an aunt and spent a large part of his childhood with her, in Boucé, and spent several years in an orphanage. He developed an early interest in painting and from the age of 15 he attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He met Picasso, Braque and members of the surrealist group.[2] He then began working in the film industry as a costume, poster and set designer and was employed on films of Cavalcanti, Feyder and Renoir. After a meeting with the actor-manager Charles Dullin, Cuny was persuaded to study drama and he began acting on stage in the late 1930s.[3]

  1. ^ Alain Cuny Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, at L'Encinémathèque. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Alain Cuny", Ciné-Ressources; retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ^ Ephraim Katz. The International Film Encyclopedia. London: Macmillan, 1980. p. 292., ISBN 978-0333274972
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