Emmanuèle Bernheim

Emmanuèle Bernheim, 2013

Emmanuèle Bernheim (December 1955 – 10 May 2017) was a French writer. She was the daughter of art collector André Bernheim and sculptor Claude de Soria. In 1993 she won the Prix Médicis with her book Sa femme. She wrote the screenplay of feature films Swimming Pool (2003) and 5x2 (2004), both directed by François Ozon. She lived in Paris and also worked for television.[1]

In 1998 she wrote Vendredi soir (Friday night), a novel that was adapted into a film by Claire Denis in 2002. She also worked with Michel Houellebecq on a film adaptation of his novel Platform.

Her memoir Tout s'est bien passé (Everything went fine) was adapted in 2021 for a film of the same name by Ozon.

Literature and cinema

Author of Le Cran d'arrêt in 1985 and Un couple in 1988, she won the Prix Médicis in 1993 for her novel Sa femme, published by Éditions Gallimard.

In cinema, she collaborated with François Ozon on the screenplays for the films Under the Sand, Swimming Pool, and 5x2. Her 1998 novel Vendredi soir was adapted into the eponymous film by Claire Denis.

With Michel Houellebecq, she wrote a film adaptation of Platform,[2] which was never produced.

Finally, she worked with Alain Cavalier, who invited her to film Living and Knowing It, an adaptation of Everything Went Fine (Tout s'est bien passé), an account in which she recounts helping her father end his life. Her cancer developed during the project, and the film was overtaken by her death.[3]

Death

She died on 10 May 2017 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris at the age of 61, following complications from lung cancer.[4] Her ashes were interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Personal life

From 1987 until her death, Emmanuèle Bernheim was the partner of Serge Toubiana,[5] who paid tribute to her in his book Les Bouées jaunes.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Savigneau, Josyane (11 May 2017). "La romancière et scénariste Emmanuèle Bernheim est morte". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Les mésaventures cinématographiques de Houellebecq". Le Monde (in French). 29 August 2006.
  3. ↑ Mandelbaum, Jacques (16 May 2019). "Festival de Cannes 2019 : « Être vivant et le savoir », d'Alain Cavalier, double jeu avec la mort". Le Monde (in French).
  4. ↑ "Mort de la romancière et scénariste Emmanuèle Bernheim". Paris Match (in French). 11 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Lefort, Gérard (4 January 2014). "Serge Toubiana : « Dès qu'il y a de la violence, ma vision rétrécit »". Libération (in French).
  6. ↑ Birnbaum, Jean (3 January 2018). "Récit. Serge Toubiana dans la lumière d'Emmanuèle Bernheim". Le Monde (in French).
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