# Christine Pascal

Christine Pascal (29 November 1953 – 30 August 1996) was a French actress, writer, and director known for Le Petit Prince a dit, 1992.

## Biography

Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's Les Guichets du Louvre (1974), and began an association with Bertrand Tavernier with her next film, L'Horloger de Saint-Paul (1974). Other films with Tavernier include Que la fête commence (1975), for which she received a César nomination for Best Supporting Actress; The Judge and the Assassin (1976); Des enfants gatés (1977), which she co-scripted; and Round Midnight. Other film appearances include Black Thursday (1974), La Meilleure façon de marcher (1976), The Maids of Wilko (1979), Entre Nous (1983), and Le Grand Chemin (1987). She made her directorial debut with Félicité, and also directed La Garce, Zanzibar, Le Petit prince a dit (which won the Louis Delluc Prize) and Adultère, mode d'emploi.
Pascal had contemplated suicide at various times in her life, and Félicité, the first film she directed, opens with a suicide scene. In 1984, when asked how she would like to die, she reputedly said, "En me suicidant, le moment venu." ("By killing myself, when the time comes.")
In 1996, while staying in a psychiatric hospital in the Paris suburb of Garches, Pascal committed suicide by jumping out of a window. She is buried in Cimetière du Père Lachaise in Paris. In 2003, the psychiatrist who was caring for Pascal was sentenced to one year in prison for failing to take appropriate action to prevent her suicide.

## Filmography
### As actress

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | L' Horloger de Saint-Paul | Liliane Torrini | |
| 1974 | Les Guichets du Louvre | Jeanne | |
| 1975 | Que la fête commence... | Emilie | |
| 1975 | Cécile ou La Raison des femmes: Vivre à deux | Cécile | TV mini-series |
| 1975 | Le docteur noir | Pauline | TV movie |
| 1976 | La meilleure façon de marcher | Chantal | |
| 1976 | The Judge and the Assassin | one of the strikers | Uncredited |
| 1977 | Rendez-vous en noir | the fiancée | TV mini-series |
| 1977 | Les Indiens sont encore loin | Lise | |
| 1977 | L'imprécateur | Betty Saint-Ramé | |
| 1977 | Des enfants gâtés | Anne Torrini | |
| 1978 | Chaussette surprise | Juliette | |
| 1979 | On efface tout | Anne Glizer | |
| 1979 | The Maids of Wilko | Tunia | |
| 1979 | Félicité | Félicité | |
| 1979 | Paco l'infaillible | Maria | |
| 1980 | Le Chemin perdu | Liza | |
| 1981 | Au bon beurre | Josette | TV series |
| 1981 | Das Haus im Park | Simone | TV movie |
| 1982 | Bonbons en gros | Jeannette | TV movie |
| 1983 | Entre Nous | Sarah | |
| 1983 | Cinéma 16 | Isabelle | TV series |
| 1983 | Faux fuyants | the filmmaker | |
| 1983 | Elle voulait faire du cinéma | Alice Guy-Blaché | TV movie |
| 1985 | Train d'enfer | Isabelle | |
| 1985 | Signé Charlotte | Christine | |
| 1985 | Elsa, Elsa | the "true" Elsa | |
| 1986 | Round Midnight | Sylvie | |
| 1987 | Le grand chemin | Claire (Louis' mother) | |
| 1987 | Promis... juré! | Madeleine | |
| 1988 | La travestie | Christine | |
| 1988 | La couleur du vent | Hélène Plazy | |
| 1989 | Série noire | Corinne | Episode: "Main pleine" |
| 1989 | Pause-café | Josiane Vernon | Episode: "La traverse" |
| 1990 | Navarro | Sylvie Rivette | Episode: "Fils de périph" |
| 1990 | L'ami Giono: Le déserteur | Marie-Jeanne | TV movie |
| 1990 | Le sixième doigt | Viviane | |
| 1990 | A Ilha | Linda Walsh | Short |
| 1991 | Rien que des mensonges | Lise | |
| 1992 | La femme de l'amant | Laetitia | TV movie |
| 1994 | Regarde les hommes tomber | Sandrine | |
| 1994 | Les patriotes | Laurence | |
| 1994 | Le sourire | Chantal | (final film role) |

### As director

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1979 | Félicité | |
| 1985 | La Garce | |
| 1989 | Zanzibar | |
| 1992 | Le petit Prince a dit | Cesar Nominations for Best Film and Best Director |
| 1995 | Adultère (mode d'emploi) | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Result | Award | Category | Film or series |
| 1976 | Nominated | César Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Que la fête commence |
| 1993 | Nominated | César Awards | Best Film | Le Petit prince a dit |
| 1993 | Nominated | César Awards | Best Director | Le Petit prince a dit |
| 1992 | Won | Louis Delluc Prize | Prix Louis Delluc | Le Petit prince a dit |
| 1992 | Won | Montréal World Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Le Petit prince a dit (Shared with Robert Boner) |