Mona Achache

Mona Achache (born 18 March 1981) is a Moroccan-French film director and screenwriter.

Mona Achache
Mona Achache in 2010
Born
Mona Achache

(1981-03-18) 18 March 1981
OccupationActress, director, screenwriter
Years active2003–present
Children1

Career

Following a literary and theatrical education Mona Achache becomes an assistant director followed by screenwriting for fictional and documentary films. Becoming a mother at the age of 20, she produced a documentary film about birth in 2002.

Personal life

In the early 2000s Achache was in a relationship with director Christophe Ruggia. She later revealed that their relationship ended after he confessed to her that he had fallen in love with, and subsequently inappropriately touched, actress Adèle Haenel, confirming Haenel's account of sexual abuse at the hands of Ruggia.[1]

Filmography
Year Title Role Box office Notes
2003 Père et fils Assistant director $8,721,817[2] Directed by Michel Boujenah
2006 Suzanne Director and writer Short
2008 Wawa Short
2009 The Hedgehog $11,756,829 Seattle International Film Festival - Best Film
Valladolid International Film Festival - Best Film - Audience Award
Women Film Critics Circle - Best Foreign Film by or About Women
Cairo International Film Festival - Best Director
Cairo International Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize
Cairo International Film Festival - Silver Pyramid
Cairo International Film Festival - Special Award
Washington DC Filmfest - Audience Award
Nominated - Palm Springs International Film Festival - Best Narrative Feature
Nominated - Cairo International Film Festival - Golden Pyramid
Nominated - Chlotrudis Award - Best Adapted Screenplay
Eden Is West Actress $2,868,787[3] Directed by Costa-Gavras
2011 Dans la tourmente $618,172[4] Directed by Christophe Ruggia
2012 Bankable Director Television film
2013 Les gamins Writer $14,000,000[5] Directed by Anthony Marciano
2014 Les Gazelles Director and writer $2,323,409[6]
2015 Marjorie Director Television series (1 episode)
2016 Grandmas Project Director and cinematographer Documentary short
2019 Osmosis Director Television series (2 episodes)
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gollark: Why ever not?
gollark: It was tested at one of the GTech deepdark research facilities.
gollark: That's not how it works, I tested it.
gollark: Invisibility doesn't really work in real life, silly.

References
  1. "#MeToo : Adèle Haenel explique pourquoi elle sort du silence". Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. JP. "Père et fils (2003)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. JP. "Eden à l\'ouest (2009)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. JP. "Dans la tourmente (2012)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. JP. "Les Gamins (2013)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. JP. "Les Gazelles (2014)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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