Sonia Saviange
Acting
Biography
Sonia Saviange was born on March 25, 1923 in Bastia, Haute-Corse, France as Christiane Vecchiali. She was an actress, known for Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975). She died on June 22, 1987 in Paris, France.
Born: March 25, 1923
Place of Birth: Bastia, France
Known For
Far from Manhattan
Christian, an art critic, must write a study on the painter René Dimanche in order to understand why he did not produce anything for eight years. He asks his friend Ingrid to help him break through this mystery.
At the Top of the Stairs
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.
At the Top of the Stairs
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.
Femmes femmes
The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives in the expensive and difficult world of Paris.
The Theatre of the Matters
The fortunes of a small theatrical company based in the Paris suburbs.
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
Les Roses de la vie
François Truffaut said of Paul Vecchiali in his early days that he was "the only true heir of Jean Renoir." The first short film of this director, who was to become a singular figure of independent French cinema, follows the path of an elderly woman towards her memories and beyond. Attentive, affectionate and sometimes cruel, Vecchiali's camera invents its own expressive language.
The Strangler
Émile targets women he believes are too depressed to go on living. As multiple victims fall to his suffocating white scarf, an inspector resorts to unorthodox methods to get him with the assistance of a potential victim.
Don't Change Hands
A well-known politician receives a tape showing her son in a porno movie. She decides to hire a female detective to figure out who is trying to blackmail her.
Drugstore Romance
Pierrot, mechanic in Paris, falls madly for a female chemist his senior—who at first refuses him, only accepting love after being diagnosed with a deadly illness.
Filmography
as Rose
as Catherine
as La dame aux chats
as Ingrid
as La Folle
as Sonia
as Dorothée
as Jeanne Dumont, la mère de Pierre
as la secrétaire de Walder de Neuville
as The Pianist
as Isa-Marguerite
as Isa
as Sonia
as The Woman in Silk
as Mme Lopez