Sophie Fillières, director of Arrête ou je continue, La Belle et la Belle or Un chat un chat died at the age of 58. Her friend Emmanuelle Devos announced her disappearance on Monday July 31 on social networks. “Thank you Sophie for your unique and precious talent, thank you for taking me into your wacky and moving world. I am devastated by the news of your passing. All the good memories of filming with you remain despite everything. You so rare and precious person… Affectionate thoughts to your loved ones, ”wrote the actress on her Instagram account.
During her career, Sophie Fillières will have directed many big names in French cinema such as Mathieu Amalric, Chiara Mastroianni, Sandrine Kiberlain or André Dussolier. Coming from the first promotion of Femis, she had just finished filming her latest film Ma vie, ma gueule in which Phillipe Katherine gave the reply to Agnès Jaoui. Comfortable behind and in front of the camera, she also appeared on the screen in Victoria by Justine Triet alongside Virginie Efira and Vincent Lacoste.
Raised by an Air-France station manager father and a mathematician mother then painter, Sophie Fillières grew up alongside her younger sister Hélène, who became an actress. The filmmaker will have two children, including actress Agathe Bonitzer, the fruit of her union with director Pascal Bonitzer.
