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Cécile Bois is known for:

  • Germinal
    It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them
  • The King Is Dancing
    Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
  • Destiny
    Though gay-themed stories about "coming out" and accepting one's sexuality are not uncommon in Western countries, such tales are still rare in many conservative African nations. Considered a ground-breaking film in its native Guinea, and filmed amidst a storm of controversy, Mohamed Camara's Dakan is the first of its nations films to directly address issues surrounding homosexuality. The story centers on the romance between two 20-year-old men, Manga and Sory who are first seen making out in a car. The trouble begins when Manga tells his widowed mother about his love for Sory, who is busy contending with his outraged father. The parents insist that the two never see each other again. Manga's mother then uses witchcraft to cleanse her son and change him into a heterosexual. Time passes and eventually Manga begins to date a girl. But it soon becomes apparent that try as he might, Manga's heart belongs to Sory.

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Biography

Cécile Bois is a French actress. She grew up in Lormont, Gironde. While at school, Bois joined an amateur theatre troupe. The following year, she entered the Conservatoire de Bordeaux which she subsequently left to join another theatre group named "Le théâtre en vrac". At age 19, Bois moved to Paris and began training at l'École de la rue Blanche. At this time, she met her future agent Chafika. Bois worked as a stage actor, on films such as Germinal and on television programmes such as Navarro. She auditioned for the role of Angélique in Robert Hossein's 1995 play, based on the novels by Anne Golon, and subsequently performed 130 times at the Palais des Sports. Bois starred in films such as Dakan, Ça n'empêche pas les sentiments, Lucky Punch, le montreur de boxe, and Le roi danse, but she has played greater roles on television. She starred as the female lead in Agathe contre Agathe in 2007; in 2010, she acted alongside Bruno Wolkowitch and Florence Pernel in the television film Le Désamour, which was directed by Daniel Janneau for France 3. From 2013, she played the title role in the France 2 series Candice Renoir. Bois played the lead role in the television drama series Gloria, a French remake of the 2017 British series Keeping Faith, released on 17 February 2022. As of 2018, Bois had been in a relationship with fellow actor Jean-Pierre Michaël, with whom she has two daughters, for several years. Source: Article "Cécile Bois" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.