Monique Rutler

Monique Rutler was born on Feb 02, 1941 in France. Monique Rutler's big-screen debut came with Velhos São os Trapos directed by Monique Rutler in 1981. Monique Rutler is known for Francisca directed by Manoel de Oliveira, Teresa Menezes stars as Francisca 'Fanny' Owen and Diogo Dória as José Augusto. The upcoming new movie Monique Rutler plays is Sleight of Hand which will be released on Jun 29, 1984.

Living in Portugal since 1952, she stayed with her aunt in Paris during the long term holidays while she was a schoolgirl. It was then she got started in watching, and loving movies, at the Cinémathèque de Paris, where her aunt was deputy director. She was married twice, and had children from her first husband. In April 25, 1974, she came to the streets armed with a movie camera, and filmed the happiness of the people during the first hours of liberation from the Portuguese oppressive political regime. She was a film editor for several years, work she considered very intense and demanding, and which she loved. She was also assistant director to several movie directors, until she made her directorial debut with