Acting Wiazemsky made her on-screen acting debut at the age of 18, playing Marie, the lead character in
Robert Bresson's
Au hasard Balthazar (1966) after being introduced to the director by the actress
Florence Delay. It has been listed by critics as one of the
great films of all time. Filmmaker and
Cahiers du Cinéma critic
Jean-Luc Godard wrote a glowing review for the film, writing that "everyone who sees this film will be absolutely astonished...because this film is really the world in an hour and a half." Wiazemsky developed a relationship with Godard and they married in 1967. She starred in several of his films, including
La Chinoise (1967),
Week End (1967), and
One Plus One (1968). In the 1980s she began to write and direct. In 1994 she co-wrote the script for
U.S. Go Home, directed by
Claire Denis, set in 1960s France. She began to direct television documentaries.
Writing In addition to acting, Wiazemsky wrote several novels, including
Canines (1993),
Une Poignée de Gens (1998), and
Aux Quatre Coins du Monde (2001). ''Hymnes à l'Amour
was filmed in 2003 as Toutes ces belles promesses
(All the Fine Promises), directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac and starring Valérie Crunchant and Bulle Ogier. Her novel Jeune Fille
(2007) was based on her experience of starring in Au hasard Balthazar''. In 2015, she wrote the novel
Un An Après (“One Year After”), which chronicled her time shooting Godard's film
La Chinoise to when their relationship soured. It was developed into the feature film
Le Redoubtable by
Michel Hazanavicius. ==Personal life==