FrameThrower · Actors · Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud
2 films · 131 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2007–2018
Born 17 January 1971 · Lyon, Rhône, France
Sylvie Testud was born on January 17, 1971 in Lyon. Her parents separated when she was two years old. She spent her youth in the Lyon district of Croix-Rousse, raised by her mother, an accountant. In high school, she learned Chinese. Very early fascinated by the cinema, the young girl identifies in particular with the complexed teenager character embodied by Charlotte Gainsbourg in L'Effrontée. Having moved to Paris to study history, she soon embarked on acting by joining the free class at Cours Florent and then the Conservatory, where her teachers were Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 131 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2007–2018
- Knight of the Legion of Honour2012
- Knight of the National Order of Merit2008
- Officer of Arts and Letters2016
- European Film Award for Best Actress2010
How their films are shot
Measured across 131 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sylvie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 55% of their frames are night, 58% low key — the look of the work Sylvie takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 131 frames from Sylvie Testud's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.