Daniel Auteuil

Jean de Florette (1986) and A Heart in Winter (1992) show how much French cinema has asked of Auteuil. His awkward, compromised Ugolin in the first is a long way from the inward-looking instrument maker of the second. Follow the difference in posture and emotional availability rather than expecting one familiar leading-man manner. These substantial roles make a useful starting pair for an actor whose career ranges across popular comedy and finely controlled drama.