The Girl from Nowhere
Theatrical release poster

French	La Fille de nulle part

Directed by	Jean-Claude Brisseau
Written by	Jean-Claude Brisseau
Produced by	Jean-Claude Brisseau
Starring	Virginie Legeay Claude Morel Jean-Claude Brisseau Lise Bellynck Sébastien Bailly Anne Berry Emmanuel Noblet
Cinematography	David Chambille
Edited by	María Luisa García
Production company	La Sorcière Rouge
Distributed by	Les Acacias
Release dates	8 August 2012 (2012-08-08) (Locarno Festival) 6 February 2013 (2013-02-06) (France)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Girl from Nowhere (French: La Fille de nulle part) is a 2012 French fantasy drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau. The film had its world premiere on 8 August 2012 at the 65th Locarno Festival,^[1] where it won the Golden Leopard.^[2]^[3] It was released theatrically in France on 6 February 2013 by Les Acacias.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Virginie Legeay [fr] as Dora
Claude Morel as Denis, the doctor friend
Jean-Claude Brisseau as Michel Deviliers
Lise Bellynck [fr] as Lise Villers, the former student
Sébastien Bailly [fr] as the fool
Anne Berry as death
Emmanuel Noblet [fr] as performer

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Films directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau

Films directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau
La vie comme ça (1978) Un jeu brutal (1983) De bruit et de fureur (1988) Noce Blanche (1989) Céline (1992) L'Ange noir (1994) Workers for the Good Lord (2000) Secret Things (2002) The Exterminating Angels (2006) À l'aventure (2008) The Girl from Nowhere (2012) Que le diable nous emporte (2018)

Golden Leopard winning films

Golden Leopard winning films
1946–1975	And Then There Were None (1946) Man About Town (1947) Germany, Year Zero (1948) The Farm of Seven Sins (1949) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Hunted (1952) Julius Caesar (1953) The Composer Glinka (1953) The Glass Wall (1953) Prince Bayaya (1954) Gate of Hell (1954) Wild Fruit (1954) Rotation (1954) The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) Carmen Jones (1955) The Emperor's Nightingale (1955) Il Grido (1957) Ten North Frederick (1958) Killer's Kiss (1959) Il bell'Antonio (1960) Fires on the Plain (1961) The Winner (1962) Transport from Paradise (1963) Black Peter (1964) Four in the Morning (1965) Courage for Every Day (1966) Entranced Earth (1967) The Visionaries (1968) Charles, Dead or Alive (1969) Those Who Wear Glasses (1969) Three Sad Tigers (1969) No Path Through Fire (1969) Lilika (1970) Mujo (1970) Soleil O (1970) End of the Road (1970) On the Point of Death (1971) They Have Changed Their Face (1971) The Friends (1971) Private Road (1971) Znaki na drodze (1971) Bleak Moments (1972) The Illumination (1973) Tűzoltó utca 25. (1974) The Son of Amir Is Dead (1975)
1976–2000	The Big Night (1976) Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977) The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978) The Herd (1979) To Love the Damned (1980) Chakra (1981) The Princess (1983) Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Alpine Fire (1985) Jezioro Bodeńskie (1986) O Bobo (1987) Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988) Schmetterlinge (1988) Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) Accidental Waltz (1990) Johnny Suede (1991) Autumn Moon (1992) The Place on a Grey Tricorne (1993) Khomreh (1994) Raï (1995) Nénette et Boni (1996) The Mirror (1997) Mr. Zhao (1998) Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999) Father (2000)
2001–present	Off to the Revolution by a 2CV (2001) The Longing (2002) Khamosh Pani (2003) Private (2004) Nine Lives (2005) Das Fräulein (2006) The Rebirth (2007) Parque via (2008) She, a Chinese (2009) Winter Vacation (2010) Back to Stay (2011) The Girl from Nowhere (2012) Story of My Death (2013) From What Is Before (2014) Right Now, Wrong Then (2015) Godless (2016) Mrs. Fang (2017) A Land Imagined (2018) Vitalina Varela (2019) Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021) Regra 34 (2022) Critical Zone (2023)