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Thomas Bidegain
Thomas Bidegain is a French screenwriter, producer and film director. He is noted for his collaborations with the director Jacques Audiard. He received the César Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2010 for ''A Prophet'' and Best Adaptation in 2013 for ''Rust and Bone''; both awards were shared with Audiard. Bidegain's directorial debut ''The Cowboys'' premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography Director * ''The Cowboys'' (''Les Cowboys'') (2015) * ''Selfie'' (segment "Vlog") (2020) * ''Soudain seuls'' (2023?) Screenwriter * ''À boire'' (2004), directed by Marion Vernoux * ''A Prophet'' (''Un prophète'') (2009), directed by Jacques Audiard * ''Rust and Bone'' (''De rouille et d'os'') (2012), directed by Jacques Audiard * ''Our Children'' (''À perdre la raison'') (2012), directed by Joachim Lafosse * '' Saint Laurent'' (2014), directed by Bertrand Bonello * ''La Famille Bélier'' (2014), directed by Eric Lartigau * '' Thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Audiard
Jacques Audiard (; born 30 April 1952) is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the son of Michel Audiard, also a film director and screenwriter. He has won both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language twice, in 2005 for ''The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' and in 2010 for ''A Prophet'', as well as winning the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. His 2012 film ''Rust and Bone'', competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and won the BFI London Film Festival Award for Best Film. His 2015 film ''Dheepan'' won the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Life and career Audiard was born in Paris. He began his screenwriting career in the 1980s with films including ''Réveillon chez Bob!'', ''Mortelle randonnée'', ''Baxter'', ''Fréquence Meurtre'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Bonello
Bertrand Bonello (; born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extremity. Career His directorial debut ''The Pornographer'' won the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. His next effort ''Tiresia'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. His film ''House of Tolerance'', a depiction of daily life in a fin-de-siècle Parisian bordello, premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. His 2014 film ''Saint Laurent (film), Saint Laurent'', a biopic of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Yves Saint Laurent, competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and received ten César Award nominations, including César Award for Best Film, Best Film and César Award for Best Director, Best Director. The film wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Winsley
''Lady Winsley'' (french: Qui a tué Lady Winsley?; gr, Ποιος Σκότωσε τη Λαίδη Γουίνσλεϊ; Lit.: ''Who Killed Lady Winsley?'') is a Franco- Turko- Belgian comedy noir murder mystery detective film directed by Hiner Saleem. Plot Lady Winsley, an American novelist and investigative journalist, is murdered in Büyükada, an island in the Prince archipelago in Turkey. Inspector Fergün arrives from Istanbul to head the investigation. With the help of Azra, the hotel owner at which he is staying at, he has to deal with a distrustful and secretive tight-knit community which harbours numerous taboos, ethnic tensions, has strong family ties, and is attached to ancient traditions. Cast * Mehmet Kurtulus: Fergan, detective *Ezgi Mola: Azra, hotel owner *Ahmet Uz: Kasim *Mesut Akusta Mesut Akusta (born 22 February 1964) is a Turkish actor. Akusta was born in Konya. He finished elementary school there. Upon his father's retirement, the family moved to Ayf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sisters Brothers (film)
''The Sisters Brothers'' is a 2018 Western film directed by Jacques Audiard from a screenplay he co-wrote with Thomas Bidegain, based on the novel of the same name by Patrick deWitt. An American and French co-production, it is Audiard's first English-language work. The film stars John C. Reilly (who also produced) and Joaquin Phoenix as the notorious assassin brothers Eli and Charlie Sisters, and follows the two brothers as they chase after two men (Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed) who have banded together to search for gold. The film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2018, where it won the Silver Lion for Best Direction, and was theatrically released in the United States on 21 September 2018. ''The Sisters Brothers'' received positive reviews from critics, with most praise going to its performances, characters, direction and soundtrack. It was a box office bomb, grossing $13.1 million against its $38 million production budget. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Racer And The Jailbird
''Racer and the Jailbird'' (french: Le Fidèle) is a 2017 drama film directed by Michaël R. Roskam, starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos. A gangster and a racing car driver fall in love, set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels. It was selected to be screened out of competition at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in 2017. It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It received five nominations at the 8th Magritte Awards, including Best Flemish Film. Plot In flashback Gigi as a boy is running from the police and his own father threatens to release attack dogs on him. Introduced to Bibi after a motor racing event, Gigi pretends he works importing and exporting cars, and asks her out on a date. As their relationship continues, comments from his friends about their wild youth and his time in juvenile detention raise her suspicions. In a private mome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Di Giusto
Stéphanie Di Giusto (also known by her former pseudonym "Paf le chien") is a French film director, photographer and art director. Life and career After her studies at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and ESAG Penninghen in Paris, Di Giusto began her career in advertising work for Orange and designing credits for the television network France 5. She subsequently directed music videos for Elsa Lunghini, Camille, NYPC, Rose, Brigitte Fontaine and Sliimy, among others. She has also collaborated with Vanessa Bruno, creating video installations and shorts for the designer's collections. In 2016, her feature directorial debut, '' The Dancer'', was selected to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dancer (2016 Film)
''The Dancer'' (in French: ''La Danseuse'') is a 2016 French biographical historical drama film directed and written by Stéphanie Di Giusto and co-written by Thomas Bidegain and Sarah Thiebaud, based on the novel by Giovanni Lista. The film stars Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp, François Damiens, Louis Garrel and William Houston. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Soko as Loie Fuller * Gaspard Ulliel as Louis * Mélanie Thierry as Gabrielle * Lily-Rose Depp as Isadora Duncan * François Damiens as Marchand * Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Armand * Denis Ménochet as Ruben * Amanda Plummer as Lili * William Houston as Rud * Shimehiro Nishikawa as Sada Yacco Production Wild Bunch sold the international rights of the film ''The Dancer'', about the legendary dancer Loie Fuller and her peer Isadora Duncan. Stéphanie Di Giusto would make her feature film directing debut, while Elle Fanning was previousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Knights
''The White Knights'' (french: Les Chevaliers Blancs) is a 2015 Belgian-French drama film directed by Joachim Lafosse and inspired by the events of the Zoé's Ark controversy in 2007. The film stars Vincent Lindon, Louise Bourgoin, Valérie Donzelli and Reda Kateb. It was selected to screen in the Platform section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was screened in the San Sebastián International Film Festival where Joachim Lafosse won the Silver Shell for Best Director. Cast * Vincent Lindon as Jacques Arnault * Louise Bourgoin as Laura Turine * Valérie Donzelli as Françoise Dubois * Reda Kateb as Xavier Libert * Stéphane Bissot as Marie Latour * Raphaëlle Lubansu as Nathalie Joris * Jean-Henri Compère as Roland Duchâteau * Philippe Rebbot as Luc Debroux * Yannick Renier as Chris Laurent * Tatiana Rojo as Christine Momboza * Catherine Salée as Sophie Tinlot * Luc Van Grunderbeeck as Yves Meynard * Tibo Vandenborre as Peter Demineur * Filip Peeters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dheepan
''Dheepan'' is a 2015 French crime drama film directed by Jacques Audiard and co-written by Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, and Noé Debré. The film was partly inspired by Montesquieu's ''Persian Letters'', as well as the 1971 film '' Straw Dogs'', with guidance from Antonythasan Jesuthasan, who stars as the title character. The film tells the story of three Tamil refugees who flee the civil war-ravaged Sri Lanka and come to France, in the hope of reconstructing their lives. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. It was later shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Sivadhasan is a Tamil Tiger soldier during the last days of the Sri Lankan Civil War. After the armed conflict resolves, his side loses and he is forced to move to a refugee camp. There he decides to move to France to take a fresh chance at life. However, in order to secure political asylum, he requires a convincing cover story. He is given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clément Cogitore
Clément Cogitore (born 27 August 1983) is a French contemporary artist and filmmaker. Combining film, video, installations and photographs, Cogitore questions the modalities of cohabitation between humankind and its own images and representations. Early life and studies Clément Cogitore grew up in Lapoutroie, in eastern France (Upper Rhine). Studying in Strasbourg at the Academy of Applied Arts and then at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains (French National Studio of Contemporary Art), Clément Cogitore developed his artistic practice at the crossroads of contemporary art and cinema. His brother, Romain Cogitore, is also a film director. Career Since 2011, Cogitore’s work has been screened and exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo, MADRE (Naples), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), MACRO (Rome), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), MoMA ( New-York), MNBA (Québec), SeMA Bunker (Seoul) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wakhan Front
''The Wakhan Front'' (french: Ni le ciel ni la terre) is a 2015 French war thriller drama film directed by Clément Cogitore. It was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Jérémie Renier as Antares Bonnassieu * Swann Arlaud as Jérémie Lernowski * Marc Robert as Jean Baptiste Frering * Kévin Azaïs as William Denis * Finnegan Oldfield as Patrick Mercier * Clément Bresson as Étienne Baxer * Sâm Mirhosseini as Khalil Khan * Christophe Tek as Stéphane Tek * Steve Tientcheu as Oscar Varennes * Patrick Ligardes as Officer Armenet * Hamid Reza Javdan as Sultan * Michaël Vander-Meiren as Philippe Le Thieur * Kamal Ait Taleb as Basile Delcourt Production The film was shot in the Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
