Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.Et si on allait au théâtre ? Les concerts de fin d'année (pdf)
"Avec Éric Caravaca (Adrien), Denis. Podalydès (Henri), Sabine Azéma" The son of an engineer, Caravaca (of

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origin) studied literature while taking acting lessons. After obtaining his degree, he left for

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, where he joined l'École nationale supérieure d'arts et techniques du théâtre, and completed his formation at the

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. He then went to

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in 1993, where he studied at the Actors Studio for a year. Upon his return to France, he began his career in theatre and gained attention in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He made his film debut in 1996, in '' Un samedi sur la terre'' by

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. He played mostly small roles until '' C'est quoi la vie?'', directed by

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in 1999, which earned him the

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. He worked again with Dupeyron in '' La chambre des officiers'' in 2001, and appeared as Luc in

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's film '' Son frère'' in 2003, opposite

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. He directed his first film '' The Passenger'' in 2005, in which he also played a role (Thomas), opposite

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, which was presented at the

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Selected filmography

* 1998 - ''La voie est libre'', directed by Stéphane Clavier * 1999 - ''

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'', directed by Marion Vernoux * 1999 - ''La vie ne me fait pas peur'', directed by

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* 1999 - '' C'est quoi la vie?'' * 2000 - ''La parenthèse enchantée'', directed by Michel Spinosa * 2001 - '' The Officers' Ward'', directed by

* 2002 - ''Les amants du Nil'', directed by Eric Heumann * 2002 - '' Novo'', directed by

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* 2003 - '' Son frère'', directed by

* 2003 - '' That Woman'', directed by

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* 2004 - ''Inguelezi'', directed by

* 2005 - '' The Passenger'' * 2006 - '' La Raison du plus faible'', directed by

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* 2007 - ''Mon colonel'', directed by Laurent Herbiet * 2008 - ''

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'', directed by

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* 2009 - ''Eden à l'ouest'

directed by Costas Gavras * 2009 - '' Une petite zone de turbulences'', directed by Alfred Lot * 2010 - '' La petite chambre'', directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond * 2011 - '' Chicken with Plums'' directed by

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and Vincent Paronnaud * 2015 - ''

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'' directed by Antoine Cuypers * 2017 - '' Back to Burgundy'' directed by

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* 2017 - ''

Lover for a Day ''Lover for a Day'' (french: L'Amant d'un jour) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Philippe Garrel and starring Éric Caravaca, Esther Garrel, and Louise Chevillotte. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2017 Cannes ...

'' * 2019 - ''

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'' directed by

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* 2021 - ''

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'' directed by François Ozon

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