Katell Quillévéré (born 30 January 1980) is a French

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and

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, known for directing the films ''

Love Like Poison ''Love Like Poison'' (french: Un poison violent, ) is a 2010 French coming-of-age drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré and starring Clara Augarde, Lio and Michel Galabru. The film's title is taken from the song "Un poison violent, c'est � ...

'' (2010) and '' Suzanne'' (2013). In 2015 she was selected to be a member of the jury for the International Critics' Week section of the

2015 Cannes Film Festival The 68th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate ...

. She is the daughter of an IT worker and science teacher and until the age of 5 was brought up in the

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

. She comes from a

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family from

Finistère Finistère (, ; br, Penn-ar-Bed ) is a department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.

. Her family returned to Paris and after studying at the Lycée Fénelon, chose a career in cinema. Failing to get a place at la Fémis the French national film school she took a

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(DEA) at the l'université Paris-VIII where she also studied philosophy. During this time she met her partner another director-to-be Hélier Cisterne. With Sébastien Bailly she set up the Festival du cinéma at Brive dedicated to medium length films. She made a series of short films, the first was ''À bras le corps'' in 2005 which was selected for the

Quinzaine des réalisateurs The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival. It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festiv ...

at Cannes and nominated for a César. She then made ''L'Imprudence'' in 2007 and ''L’Échappée'' in 2009. Her first feature ''Un Poison violent'' (Love like Poison) was set in Brittany and was the story of a young adolescent girl torn between family loyalties, her religious beliefs and the changes from girl to woman. It won the Jean Vigo prize. Her second feature ''Suzanne'' was about a young woman living a normal life whose world is disturbed by a romance with a troubled man that takes her into a life on the wrong side of the tracks. It was shown at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and received good reviews with ''

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'''s critic describing her as treading in the steps of Maurice Pialat. In 2016 she released '' Réparer le vivants'' , Heal the Living which again received a César nomination.

Filmography

Awards and honors

Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and letters, Arts and Letters) is an Order (distinction), order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Ministry of Culture (France), Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the w ...

(2015)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quillevere, Katell Living people 1980 births French film directors French women film directors French women screenwriters French screenwriters People from Abidjan People from Finistère French people of Breton descent French expatriates in Ivory Coast Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres