Mehdi Belhaj Kacem (born 17 April 1973, Paris) is a
French-
Tunisia
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n actor,
philosopher, and writer.
Biography
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem was born in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
on April 17, 1973. He lived in Tunisia until he was 13. He was nominated for the Prix Michel Simon
Acteurs à l'Écran award for Best Actor for his part in the 2001 film ''
Wild Innocence
''Wild Innocence'' (french: Sauvage Innocence) is a 2001 French film directed by Philippe Garrel.
Plot
A young filmmaker wants to make a film about the social problem of heroin consumption. However, the film's producers are themselves heroin ...
''.
Kacem has had a number of his essays and articles translated into English. In 2014, his book ''Transgression and the Inexistent: A Philosophical Vocabulary'' was the first of his books to appear in English translation.
Filmography
*1995:''
To Have (or not)''
*2001: ''
Wild Innocence
''Wild Innocence'' (french: Sauvage Innocence) is a 2001 French film directed by Philippe Garrel.
Plot
A young filmmaker wants to make a film about the social problem of heroin consumption. However, the film's producers are themselves heroin ...
'', winner of the
FIPRESCI Prize
The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...
at the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival h ...
*2007: ''
La Petite souris'' (short)
Novels
* 1994 : ''Cancer'', éd. Tristram, col. « J'ai lu »/''Nouvelle génération'' n°5153.
* 1994 : ''1993'', éd. Tristram.
* 1996 : ''Vies et morts d'Irène Lepic'', éd. Tristram.
Books
* 1997 : ''L'Antéforme'', éd. Tristram.
* 2000 : ''Esthétique du chaos'', éd. Tristram.
* 2001 : ''Society'', éd. Tristram.
* 2001 : ''Essence n de l'amour'', éd. Fayard/Tristram.
* 2002 : ''Théorie du trickster'', avec ''EvidenZ'', Sens et Tonka éditeurs.
* 2002 : ''De la communauté virtuelle'', avec ''EvidenZ'',
Sens et Tonka éditeurs.
* 2002 : ''La Chute de la démocratie médiatico-parlementaire'' Sens et Tonka éditeurs.
* 2004 : ''Événement et Répétition'', préface d'Alain Badiou, éd. Tristram.
* 2004 : ''L'Affect'', éd. Tristram.
* 2004 : ''eXistenZ'', éd. Denoël.
* 2004 : ''Pop philosophie, entretiens avec
Philippe Nassif'', éd. Denoël.
* 2006 : ''La Psychose française, les banlieues : le ban de la République'', éd. Gallimard.
* 2006 : ''Incipit « L'Esprit du nihilisme »'', éd. Ikko.
* 2007 : ''Manifeste antiscolastique'', Nous éditions.
* 2009 : ''Ironie et vérité'', Nous éditions.
* 2009 : ''L'esprit du nihilisme, une ontologique de l'Histoire'', éd. Fayard.
* 2010 : ''Inesthétique et mimésis. Badiou, Lacoue-Labarthe et la question de l'art'', éd. Lignes.
* 2011 : ''Après Badiou'', éd. Grasset.
* 2020 :SYSTÈME DU PLÉONECTIQUE éd.Diaphanes.
References
External links
An overview of MBK's philosophy*
1973 births
Living people
French male film actors
Male actors from Paris
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