Santiago Amigorena (; born 15 February 1962 in

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) is an

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and

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. In 2007, he was nominated at the

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for Best Film with '' A Few Days in September''.

Family and personal life

In 2003, he married actress Julie Gayet, but they divorced in 2006. Between 2005 and 2009, he lived with French actress

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Literary work

* ''Une enfance laconique'' (1998), P.O.L () * ''Une jeunesse aphone : les premiers arrangements'' (2000), P.O.L () * ''Une adolescence taciturne : le second exil'' (2002), P.O.L () * ''Le Premier Amour'' (2004), P.O.L () * ''1978'' (2009), P.O.L () * ''La Première Défaite'' (2012), P.O.L () * ''Des jours que je n'ai pas oubliés'' (2014), P.O.L () * ''Mes derniers mots'' (2015), P.O.L () * ''Les Premières Fois'' (2016), P.O.L () * ''Le Ghetto intérieur'' (2019), P.O.L () *: Winner of the "Prix des libraires de Nancy"" - Le Point, 201911 *: Folio Booksellers' Prize, 2021 *: Selected for the Prix Goncourt, Prix Renaudot, Prix Médicis 2019 * ''Il y a un seul amour'' (2020), Stock () * ''Le Premier Exil'' (2021), P.O.L () *: Selected for the Prix Médicis, 2021

Filmography

; As director and screenwriter * '' A few days in September'' (2006) * ''Another Silence'' (2011) * ''Les enfants rouges'' (2014) ; As a screenwriter * ''La Jalousie'', by Christophe Loizillon (1989) * ''Jean Galmot, adventurer'', by Alain Maline (1990) * ''Maigret et la maison du juge'' (TV movie), by

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(1992) * ''Les gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel'', by

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(1993) * ''Maigret et les caves du Majestic'' (TV movie), by

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(1993) * ''Le Fils du requin'', by

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(1993) * '' Le Péril jeune'', by

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(1994) * ''Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer'', by

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(1996) * ''

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'', by

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(1997) * ''Le Silence de Rak'', by Christophe Loizillon (1997) * '' After sex'', by

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(1997) * ''La voie est libre'', by

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(1998) * ''

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'', by

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(1998) * ''La révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu'', by Judith Cahen (1999) * ''Rien à faire'', by

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(1999) * ''

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'', by

(1999) * ''Regarde-moi (en face)'', by Marco Nicoletti (2000) * ''Bon plan'', by Jérôme Lévy (2000) * ''Tu ne marcheas jamais seul'', by Gilles Chevallier (2001) * ''Ma caméra et moi'', by Christophe Loizillon (2002) * ''The Wolf of the West Coast'', by

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(2002) * '' Not for, or Against'', by

(2002) * '' Upside Down'', by

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(2012) * ''Ce qui nous lie'', by

(2017) * ''Si tu voyais son coeur'', by

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(2017) * ''

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'', by

(2019 ) * ''Gloomy Eyes'' by Fernando Maldonado & Jorge Tereso (2019) * ''

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'' by

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(2022)

References

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