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

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for a year. Upon his return to France, he began his career in theatre and gained attention in

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. 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? is a 1999 French drama film directed by François Dupeyron. The film received two nominations at the César Awards 2000 and won Most Promising Actor for Éric Caravaca. Cast * Éric Caravaca - Nicolas * Jacques Dufilho - Noël, le grand-p� ...

'', 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

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* 1999 - ''

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

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* 1999 - ''

'' * 2000 - ''La parenthèse enchantée'', directed by Michel Spinosa * 2000 - '' Sans plomb'', director Muriel Téodori * 2001 - '' The Officers' Ward'', directed by

* 2002 - ''Les amants du Nil'', directed by Eric Heumann * 2002 - '' Novo'', directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin * 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 - '' Cliente'', directed by

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* 2009 - ''Eden à l'ouest'

directed by

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* 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'' * 2018 – '' Hippocrate'', directed by

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* 2019 - ''

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'' directed by

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* 2021 - '' Everything Went Fine'' directed by François Ozon * 2023 - '' Année Zéro'', directed by

References

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