Rémi Lange (born 4 February 1969 in

Gennevilliers Gennevilliers () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department of Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. History On 9 April 1929, ...

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

) is a French

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. Lange's films have mostly been released directly to video, except ''Omelette'' (

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

) where he filmed his own

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, and its sequel ''Les Yeux brouillés'' (

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

), which both had general cinematic release in France. His films have been shown and have won awards at film festivals around the world. Lange's films are not well known, but they do have a certain following. His usual themes are sexuality, notably

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and

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culture (''The Sex of Madame H'', 2005). His films sometimes deliberately use amateur technology (

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). They are rich in personalities and events, macabre and funny at the same time, and always provocative. Lange touched on comedy and horror with ''Mes Parents'' (2004). Lange founded his production company ''Les Films de l'Ange'' in 2004. In 2006, Lange directed '' Statross le Magnifique'' which was released on

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in France in June 2006. In 2007, Lange directed '' Devotee'' which was screened at many gay and lesbian film festivals. The OUTFEST 2008 guide described it as : "Daring and straightforward, DEVOTEE is the story of Hervé, an assertive 43-year-old man who was born without arms or legs. He meets a gorgeous young man online, a devotee (devoteeism (or acrotomophilia) is the sexual attraction to people with amputations) who seems like he might be different. Their encounter proves Hervé’s difficulty in finding a true connection with someone who is interested in treating him like a person rather than a mere fetish." '' Devotee'' was DVD released on the US in 2009. Lange's fifth feature, '' Partir'', the story of a young Tunisian boy going to France to shoot an underground movie, was released on DVD in France in August 2009.

Filmographie

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

: ''L'hospitalière'' *

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

: ''Les Anges dans nos campagnes'' *

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: ''Le Super-8 n'est pas mort, il bande encore'' * 1997 : ''Omelette'' *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

: '' Les Yeux brouillés''Les yeux brouillés
Les Inrockuptibles *

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

: ''L'invasion des pholades géantes'' *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

: ''Tarik el hob'' *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: ''Mes Parents'' *

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

: ''The Sex of Madame H'' * 2005 : ''Cake au Sirop de Cordom'' *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: '' Statross le Magnifique'' *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: ''Thyroid'' *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: ''Devotee'' (sélection aux Festivals New Fest de New York, Outfest de Los Angeles, aux festivals gays de Tel Aviv, Ljubljana, Barcelone où le film obtient une mention spéciale..., sortie États-Unis début 2009) *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: ''Partir'' (sortie DVD France le 31 août 2009) *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

: ''Le Fétichiste'' *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: '' Le Chanteur'' (Prix du Jury au Festival In&Out de Nice 2015, Grand Prix au Festival du film artisanal et audacieux de Joyeuse 2015) * 2018 : '' L'œuf dure'' * 2019 : ''Prouve que tu es gay'

* 2022 : ''Aboubakar et moi (chronique d'un confinement)'

sortie DVD France le 5 juillet 2022) * 2023 : ''Le Mexique m'excite''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lange, Remi 1969 births French film directors French male screenwriters French screenwriters French LGBTQ film directors French LGBTQ screenwriters Living people People from Gennevilliers French gay writers