69th edition. October 18-26, 2024
69th edition.
October 18-26, 2024
October 18-26, 2024
He was born in 1964 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue (France). In his youth he wrote several unpublished novels before making his film debut with the short ‘Heroes Never Die’ (1990), which was followed by ‘Straight Ahead Until Morning’ (1994) and ‘La Force des choses’ (1997), and the medium-length films ‘Sunshine for the Poor’ (2000) and ‘That Old Dream That Moves’ (2001), the latter premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes and nominated for a César. In 2003 he made his feature film debut with ‘No Rest for the Brave’, premiered at the Cannes Fortnight, and later directed ‘Time Has Come’ (2005), ‘The King of Escape’ (2009, special prize of the jury in Gijón) and ‘Stranger by the Lake’ (2013), prize for best director at Un Certain Regard and Queer Palm in Cannes. With ‘Staying Vertical’ he returned to the French competition in 2016 and won the award for best director at the Seville Festival, and in 2022 he premiered ‘Nobody’s Hero’ in Berlin. ‘Miséricorde’ (2024) had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
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