Meeting with Claude Lelouch for an exceptional “Cinema Lesson” at the Cinémathèque de Nice this Friday, April 4th at 7:30 PM.
In 2011, the director took stock of his career in his documentary “From One Film to Another,” which will be presented at the Cinémathèque following the Cinema Lesson.
The evening will be hosted by Jean-Jacques Bernard, journalist for Ciné+ Classic, Canal+ group, President of the Syndicate of Cinema and Television Critics; and Jean-Ollé Laprune, founder of the television channels Ciné+ Premier, Ciné+ Classic, cinema historian, and co-author of the book Claude Lelouch: User’s Manual (Calmann-Lévy, 2005).
Claude Lelouch loves taking on challenges with complete independence. A great cinema and actors enthusiast, he has directed over fifty films driven by his desires. He began his career by shooting reports worldwide. After making several short films for the Army Cinematographic Service, he founded his production company, “Les Films 13,” and made his first feature film, “Le propre de l’Homme.” He reached success in 1966 with his film “A Man and a Woman,” where Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée experience a romantic passion on the beach of Deauville. France was won over by his style. The spontaneity of his actors captured on the fly and the virtuosity of his lightweight camera shots became his trademark. The film was awarded at the Cannes Festival and crowned with two Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay, entering cinema history.
Claude Lelouch explores different cinematographic genres, from social comedies like “Smic, Smac, Smoc” to historical epics like “And Now… Ladies and Gentlemen” and crime dramas like “The Crook.”
Claude Lelouch has directed numerous stars of French cinema, including Yves Montand, Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Fanny Ardant, and more recently Johnny Hallyday and Eddy Mitchell in “We Love You, You Bastard.”
Director, producer, and screenwriter, Claude Lelouch often embarks on ambitious projects like “Édith et Marcel,” where he recounts the passion between Piaf and Cerdan, or “Les Misérables,” which he transposed to contemporary times. This film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 1996.
