Christophe Honoré
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Christophe Honoré is a French writer and film director born in Carhaix, Finistère in 1970.
After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in "Les Cahiers du Cinéma." He started writing soon-after. His 1996 book Tout contre Léo (Close to Leo) talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a movie in 2002. He wrote other books for young adults throughout the late 1990s. His first play, Les Débutantes, was performed at Avignon's Off Festival in 1998. In 2005, he returns to Avignon to present his latest creation, Dionysos impuissant, in the "In" Festival; Joana Preiss and Louis Garrel, who has acted in a number of Honoré films, played the leads.
A well-known director, he is considered an "auteur" in French Cinema. His 2006 film "Dans Paris" has led him to be considered by French critics as the heir to the Nouvelle Vague Cinema. In 2007, Les Chansons d'amour was one of the films selected to be in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Some of his movies or screenplays (like Les filles ne savent pas nager, Dix-sept fois Cécile Cassard and Les Chansons d'amour) deal with gay or lesbian relations.
Honoré has been the screenwriter for some of Gaël Morel's films. He has also directed Romain Duris in five different films.
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[edit] Novels
- 1995 : Tout contre Léo (jeunesse), turned into a film in 2002
- 1996 : C'est plus fort que moi (jeunesse)
- 1997 : Je joue très bien tout seul (jeunesse)
- 1997 : L'affaire petit Marcel (jeunesse)
- 1997 : L’infamille (Éditions de L'Olivier, ISBN 2-87929-143-7)
- 1998 : Zéro de lecture (jeunesse)
- 1998 : Une toute petite histoire d'amour (jeunesse)
- 1998 : Je ne suis pas une fille à papa (jeunesse)
- 1999 : Les nuits où personne ne dort (jeunesse)
- 1999 : Mon cœur bouleversé (jeunesse)
- 1999: Bretonneries (jeunesse)
- 1999 : La douceur (Éditions de L'Olivier, ISBN 2-87929-236-0)
[edit] Theatre
- 1998 : Les Débutantes
- 2001 : Le pire du troupeau
[edit] Film director
- 2000 : Nous deux
- 2002 : Close to Leo (Tout contre Léo)
- 2002 : Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard (Dix sept fois Cécile Cassard)
- 2003 : Ma mère
- 2006 : Dans Paris
- 2007 : Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour)
- 2008 : The Beautiful Person (La Belle personne)
- 2009 : Making Plans For Lena (Non Ma Fille, Tu N'iras pas Danser)
- 2010 : Man at Bath (Homme au bain)
- 2011 : The Beloved (Les Bien-aimés)
[edit] Screenwriting
- 2000 : Girls Can't Swim (Les filles ne savent pas nager) by Anne-Sophie Birot
- 2001 : Nous deux
- 2002 : Dix sept fois Cécile Cassard
- 2002 : Novo by Jean-Pierre Limosin
- 2002 : Close to Leo (Tout contre Léo)
- 2003 : Ma mère
- 2004 : Le Clan by Gaël Morel
- 2006 : Dans Paris
- Le frère des taureaux
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Love Songs". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4435151/year/2007.html. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
[edit] Notes
- Rees-Roberts, Nick. French Queer Cinema, Edinburgh University Press (2008)
