Laetitia Masson
Lætitia Masson | |
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![]() Laetitia Masson in 2012 | |
Born | Épinal, France | 18 August 1966
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Years active | 1991–present |
Lætitia Masson (born 18 August 1966)[1] is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed twelve films since 1991. Her film For Sale was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Laetitia Masson spent her early years in Nancy, France. Her parents, both teachers, appreciated film. Masson saw her first film by Jean-Luc Godard at the age of seven.[3] Her father was an amateur filmmaker inspired by New Wave cinema,[4] and exposure to this love of film may have contributed to her study of literature and cinema in Paris, before studying as La Fémis film school.[3] There, Masson graduated from the “Département Image,” in 1991.[5]
Career
[edit]Laetitia Masson has had a prolific film career, directing and writing several short and feature-length films. She has also worked in education and holds a position at La Fémis film school in Paris, France, where she currently directs a 3rd-year workshop.[6] In 2014, Masson was the president of the jury for general and international admissions.[7]
Feature films
[edit]En avoir (ou pas)
[edit]Written and Directed by Laetitia Masson, En avoir (ou pas) (1996), her first feature film, was very successful. The film, a production of CLP-Dacia Films and produced by Francois Cuel and Georges Benayoun, follows the story of Alice, a young woman from Boulogne that has just lost her job at the cannery, and Bruno, another lonely heart from Lyon working in construction.
For Sale
[edit]Masson's second feature film, For Sale (1998) is about a woman, France Robert that has disappeared the day of her wedding and the detective that investigates her whereabouts while tracing her life through interviews.
Love Me
[edit]In this film, Love Me (2000), a young woman that escapes her present and past realities in the safety of dreams chases after a singer in search of love. The film is produced by Ciné Valse and stars Sandrine Kiberlain.[8]
The Repentant
[edit]In Masson's 2002 feature film, The Repentant (La Repentie), a woman looking to rebuild her life arrives in a new city, but a stranger man follows her.[9] Masson uses Isabelle Adjani as her femme fatale and incorporates themes of mystery and impulsiveness to illustrate the feeling of starting anew.[10]
Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil
[edit]An adaptation of the book Pourqoui le Brésil by Christine Angot.[11]
Coupable
[edit]An story of unfolding desire, temptation and passion, the maid and the widow are both investigated for the death of Mr. Kaplan.
G.H.B. (Être ou pas être)
[edit]The story of love told from the story of everything, the "story of all stories."[12]
Filmography
[edit]Director
[edit]Short films
[edit]- Les Petits Bateaux (1988)
- Un Souvenir de soleil (1990)
- Chante de guerre parisien (1991)
- Nulle Part (1993)
- Veritage de l’amour (1994)
- Je suis venue te dire (1997)[13]
Feature Length
[edit]- En avoir (ou pas) (1996)
- For Sale (1998)
- Love Me (2000)
- The Repentant (2002)
- Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004)
- Coupable (2007)
- G.H.B. (Être ou pas être) (2013)[14]
- Un hiver en été (2023)
- Suzanne la pleureuse (TBA)[15]
Television
[edit]- 3000 scénarios contre un virus (1994-1995), 1 episode
- Vertige de l’amour (1995)
- L’erotisme ve par… (2001) 1 episode
- Quelle importance (2001)
- X Femmes (2008- ), 1 episode
- Enculées (2008) Season 1, Episode 4
- Petite Fille (2011)[16]
- Aurore (2017), 3 Episodes
- Requiem (2017)
- Les fantômes (2017)
- L’enfance (2017)
- Chevrotine (2022)
Writer
[edit]- Bar des rails (1991), credited as “script girl”
- Chant de guerre parisien (1991)
- Nulle part (1993)
- En avoir (ou pas) (1996)
- Je suis venue te dire (1997)
- For Sale (1998)
- Love Me (2000)
- The Repentant (2002)
- Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004)
- Coupable (2007)
- X Femmes (2008- ), 1 episode
- Enculées (2008) Season 1, Episode 4
- Petite Fille (2011)
- G.H.B. (Être ou pas être) (2013)
- Aurore (2017), 3 Episodes
- Requiem (2017)
- Les fantômes (2017)
- L’enfance (2017)
Actress
[edit]- Les dernières heures du millénaire (1990)
- Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional (1993)
- Souvenir (1996) – Cigarette Girl
- Elie annonce Semoun (2000) - Various characters
- Un grain de beauté (2003) - La sixième comedienne
- Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil 2004) - Elle-même
- X Femmes (2008) Episode: Enculées - La réalisatrice / The director
- Number One (2017) - Femme Club Olympe[13]
Cinematographer
[edit]- Les surprises du ver à soie (1991)
- Lents que nous sommes (1992)
- La table d'émeraude (1992)
- Dans ta bouche (2010)
Camera and Electrical Department
[edit]- La Belle Noiseuse (1990), Assistant Camera[13]
Awards
[edit]2018 Winner – Best Director Prize – French Association of Series Critics: Aurore (2017)[17]
Further reading
[edit]- Day, James T. Violence in French and Francophone Literature and Film Amsterdam ;: Rodopi, 2008.
- de Blois, Marco. "L’électidiogramme des émotions / En avoir (ou pas) de Laetitia Masson". 24 images no. 83-84 (1996): 80–80.
- Dobson, Julia. Negotiating the auteur: Dominique Cabrera, Noémie Lvovsky, Laetitia Masson and Marion Vernoux ;: Manchester University Press, 2012.
- Euvrard, Janine. "50 ans de cinéma fraçais au féminin". 24 images no. 82 (1996): 17–17.
- Higbee, Will and Sarah Leahy. Studies in French Cinema: UK Perspectives, 1985-2010;: Intellect Books, 2011.
- Hottell, Ruth A. and Janis L. Pallister. Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel;: Lexington Books, 2011.
- Ince, Kate. The Body and the Screen: Female Subjectivities in Contemporary Women's Cinema;: Bloomsbury, 2017.
- McFadden, Cybelle H. Gendered Frames, Embodied Cameras: Varda, Akerman, Cabrera, Calle, and Maïwenn ;: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.
References
[edit]- ^ SISCOT, André. "LES GENS DU CINEMA ©". www.lesgensducinema.com.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: For Sale". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ^ a b AlloCine. "Laetitia Masson". AlloCiné.
- ^ "film-documentaire.fr - Portail du film documentaire". www.film-documentaire.fr.
- ^ "Laetitia Masson". www.femis.fr.
- ^ "Laetitia Masson". 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Annales des concours". 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Love Me (2000)". en.unifrance.org.
- ^ "Objectif Cinéma : La repentie de Laetitia Masson avec Isabelle Adjani, Sami Frey, Samy Naceri (Points de vue)". www.objectif-cinema.com.
- ^ "The Repentant (La Repentie)".
- ^ "Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil".
- ^ "G.H.B."
- ^ a b c AlloCine. "Filmographie Laetitia Masson". AlloCiné.
- ^ "Laetitia Masson". www.unifrance.org.
- ^ "Laetitia Masson". 17 September 2014.
- ^ ""Petite Fille", grand film…". 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Film & Picture TV distribution". www.filmandpicture.com.
External links
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