Country: France
Year: 2004
Duration: 9'
A house in
the country, a day in November. In a garden, a child is silently waiting
in a corner.
Biography
film director
Laurent Achard
Laurent Achard (France, 1967) debuted as a director in 1992 with the short film Qu’en savent les morts?, which was followed by Dimanche ou les fantômes (1994) and Une odeur de géranium (1997), which both received awards at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. In 1998, he directed his first feature film, Plus qu’hier, moins que demain, which received the Tiger Award in Rotterdam and the Cyril Collard Award at the Belfort Film Festival that same year. His next short film, La peur, petit chasseur (2004), was presented at the Quinzaine des réalisateurs in Cannes and was nominated for a César. His second feature film, Le dernier des fous, was selected to compete at the 2006 Locarno Film Festival, where it received the award for best director and the Prix Jean-Vigo. Dernière séance also competed in Locarno.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia/filmography
Qu’en savent les mort? (cm, 1992), Dimanche ou les fantômes (cm, 1994), Une odeur de geranium (cm, 1997), Plus qu’hier, moins que demain (1998), La peur, petit chasseur (cm, 2004), Le dernier des fous (2006), Dernière séance (2011).