Discovered in 1991 with the medium-length film La Vie des morts, Arnaud Desplechin was presented his first feature film in the official selection at Cannes, La Sentinelle (and he would return to the festival seven times). He then shot Comment je me suis disputé (ma vie sexuelle), revealing a whole generation of new actors. His performers are regularly awarded the most prestigious prizes, including the César for Best Actor for Mathieu Amalric in Kings and Queen, the 61st Cannes Film Festival Prize for Catherine Deneuve in A Christmas Carol, or the César for Best Actor for Roschdy Zem in Roubaix, a light. In 2015 he received the Cesar for Best Director for Three Memories of My Youth. The following year, he had great success with his first stage production, Father by August Strindberg, at the Comédie-Française, where he will return in 2020 with the adaptation of the play Angels in America by Tony Kushner.
Arnaud Desplechin films his father who has just sold the family house. Its emptying creates an opportunity to open drawers, browse old photos, and read ancient letters. His father chooses this moment to speak of his own mother Thérèse, who passed away when he was 18 months old. He has no memory of her, and yet he seems to know her very well.
Arnaud Desplechin films his father who has just sold the family house. Its emptying creates an opportunity to open drawers, browse old photos, and read ancient letters. His father chooses this moment to speak of his own mother Thérèse, who passed away when he was 18 months old. He has no memory of her, and yet he seems to know her very well.