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Francois Ozon
Having studied directing at the French film school La Femis, Ozon made several short movies like Une robe d'été (1996) and Scènes de lit (1998) that already display his defining style. His motion picture directing debut was Sitcom (also 1998), which was well-received both critically and by audiences.
After the Fassbinder adaptation Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000) came the movie which made him a name outside of France, 8 femmes, starring icons of French cinema as Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert, and Emmanuelle Béart. With its quirky mix of musical numbers and murder mystery and a production design harking back to 1950s Hollywood melodramas such as the ones directed by Douglas Sirk, this film became a huge commercial success.
In 2003, Swimming Pool starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier was released, considered by Ozon a very personal film that gives insight into the difficult process of writing a novel or screenplay.
In 2004, he directed the movie 5 X 2. In 2005, he debuted his latest film Time to Leave at various worldwide film festivals.
Ozon's first full English-language production Angel starring Romola Garai (I Capture the Castle, Vanity Fair), was released in early 2007. While filming Angel, Ozon developed a strong friendship with Romola Garai and now calls her his 'muse.'
Filmography
* 2009 : Ricky
* 2007 : Angel
* 2005 : Time to Leave (Le temps qui reste)
* 2004 : 5 X 2
* 2003 : Swimming Pool
* 2002 : 8 Women (8 femmes)
* 2000 : Under The Sand (Sous le sable)
* 2000 : Water Drops On Burning Rocks (Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes)
* 1999 : Criminal Lovers ( Les Amants Criminels)
* 1998 : Sitcom
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Francois Ozon - what members say
review by from Cardiff, Wales
Playful or Pretentious? You decide 12 August 2004
review by A customer from London, UK
Moody brilliance... 30 November 2005
review by SAI81 from Tonbridge
Criminal Lovers 19 August 2005
Francois Ozon - filmography
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Potiche
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Judith Godreche
Director: Francois Ozon
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Starring two of the most iconic stars of French cinema, Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Francois Ozon (8 Women, Swimming Pool), Potiche is a hilarious, stylish and subversive romantic comedy that turns the battle of the sexes on its head and refuses to ..read more »
 
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Potiche - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Judith Godreche
Director: Francois Ozon
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Starring two of the most iconic stars of French cinema, Catherine Deneuve and Gerald Depardieu and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fran?ois Ozon (8 Women, Swimming Pool), Potiche is a hilarious, stylish and subversive romantic comedy that turns the battle of the sexes on its head and refuses to ..read more »
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The Refuge
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Isabelle Carre, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Pierre Louis-Calixte
Director: Francois Ozon
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Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day they overdose, and Louis dies. Mousse survives, but soon learns she's pregnant. Feeling lost, she runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis brother joins her in her refuge. ..read more »
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Ricky
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Alexandra Lamy, Mélusine Mayance, Arthur Peyret
Director: Francois Ozon
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When Katie, an ordinary woman meets Paco, an ordinary man, something magical and miraculous happens: they fall in love. Out of their love comes an extraordinary baby : RICKY.
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Angel
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Janine Duvitski, Christopher Benjamin, Lucy Russell
Director: Francois Ozon
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Acclaimed French filmmaker François Ozon directs this lush adaptation of a novel by the English writer Elizabeth Taylor. ANGEL begins in England in 1905, with the beauty of the title (Romola Garai) ardently pursuing a career as a writer. Her book catches the fancy of the British public, and soon ..read more »
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Time to Leave
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Director: Francois Ozon
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A 30-year-old man faces up to the reality of his own mortality in this intimate and lyrical movie. The perfect life of a fashion photographer is turn upside down with the shock diagnosis of a serious illness. Full of anger and denial, he only tells his grandmother - until he meets a waitress...
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from 2,746 members
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5 X 2
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Géraldine Pailhas, Francoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale
Director: Francois Ozon
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Francois Ozon's (Swimming Pool, 8 Women) highly acclaimed latest film focuses on the five key moments in the life of a modern couple. 5x2 examines Gilles (Stephane Freiss) and Marion's (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) turbulent marriage, but the story is told in reverse order beginning with the divorce and ..read more »
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Swimming Pool
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance
Director: Francois Ozon
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In Francois Ozon's SWIMMING POOL, Charlotte Rampling plays Sarah Morton, a prim and proper British author who has written a successful series of mystery-crime novels. However, when she visits her London publisher (Charles Dance) in a dour mood, wearing a depressive pout, and complains that she's no ..read more »
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8 Women
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard
Director: Francois Ozon
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From French director Francois Ozon, 8 WOMEN is a character drama and musical set in a country home during Christmastime in the 1950s. Though the atmosphere seems light and festive, when the host, Marcel, is stabbed in the back, one of the eight women in the house must be the culprit. The youngest ..read more »
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Les Amants Criminels
(2000)
Starring: Jeremie Renier, Miki Manojlovic, Natacha Regnier
Director: Francois Ozon
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In this French thriller from Francois Ozon, Alice (Natacha Regnier) and her boyfriend Luc (Jeremie Renier) find themselves in a terrifying trap when they sneak out into the woods to cover up a crime they committed together, and then cannot find their way back out. Compared to THE BLAIR WITCH ..read more »
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Under The Sand
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Jacques Nolot, Bruno Cremer
Director: Francois Ozon
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Marie and Jean are a married couple, set in the rhythms of a life spent together. As they begin their regular holiday at their country house, nothing seems amiss. But one day at the beach, while Marie naps in the sand, Jean goes for a swim and vanishes without a trace. Frantic, Marie combs the ..read more »
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from 2,864 members
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Criminal Lovers
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Natacha Regnier, Jeremie Renier, Miki Manojlovic
Director: Francois Ozon
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In this French thriller from Francois Ozon, Alice (Natacha Regnier) and her boyfriend Luc (Jeremie Renier) find themselves in a terrifying trap when they sneak out into the woods to cover up a crime they committed together, and then cannot find their way back out. Compared to THE BLAIR WITCH ..read more »
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Sitcom
(1998)
Starring: Evelyne Dandry, Francois Marthouret, Marina de Van
Director: Francois Ozon
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A middle-class family must deal with racism, incest, homosexuality, and other issues when a pet rat comes into their life. A bitterly funny satire of family life from France.
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Regarde La Mer And Other Film
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sasha Hails, Marina de Van, Paul Raoux
Director: Francois Ozon
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François Ozon is one of the most provocative and vibrant filmmakers to emerge during the 1990s. His dark, mordantly psychological films draw their impact from often disturbing explorations of transgression and sexuality and combine wry humour, sensitivity and subversive insight with a talent for ..read more »
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