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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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Angel
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(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: Jeanne Moreau, Melvil Poupaud, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Director: Francois Ozon
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Francois Ozon's intimate and lyrical work features a moving performance by Melvil Poupaud as a 30 year-old man facing up to the reality of his own mortality. With his perfect life thrown into chaos by the shock diagnosis of a serious illness, fashion photographer Romain finds himself unable to ..read more »
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5 X 2
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss, Géraldine Pailhas
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: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, Isabelle Huppert
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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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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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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Water Drops On Burning Rocks
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier
Director: Francois Ozon
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Set in 1970s Germany, Leopold [Bernard Giraudeau], a 50-year-old businessman, seduces 20-year-old Franz [Malik Zidi]. They fall deeply in love and move in together. The rest of the movie focuses on the emotional turmoil that both endure as they grow apart, bickering over things of little importance...read more »
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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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Regarde La Mer And Other Films
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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Time to Leave
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(2005)
Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Director: Francois Ozon
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Run time: 78 minutes
One of Francois Ozon's most intimate and lyrical work, 'Time to Leave' features a moving performance from Melvil Poupaud as a 30 year-old man facing up to the reality of his own mortality. With his perfect life thrown into chaos by the shock diagnosis of a serious illness, fashion photographer ..read more »
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Playful or Pretentious? You decide 12 August 2004
...en I?d recommend this film to you. 3 out 5
Extras ? Trailer, Filmographies (Francois Ozon & R W Fassibinder), Production Notes ...
Criminal Lovers 19 August 2005
