Alain Guiraudie

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The director was born in 1964, the son of a farming family in Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the southwest of France, where most of his films are set. His most successful film to date, Stranger by the Lake, won the Best Director Award in Un Certain Regard at Cannes as well as the Queer Palm. Also a novelist, he published his debut title “Ici commence la nuit” in 2014. His film Staying Vertical screened in competition at the 2016 Cannes film festival.

15-07-1964

Birthday

Cancer

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Total Films

Also known as (male)

Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, France

Place of Birth

15-07-1964

Birthday

Cancer

Zodiac Sign

Genres

Total Films

Also Known As (male)

Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, France

Place of Birth

Popular works

Media

Creative career

actor

5 Works

producer

1 Works

director

30 Works

writer

13 Works

other

1 Works

Stranger by the Lake

At a cruising spot near a lake, Franck falls in love with Michael, a handsome and lethally dangerous man. Even though Franck is aware of this, he chooses to follow his passion.

6.3

Year:

2013

Un petit cas de conscience

Two lesbians are victims of a break-in. Together with their clan of friends, they undertake a wild investigation, with suspense and rigour, to arrive at the truth. Sensitivities are aroused around life choices, and political choices. Questions of morality comically embellished with words of abuse falling into drunkenness.

0.0

Year:

2002

Sunshine for the Poor

On a hot Sunday morning, Nathalie Sanchez, an unemployed hair stylist, walks across the Causses plateau in search of a shepherd. When she finds one, he tells her that he has lost his flock. They walk together and while chatting they meet several times a shepherd's son turned outlaw, Carol Izba. The latter, despite being pursued by a famous bounty killer, Pool, proves unable to leave the region...

6.3

Year:

2001

Les Yeux au Plafond

A young man who has just experienced a breakup makes a variety of encounters throughout a day.

0.0

Year:

1993

Heroes Never Die

A 1990 short film from Alain Guiraudie concerning the conversations of two film makers as they meet each night.

4.8

Year:

1990