Activities : Director, Scriptwriter, Adaptation and/or dialogue writer
Represented by : VMA
Agent : Catherine Meynial

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Dying or Feeling better(2007), from Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Ordo(2004), from Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Red Lights(2003), from Cédric Kahn
Modern Life(2000), from Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Ennui(1998), from Cédric Kahn
I Hate Love(1996), from Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Normal People Are Nothing Special(1993), from Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

Complete filmography

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa studied film in Paris. Two years later, she started working at Gemini Films, Paulo Branco’s company, learning all the ropes, from press attaché to theater operator. After many journeys and various odd jobs, Ferreira-Barbosa received funding from the Groupement de Recherches Cinématographiques and made her first short film, “Paris Ficelle.” The film received accolades, notably at the Belfort Film Festival. After another two equally acclaimed short films ("Adèle Frelon" was awarded the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand in 1986 and "Sur les talus" was nominated for a Cesar in 1987), she made a documentary about Ingmar Bergman. Her first feature, "Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional” (1993), deals with the theme of the fragility of the border separating normality and madness. Valéria Bruni-Tédéschi gives a great performance in this film that went on to reap awards in festivals around the world (Bronze Leopard at Locarno, Prix Cyril Collard, Prix Georges Sadoul). En 1994, Barbosa made “Paix et Amour” as part of the “Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge” series for the Arte television channel. "I Hate Love" (1997) further established the talent of the young filmmaker. Selected for the Cinémas en France section at Cannes (where it won the Youth Prize), the film shows a young doctor coping with existential confusion, stressed by a hypochondriac patient and a young HIV positive man (Laurent Lucas). However, illness doesn’t prevent optimism. She collaborated on the screenplay of Cédric Kahn’s "L'Ennui" in 1998. “Modern Life”, her latest feature staring Isabelle Huppert, Lolita Shammah, Frédéric Pierrot and Robert Kramer, was released in France in March 2000.