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Laurent Cantet

Activities : Director, Assistant Director, Adaptation/Dialogue Writer, Screenwriter, Director of Photography

Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (13 films)

FoxfireFoxfire (2012)

Director : Laurent Cantet
Actors : Raven Adamson, Katie Coseni, Madeleine Bisson, Claire Mazarolle, Rachel Nyhuus...
Associate production company : Haut et Court
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : 1955. A working class neighborhood of a small town in the United States. Five female teenagers make a life and death pact: they will be the Foxfire gang and will live by their own rules. But this freedom has a price...
7 Days in Havana7 Days in Havana (2011)

Directors : Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé...
Actors : Josh Hutcherson, Vladimir Cruz, Emir Kusturica, Alexander Abreu, Daniel Brühl...
Associate production company : Maneki Films (Full House), Borsalino Productions (Full House)
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : 7 Days in Havana is a snapshot of Havana in 2012, a contemporary portrait of this eclectic city, through a film  composed of 7 chapters directed by Benicio del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan...
The Class - Poster - FranceThe Class (2008)

Director : Laurent Cantet
Actors : François Bégaudeau, Nassim Amrabt, Laura Baquela, Vincent Caire, Olivier Dupeyron...
Associate production company : Haut et Court
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : François is a young French literature teacher of a class of teenagers in a rough school. He doesn't hesitate from engaging in stimuating verbal battles with Esmeralda, Souleymane, Khoumba, and the others, as though language itself...
Heading SouthHeading South (2005)

Director : Laurent Cantet
Actors : Charlotte Rampling, Louise Portal, Karen Young, Ménothy Cesar, Lys Ambroise...
Associate production company : Haut et Court
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Haiti, in the early eighties. A small hotel beside a beach paradise. A few single North American women have settled there among the flocks of tourists: Brenda, politically correct and in her forties; Ellen, a college professor,...
Time OutTime Out (2001)

Director : Laurent Cantet
Actors : Aurélien Recoing, Karin Viard, Serge Livrozet, Jean-Pierre Mangeot, Nicolas Kalsch...
Associate production company : Haut et Court
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Laid off from his job, Vincent, a business consultant, thinks up a new fictive job for himself in Geneva. In a bind financially – for although he’s not earning he’s got to appear to be – and increasingly obliged to fake work,...
Human Resources - Poster - FranceHuman Resources (1999)

Director : Laurent Cantet
Actors : Jalil Lespert, Jean-Claude Vallod, Chantal Barré, Véronique Pandelaère (de), Michel Begnez...
Associate production company : Haut et Court
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : 22-year-old Frank, a student in Paris at an major business school, returns to his parents' home while he continues his professional training in the factory where his father has worked for 30 years. After years of independence,...

Festival Selections (2)

Cesar Awards - French film industry awards - 2009Cesar Awards - French film industry awards - 2009
Meilleure Adaptation et Dialogues : The ClassFrançois Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet
Meilleur Film Français : The ClassCaroline Benjo, Laurent Cantet, Carole Scotta
Type : Awards
Location : France
Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2009Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2009
Press Junket Films : The Class
Type : International market
Location : France

Awards (2)

Cesar Awards - French film industry awards - 2009Cesar Awards - French film industry awards - 2009
Meilleure Adaptation et Dialogues : The ClassFrançois Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Laurent Cantet
Type : Awards
Location : France
Thessaloniki - International Film Festival - 1999Thessaloniki - International Film Festival - 1999
Award for Best Screenplay : Human Resources
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Greece

Delegations (29)

Rendez-vous with New French Cinema in Rome - 2013Rendez-vous with New French Cinema in Rome - 2013
Director : Foxfire
Type : Feature film festival
Istanbul Film Festival - 2013Istanbul Film Festival - 2013
Director : Foxfire
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Turkey
Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2013Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2013
Director : Foxfire
Type : International market
Location : France
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - 2012Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - 2012
Director : Foxfire
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Brazil
San Sebastian International Film Festival - 2012San Sebastian International Film Festival - 2012
Director : Foxfire
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Spain
Toronto - International Film Festival - 2012Toronto - International Film Festival - 2012
Director : Foxfire
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Canada
French Film Festival in Japan - 2010French Film Festival in Japan - 2010
Director : The Class
Type : Unifrance festival
Location : Japan
French Film Festival in the Czech Republic - 2008French Film Festival in the Czech Republic - 2008
Director : The Class
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Czech Republic
Stockholm International Film Festival - 2008Stockholm International Film Festival - 2008
Director : The Class
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : Sweden
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - 2008Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival - 2008
Director : The Class
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Taiwan
BFI London Film Festival - 2008BFI London Film Festival - 2008
Director : The Class
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : Great Britain
New York Film Festival - 2008New York Film Festival - 2008
Director : The Class
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : United States
Munich - International Film Festival - 2008Munich - International Film Festival - 2008
Director : The Class
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Germany
Helsinki Film Festival - 2006Helsinki Film Festival - 2006
Director : Heading South
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Finland
Stockholm French Film Festival - 2006Stockholm French Film Festival - 2006
Director : Heading South
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Sweden
City of Lights, City of Angels (Col-Coa) - Los Angeles - 2006City of Lights, City of Angels (Col-Coa) - Los Angeles - 2006
Director : Heading South
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : United States
New York Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Today - 2006New York Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Today - 2006
Director : Heading South
Type : Unifrance festival
Location : United States
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - 2005Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival - 2005
Director : Heading South
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Brazil
San Sebastian International Film Festival - 2005San Sebastian International Film Festival - 2005
Director : Heading South
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Spain
Toronto - International Film Festival - 2005Toronto - International Film Festival - 2005
Director : Heading South
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Canada
Venice International Film Festival  - 2005Venice International Film Festival - 2005
Director : Heading South
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : Italy
Stockholm French Film Festival - 2002Stockholm French Film Festival - 2002
Director : Time Out
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Sweden
Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival  - 2002Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival - 2002
Director : Time Out
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : Argentina
Rotterdam International Film Festival - 2002Rotterdam International Film Festival - 2002
Director : Time Out
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : Netherlands
Salt Lake City - Sundance International Film Festival - 2002Salt Lake City - Sundance International Film Festival - 2002
Director : Time Out
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : United States
Acapulco French Film Festival - 2001Acapulco French Film Festival - 2001
Director : Time Out
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : Mexico
New York Film Festival - 2001New York Film Festival - 2001
Director : Time Out
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : United States
European Film Awards - 2000European Film Awards - 2000
Director : Human Resources
Type : Awards
Location : Germany
Thessaloniki - International Film Festival - 1999Thessaloniki - International Film Festival - 1999
Director : Human Resources
Type : Feature film festival
Location : Greece
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