Laurent Cantet

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

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

Foxfire (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 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 (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 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 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 (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 - 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 - 2009 Press Junket Films : The Class Type : International market Location : France

Awards (2)

	Cesar 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 - 1999 Award for Best Screenplay : Human Resources Type : Feature film festival Location : Greece

Delegations (29)

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