Frédéric Fonteyne

Activities : Director, Assistant Director, Screenwriter

Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (6 films)

Tango libre (2012)

Director : Frédéric Fonteyne
Actors : François Damiens, Sergi López, Jan Hammenecker, Anne Paulicevich, Zacharie Chasseriaud
Co-production : Liaison Cinématographique, Nord-Ouest Films
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : JC is a prison guard. He is an ordinary man with an uneventful life. His only extravagance is taking tango classes one night a week. One day, he meets a newcomer, Alice. The next day, surprisingly, he sees her again during prison...

Gilles' Wife (2004)

Director : Frédéric Fonteyne
Actors : Emmanuelle Devos, Clovis Cornillac, Laura Smet, Alice Verlinden, Chloé Verlinden...
Associate production company : Liaison Cinématographique
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : It’s the 1930s, in a working class milieu. It’s the story of Elisa. Elisa is married to Gilles who works in a foundry. Sometimes he’s on the night shift, sometimes he’s on the day shift. The foundry never stops. Elisa looks after...

A Pornographic Affair (1999)

Director : Frédéric Fonteyne
Actors : Nathalie Baye, Sergi López
Co-production : ARP Sélection, Lazennec 3
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : A man, a woman, a sexual fantasy. The man and the woman decide to share this fantasy. First once, then several times. A relationship is insidiously created. Sex is not the only thing which brings them together. They begin to make...

The School of Flesh (1998)

Director : Benoit Jacquot
Actors : Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Martinez, Vincent Lindon, Marthe Keller, François Berléand...
Associate production company : Orsans Productions, Pyramide Productions
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : In modern Paris, Dominique leads the life of a well-off single woman, with a natural elegance enhanced by the style that goes with her job in a leading fashion house. When she meets Quentin in a gay bar, the young man's beauty...

Cha Cha Cha (1997)

Directors : Philippe Blasband, Frédéric Fonteyne
Actors : Albert Delpy, Lotfi Yahya-Jedidi, Isabelle Spade
Foreign production company : Artémis Productions
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : In a tacky dance-hall for lonely old ladies, Séverine comes to meet Jean-Pierre,her lover, a part-time gigolo. She has important news for him.

Max & Bobo (1997)

Director : Frédéric Fonteyne
Actor : Serge Larivière
Foreign production company : Artémis Productions

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Delegations (8)

	Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2013 Director : Tango libre Type : International market Location : France
	Warsaw Film Festival - 2012 Director : Tango libre Type : Feature film festival Location : Poland
	Namur International French-Language Film Festival - 2012 Director : Tango libre Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Belgium
	French Film Festival - Bienne - 2012 Director : Tango libre Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Switzerland
	Venice International Film Festival - 2012 Director : Tango libre Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Italy
	Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2005 Director : Gilles' Wife Type : International market Location : France
	Bangkok International Film Festival - 2005 Director : Gilles' Wife Type : Feature film festival Location : Thailand
	Sydney - Film Festival - 2000 Director : A Pornographic Affair Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Australia