François Favrat

Activities : Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Represented by : Zelig
Agent : Jean-François Gabard

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

A Better Life (2011)

Director : Cédric Kahn
Actors : Guillaume Canet, Leïla Bekhti, Slimane Khettabi, Abraham Belaga, Nicolas Abraham...
Associate production company : Les Films du Lendemain
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old boy, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but no finance of their own, they find themselves pushed...

Bitter Victory (2008)

Director : François Favrat
Actors : Christian Clavier, Clovis Cornillac, Sami Bouajila, Vimala Pons, Valérie Benguigui...
Associate production company : Les Films du Kiosque
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Xavier Alvarez is a small-time architect from Aix-en-Provence perpetually searching for social recognition. He set himself up in business and prospers, but can't manage to secure an important public works contract that would...

The Role of Her Life (2004)

Director : François Favrat
Actors : Agnès Jaoui, Karin Viard, Jonathan Zaccaï, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, Claude Crétient...
Associate production company : Les Films du Kiosque
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : A freelance journalist for a fashion magazine, Claire Rocher meets Elisabeth Becker, a film star. They have nothing in common: their personalities, relationships with men are completely different, not to mention their income and...

She's One of Us (2002)

Director : Siegrid Alnoy
Actors : Sasha Andres, Carlo Brandt, Catherine Mouchet, Éric Caravaca, Pierre-Félix Gravière...
Associate production company : BC Films
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Christine is just like everyone else. She knows how to do the shopping, to keep her house in order, to work as a temp secretary, to have lunch at her parents’ place, to join a driving school. But doesn’t she overdo each of these...

Mon meilleur amour (2000)

Director : François Favrat
Actors : Sasha Andres, Éric Elmosnino, Nathalie Richard, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo
Associate production company : Les Films du Kiosque
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : Jeanne, around thirty, sickly shy, does not succeed in admitting to Mathieu, her best friend, the loving feelings that she has for him. Accepting her confidante's role, she listens to Mathieu telling her the stories of his new...

5' très SM (1996)

Director : Philippe Rouquier
Actors : Antoine Duléry, Stéphanie Marchais, François Favrat
Associate production company : Horizon Productions
Genres : Fiction
Synopsis : She is an actress, he is a director. They connect immediately, even though she isn't right for the part. We observe their hostile and romantic encounter as the camera films the audition.

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Awards (1)

World Film Festival (Montréal) - 2004
Award for Best Screenplay : The Role of Her Life
Type : Feature film and short film festival
Location : Canada

Delegations (5)

	Seattle International Film Festival - 2005 Director : The Role of Her Life Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : United States
	New York Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Today - 2005 Director : The Role of Her Life Type : Unifrance festival Location : United States
	Rendez-vous with French Cinema in Paris - 2005 Director : The Role of Her Life Type : International market Location : France
	World Film Festival (Montréal) - 2004 Director : The Role of Her Life Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Canada
	Tokyo- French Film Festival - 2004 Director : The Role of Her Life Type : Feature film and short film festival Location : Japan