Philippe Carcassonne

Production

Biography

Philippe Carcassonne is a French film producer. He is a frequent producer of films directed by Patrice Leconte, Benoît Jacquot, and his wife Anne Fontaine. He was nominated for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Film Awards for producing The Father (2020). After obtaining a degree in law and philosophy, Philippe Carcassonne worked as a journalist for the monthly film magazine Cinématographe, then as editor-in-chief of the newspaper Médias. In 1983, Carcassonne co-authored a film encyclopedia titled Le cinema with critic Claude Beylie, published by Éditions Bordas. Carcassonne launched his film production career in 1986 after meeting Pierre et Vacances president Gérard Brémond through mutual friends. Brémond provided Carcassonne with the funding necessary to begin in film production. Carcassonne has run the production company Cinéa (stylised Ciné@) since the mid-1980s. In 2021, Carcassonne became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 1994, Carcassonne married the Luxembourger filmmaker Anne Fontaine. His brother is the journalist and publisher Manuel Carcassonne. Source: Article "Philippe Carcassonne" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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La Renaissance de Claude Sautet

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Tout était clair

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Tout était clair, the new episode of Gérard Courant's Carnets filmés spends considerable time in Saint-Marcellin, a small town in the Isère region at the foot of the Vercors mountain range, where the filmmaker lived during his childhood, and in Burzet, where, since 1980, he has filmed the Good Friday procession every year. A second part is devoted to a lecture by filmmaker Luc Moullet, who draws a comparison between the two French sports dailies: L'Équipe and Aujourd'hui Sport.

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Tout était clair

Production

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Presidents

5.3(0.1K)

A former french President, Nicolas, decides to persuade another one, François, to campaign together in order to return to the front stage of politics.

Coco Before Chanel

6.9(1.0K)

Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar. She's both a seamstress for the performers and a singer, earning the nickname Coco from the song she sings nightly with her sister. A liaison with Baron Balsan gives her an entree into French society and a chance to develop her gift for designing.

Man on the Train

6.7(0.1K)

A man, Milan steps off a train, into a small French village. As he waits for the day when he will rob the town bank, he runs into an old retired poetry teacher named M. Manesquier. The two men strike up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.

Romuald & Juliette

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A company president gets framed with a food-poisoning scandal and the only person who can help him is the evening cleaning-woman, who always seems to be at the right place at the right time.

Dry Cleaning

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A bored couple takes in a young man who turns their lives inside out.

Read My Lips

7.1(0.4K)

She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

The Son

6.7(0.6K)

A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.

God's Offices

6.7(0.0K)

A realist dramedy about dedicated social workers who devote their long shifts to helping pregnant women.

Ridicule

6.9(0.2K)

To get royal backing on a needed drainage project, a poor French lord must learn to play the delicate games of wit at court at Versailles.

The Illusionist

7.3(0.7K)

A French illusionist travels to Scotland to work. He meets a young woman in a small village. Their ensuing adventure in Edinburgh changes both their lives forever.

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The Illusionist

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