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Laetitia Masson

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Lætitia Masson
Laetitia Masson in 2012
Born (1966-08-18) 18 August 1966 (age 58)
Épinal, France
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1991–present

Lætitia Masson (born 18 August 1966)[1] is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed twelve films since 1991. Her film For Sale was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Early life and education

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Laetitia Masson spent her early years in Nancy, France. Her parents, both teachers, appreciated film. Masson saw her first film by Jean-Luc Godard at the age of seven.[3] Her father was an amateur filmmaker inspired by New Wave cinema,[4] and exposure to this love of film may have contributed to her study of literature and cinema in Paris, before studying as La Fémis film school.[3] There, Masson graduated from the “Département Image,” in 1991.[5]

Career

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Laetitia Masson has had a prolific film career, directing and writing several short and feature-length films. She has also worked in education and holds a position at La Fémis film school in Paris, France, where she currently directs a 3rd-year workshop.[6] In 2014, Masson was the president of the jury for general and international admissions.[7]

Feature films

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En avoir (ou pas)

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Written and Directed by Laetitia Masson, En avoir (ou pas) (1996), her first feature film, was very successful. The film, a production of CLP-Dacia Films and produced by Francois Cuel and Georges Benayoun, follows the story of Alice, a young woman from Boulogne that has just lost her job at the cannery, and Bruno, another lonely heart from Lyon working in construction.

For Sale

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Masson's second feature film, For Sale (1998) is about a woman, France Robert that has disappeared the day of her wedding and the detective that investigates her whereabouts while tracing her life through interviews.

Love Me

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In this film, Love Me (2000), a young woman that escapes her present and past realities in the safety of dreams chases after a singer in search of love. The film is produced by Ciné Valse and stars Sandrine Kiberlain.[8]

The Repentant

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In Masson's 2002 feature film, The Repentant (La Repentie), a woman looking to rebuild her life arrives in a new city, but a stranger man follows her.[9] Masson uses Isabelle Adjani as her femme fatale and incorporates themes of mystery and impulsiveness to illustrate the feeling of starting anew.[10]

Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil

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An adaptation of the book Pourqoui le Brésil by Christine Angot.[11]

Coupable

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An story of unfolding desire, temptation and passion, the maid and the widow are both investigated for the death of Mr. Kaplan.

G.H.B. (Être ou pas être)

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The story of love told from the story of everything, the "story of all stories."[12]

Filmography

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Director

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Short films

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  • Les Petits Bateaux (1988)
  • Un Souvenir de soleil (1990)
  • Chante de guerre parisien (1991)
  • Nulle Part (1993)
  • Veritage de l’amour (1994)
  • Je suis venue te dire (1997)[13]

Feature Length

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  • En avoir (ou pas) (1996)
  • For Sale (1998)
  • Love Me (2000)
  • The Repentant (2002)
  • Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004)
  • Coupable (2007)
  • G.H.B. (Être ou pas être) (2013)[14]
  • Un hiver en été (2023)
  • Suzanne la pleureuse (TBA)[15]

Television

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  • 3000 scénarios contre un virus (1994-1995), 1 episode
  • Vertige de l’amour (1995)
  • L’erotisme ve par… (2001) 1 episode
  • Quelle importance (2001)
  • X Femmes (2008- ), 1 episode
  • Enculées (2008) Season 1, Episode 4
  • Petite Fille (2011)[16]
  • Aurore (2017), 3 Episodes
    • Requiem (2017)
    • Les fantômes (2017)
    • L’enfance (2017)
  • Chevrotine (2022)

Writer

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  • Bar des rails (1991), credited as “script girl”
  • Chant de guerre parisien (1991)
  • Nulle part (1993)
  • En avoir (ou pas) (1996)
  • Je suis venue te dire (1997)
  • For Sale (1998)
  • Love Me (2000)
  • The Repentant (2002)
  • Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil (2004)
  • Coupable (2007)
  • X Femmes (2008- ), 1 episode
  • Enculées (2008) Season 1, Episode 4
  • Petite Fille (2011)
  • G.H.B. (Être ou pas être) (2013)
  • Aurore (2017), 3 Episodes
  • Requiem (2017)
  • Les fantômes (2017)
  • L’enfance (2017)

Actress

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  • Les dernières heures du millénaire (1990)
  • Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional (1993)
  • Souvenir (1996) – Cigarette Girl
  • Elie annonce Semoun (2000) - Various characters
  • Un grain de beauté (2003) - La sixième comedienne
  • Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil 2004) - Elle-même
  • X Femmes (2008) Episode: Enculées - La réalisatrice / The director
  • Number One (2017) - Femme Club Olympe[13]

Cinematographer

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  • Les surprises du ver à soie (1991)
  • Lents que nous sommes (1992)
  • La table d'émeraude (1992)
  • Dans ta bouche (2010)

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • La Belle Noiseuse (1990), Assistant Camera[13]

Awards

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2018 Winner – Best Director Prize – French Association of Series Critics: Aurore (2017)[17]

Further reading

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  1. Day, James T. Violence in French and Francophone Literature and Film Amsterdam ;: Rodopi, 2008.
  2. de Blois, Marco. "L’électidiogramme des émotions / En avoir (ou pas) de Laetitia Masson". 24 images no. 83-84 (1996): 80–80.
  3. Dobson, Julia. Negotiating the auteur: Dominique Cabrera, Noémie Lvovsky, Laetitia Masson and Marion Vernoux ;: Manchester University Press, 2012.
  4. Euvrard, Janine. "50 ans de cinéma fraçais au féminin". 24 images no. 82 (1996): 17–17.
  5. Higbee, Will and Sarah Leahy. Studies in French Cinema: UK Perspectives, 1985-2010;: Intellect Books, 2011.
  6. Hottell, Ruth A. and Janis L. Pallister. Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel;: Lexington Books, 2011.
  7. Ince, Kate. The Body and the Screen: Female Subjectivities in Contemporary Women's Cinema;: Bloomsbury, 2017.
  8. McFadden, Cybelle H. Gendered Frames, Embodied Cameras: Varda, Akerman, Cabrera, Calle, and Maïwenn ;: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

References

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  1. ^ SISCOT, André. "LES GENS DU CINEMA ©". www.lesgensducinema.com.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: For Sale". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b AlloCine. "Laetitia Masson". AlloCiné.
  4. ^ "film-documentaire.fr - Portail du film documentaire". www.film-documentaire.fr.
  5. ^ "Laetitia Masson". www.femis.fr.
  6. ^ "Laetitia Masson". 17 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Annales des concours". 21 August 2013.
  8. ^ "Love Me (2000)". en.unifrance.org.
  9. ^ "Objectif Cinéma : La repentie de Laetitia Masson avec Isabelle Adjani, Sami Frey, Samy Naceri (Points de vue)". www.objectif-cinema.com.
  10. ^ "The Repentant (La Repentie)".
  11. ^ "Pourquoi (pas) le Brésil".
  12. ^ "G.H.B."
  13. ^ a b c AlloCine. "Filmographie Laetitia Masson". AlloCiné.
  14. ^ "Laetitia Masson". www.unifrance.org.
  15. ^ "Laetitia Masson". 17 September 2014.
  16. ^ ""Petite Fille", grand film…". 26 January 2011.
  17. ^ "Film & Picture TV distribution". www.filmandpicture.com.
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