Philippe Faucon
Philippe FAUCON (1958, Oujda, Morocco) studied modern literature at the University of Aix-en-Provence in France and started directing television programmes and (short) films. His features have been screened at several festivals.
Filmography
L'amour (1989), Sabine (1992), Muriel fait le désespoir de ses parents (1995), Tout n'est pas en noir/All Is Not Black (1996, short), Les étrangers/The Strangers (1999), Samia (2000), La trahison/The Betrayal (2005), Dans la vie/Two Ladies (2007)
Philippe Faucon at IFFR
Samia
Samia is a French teenager of Algerian origins whose modern ideas clash with the traditions ah home, where her father guards over her morals hardhandedly - and when he is in hospital, her brother takes over.
75'
France
IFFR 2001
La trahison
The complexity and absurdity of war is powerfully portrayed in this psychologically motivated story about treachery during the Algerian civil war.
80'
France
IFFR 2006
Dans la vie
A young freethinking nurse of Algerian origins and her very pious mother take on the care of a bitter old Jewish woman who also comes from Algeria. Pent-up tensions lead to confrontations in this contemporary character play.
73'
France
IFFR 2008