Guillaume Nicloux
Actor, writer and filmmaker Guillaume NICLOUX (1966, France) started his career in theatre, and is renowned for directing films and series for French television. He is also co-founder of the theatre company, La Troupe, alongside two fellow actors Didier Abot and Nicolas Jouhet. His first film Les enfants volants (1990) was selected for film festivals in Berlin and Toronto. He won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival for The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq. Valley of Love (2015) was selected for the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, while his films have also appeared at IFFR in 1993 (La vie crevée) and 1995 (Faut pas rire du bonheur). Selected for IFFR 2023, he has described his film La tour (2022) as a contender for his most personal work for its portrayal of his childhood fear of a “life devouring void”.
Filmography
(selection) Les Enfants volants (1990), Faut pas rire du bonheur (1994), Le Poulpe (1998), Une affaire privée (2002), Cette femme-là (2003), Le Concile de pierre (2006), La Clef (2007), Holiday (2010), La Religieuse (2013), Valley of Love (2015), The End (2016), Les Confins du monde (2018), Thalasso (2019), La Tour (2022), La Petite (2023), Dans la peau de Blanche Houellebecq (2024), Sarah Bernhardt, La Divine (2024), Mi Amor (2026)
More info: Guillaume Nicloux
Guillaume Nicloux at IFFR
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La vie crevée
Guillaume Nicloux | 75' | France | -
A story about a chance encounter; told in a way that gives chance, improvisation, a role of its own.Two young couples happen to be stranded… -
Faut pas rire du bonheur
80' | France | -
Love story in which chance plays a major rôle. The maker calls it a pool of grotesque situations in which the tragedy sometimes becomes comic.
