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Christophe Honoré (born 10 April 1970) is a French writer and film director, directing Ma mère (2004).

Honoré was born in Carhaix, Finistère. After moving to Paris in 1995, he wrote articles in Les Cahiers du Cinéma. He started writing soon after. His 1996 book Tout contre Léo (Close to Leo) talks about HIV and is aimed at young adults; he made it into a film in 2002. He wrote other books for young adults throughout the late 1990s. His first play, Les Débutantes, was performed at Avignon's Off Festival in 1998. In 2005, he returned to Avignon to present Dionysos impuissant in the "In" Festival, with Joana Preiss and Louis Garrel playing the leads.

A well-known director, he is considered an "auteur" in French cinema. His 2006 film Dans Paris has led him to be considered by French critics as the heir to the Nouvelle Vague cinema. In 2007, Les Chansons d'amour was one of the films selected to be in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. and some of his movies or screenplays (among them Les Filles ne savent pas nager, Dix-sept fois Cécile Cassard and Les Chansons d'amour) deal with gay or lesbian relations. His film Plaire, aimer et courir vite (Sorry Angel), about a writer who has contracted HIV in the 1990s, won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film in 2018. Honoré has been the screenwriter for some of Gaël Morel's films. The actors Louis Garrel and Chiara Mastroianni have each had roles in several of his films.

Honoré has also directed several operas for the stage. For the Opéra de Lyon he directed Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites in 2013, Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande in 2015, and Verdi's Don Carlos in 2018.

Filmography

Year Title English title Credited as Notes
Director Writer
2000 Les filles ne savent pas nager Girls Can't Swim Template:Yes Directed by Anne-Sophie Birot
2001 Nous deux Template:Yes Template:Yes Short film
2002 17 fois Cécile Cassard Seventeen Times Cecile Cassard Template:Yes Template:Yes Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard
2002 Tout contre Léo Close to Leo Template:Yes Template:Yes Telefilm
2002 Novo Novo Template:Yes Directed by Jean-Pierre Limosin
2004 Ma mère My Mother Template:Yes Template:Yes
2004 Le Clan 3 Dancing Slaves Template:Yes Directed by Gaël Morel.
2006 Dans Paris Inside Paris Template:Yes Template:Yes
2007 Les Chansons d'amour Love Songs Template:Yes Template:Yes Cabourg Film Festival - Best Director
Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
2007 Après lui After Him Template:Yes Directed by Gaël Morel.
2008 Hôtel Kuntz Template:Yes Template:Yes Short film
2008 Le Bruit des gens autour Sunny Spells Template:Yes Directed by Diastème.
2008 La Belle Personne The Beautiful Person Template:Yes Template:Yes Telefilm. Nominated—César Award for Best Adaptation
2009 Non ma fille tu n'iras pas danser Making Plans for Lena Template:Yes Template:Yes
2010 Homme au bain Man at Bath Template:Yes Template:Yes Nominated—Locarno International Film Festival - Golden Leopard
2011 Les Bien-aimés Beloved Template:Yes Template:Yes
2011 Let My People Go! Let My People Go! Template:Yes Directed by Mikael Buch.
2014 Métamorphoses Metamorphoses Template:Yes Template:Yes Nominated—Venice Film Festival - Venice Days Award
2015 Les Deux Amis Two Friends Template:Yes Directed by Louis Garrel.
2016 Les Malheurs de Sophie Sophie's Misfortunes Template:Yes Template:Yes
2018 Plaire, aimer et courir vite Sorry Angel Template:Yes Template:Yes Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or
2019 Chambre 212 On a Magical Night Template:Yes Template:Yes Nominated—Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un certain regard
2021 Guermantes Template:Yes Template:Yes




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