Christophe Loizillon

Break of Day (2013)

Beautiful, sad story told from multiple perspectives. A man picks a dahlia before entering his home. His dog senses something is wrong. The housekeeper makes tea before seeing the tragedy. Slowly the elements slot into place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Raphaël Bouvet  •  Alice Butaud  •  Philippe Frécon

Beautiful, sad story told from multiple perspectives. A man picks a dahlia before entering his home. His dog senses something is wrong. The housekeeper makes tea before seeing the tragedy. Slowly the elements slot into place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Raphaël Bouvet  •  Alice Butaud  •  Philippe Frécon

Ma caméra et moi (2002)

Max has two obsessions: filming God and the girls. His first camera, he drowns him at the age of six while trying to film a friend's "dick". The second, he steals it from a Japanese tourist couple. For the third, he seduces the saleswoman who ends up agreeing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Zinedine Soualem  •  Julie Gayet  •  Julien Collet  •  Isabelle Grare

Max has two obsessions: filming God and the girls. His first camera, he drowns him at the age of six while trying to film a friend's "dick". The second, he steals it from a Japanese tourist couple. For the third, he seduces the saleswoman who ends up agreeing to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Zinedine Soualem  •  Julie Gayet  •  Julien Collet  •  Isabelle Grare

I Hate Love (1997)

Independent Parisian doctor Annie finds herself in an emotional tangle when she tries to help single-minded HIV-positive patient Laurent and embarks on a brief affair with conceited actor Richard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Bruno Lochet  •  Patrick Catalifo  •  Alexandra London

Independent Parisian doctor Annie finds herself in an emotional tangle when she tries to help single-minded HIV-positive patient Laurent and embarks on a brief affair with conceited actor Richard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Bruno Lochet  •  Patrick Catalifo  •  Alexandra London

Août (1992)

The story of a few couples who have arrived at a point of no return whose history will cross, mingle or fall apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Herré
CAST:  Anouk Grinberg  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Jean-Louis Richard  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

The story of a few couples who have arrived at a point of no return whose history will cross, mingle or fall apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Herré
CAST:  Anouk Grinberg  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Jean-Louis Richard  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

The Silence of Rak (1997)

This French comedy-drama is loosely inspired by Crime and Punishment. The title refers to an unnamed country where lovers use silence to express their love for each other. Slightly unstable office worker Rak (Francois Cluzet) is not silent but rambles in monologues ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Elina Löwensohn  •  François Cluzet

This French comedy-drama is loosely inspired by Crime and Punishment. The title refers to an unnamed country where lovers use silence to express their love for each other. Slightly unstable office worker Rak (Francois Cluzet) is not silent but rambles in monologues ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Elina Löwensohn  •  François Cluzet

3 visages (2017)

This film presents six sequence shots of different faces. A young girl, a young woman, and an elderly woman live through a birth and a death in their own way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Isabelle Sadoyan  •  Camille Rutherford  •  Clémence Rousseau  •  Loïc Pichon

This film presents six sequence shots of different faces. A young girl, a young woman, and an elderly woman live through a birth and a death in their own way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
CAST:  Isabelle Sadoyan  •  Camille Rutherford  •  Clémence Rousseau  •  Loïc Pichon

Maman (2020)

A son try to speak to his old mummy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
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A son try to speak to his old mummy.  (more)

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Les Mains

Charly, René, Katiga, Zinedine and Madeleine tell in a few minutes the story of their hands, filmed in a static shot, placed on a table that is familiar to them. Five acquaintances of the director are invited to present their hands, and nothing else, to the camera ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
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Charly, René, Katiga, Zinedine and Madeleine tell in a few minutes the story of their hands, filmed in a static shot, placed on a table that is familiar to them. Five acquaintances of the director are invited to present their hands, and nothing else, to the camera ...  (more)

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40A (2021)

Whilst their game of tennis first looked as boring as usual, Pierrick and Alexis, two 30-year-old men who you wouldn’t call athletes, suddenly find themselves incredibly gifted players.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Papapietro
CAST:  Hugues Perrot  •  Louis Séguin  •  Sahbi Aloui  •  Louise Chevillotte

Whilst their game of tennis first looked as boring as usual, Pierrick and Alexis, two 30-year-old men who you wouldn’t call athletes, suddenly find themselves incredibly gifted players.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Quentin Papapietro
CAST:  Hugues Perrot  •  Louis Séguin  •  Sahbi Aloui  •  Louise Chevillotte

LES SEXES (2017)

The film is made up of a series of sequence shots on the sexes of a few people who tell us the story and the life of their sex.  (more)

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The film is made up of a series of sequence shots on the sexes of a few people who tell us the story and the life of their sex.  (more)

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LES VISAGES (2003)

Nine perfectly silent faces follow each other in a static shot. These faces do not speak. They think, they think about their life. Will we be able to capture the flow of their thoughts by filming them?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
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Nine perfectly silent faces follow each other in a static shot. These faces do not speak. They think, they think about their life. Will we be able to capture the flow of their thoughts by filming them?  (more)

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L'escalier (2022)

A director has been filming his staircase which he has been climbing to the 6th floor for twenty years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
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A director has been filming his staircase which he has been climbing to the 6th floor for twenty years.  (more)

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ÊTRES VIVANTS (2014)

This film brings together in sequence shots men, animals and plants. It is an inventory of the cohabitation of living beings. Man's awareness of being alive among other living beings is diminishing. Gradually, we stopped considering animals and plants as truly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Loizillon
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This film brings together in sequence shots men, animals and plants. It is an inventory of the cohabitation of living beings. Man's awareness of being alive among other living beings is diminishing. Gradually, we stopped considering animals and plants as truly ...  (more)

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