FOCUS ON A PRODUCER:
BRUNO LEVY
The Happy Hour Talk series continues during the weekend with a focus on a French producer on Saturday afternoon. Every year, a professional shares his/her experience and talk about the very unique system of production of films in France.
After Anne-Dominique Toussaint in 2013, COLCOA will honor one of the most talented and prolific producers of his generation, Bruno Levy (Move Movie, Ce Qui Me Meut), with three films and a Happy Hour Talk panel:
Thursday, April 24
TRUFFAUT Theater - 1:30 pm
Special Presentation • COLCOA Classics
Thursday, April 24
RENOIR Theater - 8:30 pm
West Coast Premiere
Saturday, April 26
TRUFFAUT Theater - 4:00 pm
West Coast Premiere
Saturday, April 26
TRUFFAUT Theater - 6:30 pm
HAPPY HOUR TALK
A forty-five minutes conversation with Producer Bruno Levy, moderated by Peter Caranicas, Deputy Editor Variety.
(Free admission)
Bruno Levy was born in Enghien-les-Bains in 1962. After graduating from high school in 1979, he moved to Paris and worked with theater director Jean-Claude Fall at the Théâtre de la Bastille.
In 1991, he became assistant director and, in 1993, began a career as casting director. Over the course of ten years, he was responsible for casting numerous successful French films, including La Vérité si je mens (1997) and Venus Beauty Institut (1999).
During that time, he met writer/director Cédric Klapisch and cast his film Le Péril jeune (1994). That film launched an entire new generation of French actors and, most notably, was the first film to feature Romain Duris.
Levy and Klapisch decided to extend their collaboration and joined forces to create the production company Ce Qui Me Meut, named for one of Klapisch’s short films, in 2000. Under this shingle, Levy has produced five films by Klapisch — L’Auberge espagnole (2002 – COLCOA 2014), an immediate hit that became a cult favorite for several generations of viewers; Russian Dolls (2004), Paris (COLCOA 2009), My Piece of the Pie (International Premiere – COLCOA 2011) and Chinese Puzzle (COLCOA 2014).
Concurrent with his work with Klapisch, in 2001 Levy created Move Movie, his own independent production company, affording him the opportunity to work with such writer/directors as Patrice Chéreau (Persécution 2009), Anne Le Ny (My Father’s Guests, COLCOA 2010), Mélanie Laurent (The Adopted - Best First Feature COLCOA 2012), and Katell Quillévéré (Suzanne – COLCOA 2014).
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