Jean-Louis Leconte

Jean-Louis Leconte

Birth : 1948-05-17, Paris, France

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Jean-Louis Leconte

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A Kid
Script Consultant
Matthieu, a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Montréal, he realizes that nobody is aware of his existence or even interested in it. He is alone, in hostile territory…Filled with secrets, this story about one man’s coming to term with the foreign family he never knew he had is complex with interconnected themes such as masculinity, family, paternity and filial devotion coiling in the layers underneath.
Alekan le magnifique
Director
Proper Attire Required
Writer
His estranged wife is worth millions, but poor Paris resident Richard is homeless and jobless. He applied for unemployment benefits and now faces charges of fraud. To save himself from nine months in jail he must find his wife and force her to tell the courts the truth, that though she has married a politically-ambitious American governor and is filing U.S. tax returns, she is technically still married to Richard. But as she lives in America, how can he get to her? Opportunity knocks when Richard learns that she and her husband will be attending an international conference at an exclusive Paris hotel. To get in he will need a disguise.
Welcome Aboard!
Writer
A philosophizing uninvited hitchhiker terrorizes a writer, who's selling dictionaries while he's struggling with writer's block.
Welcome Aboard!
Director
A philosophizing uninvited hitchhiker terrorizes a writer, who's selling dictionaries while he's struggling with writer's block.
A Stone in the Mouth
Writer
A fugitive takes refuge in a manor where a blind retired thespian lives.
A Stone in the Mouth
Director
A fugitive takes refuge in a manor where a blind retired thespian lives.
L'ombre et la nuit
Director
The everyday life of an anonymous prisoner on death row. His torments, memories and suicide attempts slowly lead him towards a silent madness that the ruthless prison system will not prevent before the final act.
Chaleur d'été
Director
A César nominated short film.
Allégorie
Two young men and a young girl, who do not know each other, try to escape a constraining society, in search of another world, which is in their image. In the raging crowd, they find each other, get lost, find themselves on a beach, where life becomes different. A film without dialogue and without words, bathed in music.
Le Temps d'une sèche
Director
La Décalcification
Writer
La Décalcification
Director