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Emmanuel Carrère: "Telling other lives than mine touches me"

2022-01-11T14:22:26.504Z


INTERVIEW - The writer, who directs Ouistreham, a free adaptation of Florence Aubenas' book, confides in his desire to reconnect with the genre of the novel.


Emmanuel Carrère has a long history with cinema. Critic (

Positif

,

Télérama

) before becoming a writer, he saw several of his works brought to the screen, with or without his collaboration (

The Adversary

,

The Snow Class

,

Other lives than mine

). Sworn writer of the novels of Fred Vargas for Josée Dayan on television, in 2003 he directed a documentary,

Retour à Kotelnitch

, and in 2005

La Mustache

, based on his novel. With

Ouistreham

, he transforms the story of Florence Aubenas (

Le Quai de Ouistreham

) into fiction by staging Juliette Binoche and non-professional actresses.

LE FIGARO.

- You come back to directing by adapting

Le Quai de Ouistreham

, by Florence Aubenas.

This choice may surprise.

Emmanuel CARRÈRE.

-

The surprise was also my first impulse.

Aren't there ten people better suited to do this than me?

Then I said to myself that it could be exciting.

What we can call an order can touch something so personal ...

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Source: lefigaro

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