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| Born | September 18, 1976 |
| Hometown | Enghien-les-Bains, France |
| Height | 6'0" (1.84m) |
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Cannes: Festival First-Timer Brie Larson Looks Like She Had a Blast Dancing on Red Carpet at Opening Ceremony
- At Tuesday’s press conference in Cannes featuring this year’s competition jury, Oscar winner Brie Larson was asked to recall her reaction upon receiving the call to serve. “I care so much about this medium and so to be in the company of these people I admire so much is a huge honor,” she answered. Larson […]
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | César Award | Best Actor | Peter von Kant | Nominated |
| 2023 | Los Premios Goya | Best Leading Actor | The Beasts (2022 film) | Winner |
| 2010 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Inglourious Basterds | Winner |
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- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Peter von Kant, review: gender-flipped remake of a 70s classic falls short
The ever-busy French auteur François Ozon owes a thing or 12 to the great German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a titan of cinema whose work still blazes with cruel fire. One of Ozon’s first features was Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000), a cheekily sinister adaptation of an obscure Fassbinder play.
- EntertainmentIndiewire
‘Peter von Kant’ Trailer: François Ozon Reimagines Fassbinder’s ‘Bitter Tears’ as Gender-Flipped Biopic
Exclusive: Celebrating the 50th anniversay of "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant," the Berlin hit is set to premiere at Frameline this weekend.
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
Berlin: 3 Questions With ‘Peter von Kant’ Star Denis Ménochet
Everyone who has watched Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009) remembers the opening scene: Christoph Waltz as ice-cold Nazi Col. Hans Landa interrogating a French dairy farmer suspected of hiding Jews. Waltz’s sinister charm is more than matched by French actor Denis Ménochet as the farmer, a restrained performance where haunted silences say more than any […]
- EntertainmentIndiewire
‘Peter von Kant’ Review: Francois Ozon Takes on Fassbinder in Experimental Gender-Swapped Drama
France's most prolific contemporary filmmaker offers up a playful but reverent remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant."
- EntertainmentVariety
‘Peter von Kant’ Review: A Diverting But Disposable Work of Fassbinder Fanfic From François Ozon
How do you make something real out of something that was artificial to begin with? Should you even try? François Ozon has, with “Peter von Kant”: a deconstructed, gender-swapped and then fastidiously reconstructed overhaul of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.” 50 years on, Fassbinder’s film remains as close to un-remake-able […]
- EntertainmentDeadline
Berlin Review: François Ozon’s Festival Opener ‘Peter Von Kant’
It’s a neat conceit, making the directing colossus of 1970s German cinema into the star of his own show. Peter Von Kant, the opening film of the Berlin Film Festival, is “freely adapted” by French director François Ozon from The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s highly stylized 1972 story of three […]
- EntertainmentDeadline
Isabelle Adjani, Co-Star Of Berlin Opener ‘Peter Von Kant’, Unable To Attend Premiere Due To Covid Close Contact
EXCLUSIVE: French actress Isabelle Adjani, co-star of the Berlin Film Festival’s opening film Peter Von Kant, has not traveled for the world premiere tonight due to being a close contact of someone with Covid, we understand from multiple sources. The film is being represented in Berlin by director Francois Ozon and stars Denis Menochet, Khalil Garbia […]
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
Berlin: Francois Ozon on “Betraying Fassbinder” in Fest Opener ‘Peter von Kant’
François Ozon must be experiencing a sense of Berlin deja vu. Back in 2000, the then 32-year-old Ozon brought Water Drops on Burning Rocks to Berlin. The film is a French adaptation of a play by Ozon’s idol, the legendary German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It won Berlin’s Teddy Award for best LGBTQ feature and […]
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
Berlin Film Festival Unveils Competition Lineup With Juliette Binoche, Elizabeth Banks Titles
The Berlin International Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 63rd edition next month. The event is planned as an in-person fest to run in an abridged, seven-day version Feb. 10-16, with four days of repeat public screenings through Feb. 20. Peter von Kant, François Ozon’s gender-flipped adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1972 […]
- EntertainmentDeadline
‘The Bitter Tears Of Zahra Zand’: Iranian Reimagining Of Fassbinder’s ‘Petra Von Kant’ Wraps In London
EXCLUSIVE: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1972 drama, is being reimagined for the second time in as many years, this time by a team of Iranian filmmakers. Fassbinder’s movie has also been adapted by high-profile French filmmaker François Ozon, with his French-language version starring Denis Menochet, Isabelle Adjani and Hanna […]
