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69th edition. October 18-26, 2024
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In a near future where artificial intelligence reigns supreme, human emotions have become a threat. To get rid of them, Gabrielle must purify her DNA by going back into her past lives. There, she reunites with Louis, her great love. But she’s overcome by fear, a premonition that catastrophe is on the way.
He was born in Nice (France) in 1968, and his work alternates between the fields of music and film. In 1996 he adapted an autobiographical book by Pasolini into the creative documentary ‘Qui je suis’. His first feature film ‘Something Organic’ (1998), was presented in the Panorama section of the Berlin Festival, and his next work, ‘The Pornographer’ (2001), at the Cannes Critics’ Week, where it won the Fipresci award. He competed in the Official Selection of Cannes for the first time with ‘Tiresia’ (2003), and in 2008 he presented ‘On War’ in the festival’s Fortnight. A regular presence at the French competition, he has presented his feature films ‘House of Tolerance’ (2011), ‘Saint Laurent’ (2014; represented France at the Oscars and received ten César nominations.) and ‘Zombi Child’ (2020) there, while he premiered ‘Nocturama’ (2016) in San Sebastian, ‘Coma’ (2022) in Berlin and ‘The Beast’ (2023) in Venice. In 2014 he was the subject of an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou and published his album ‘Accidents’.
