Noël Mitrani | |
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| Born | November 11, 1969 Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Film director, Producer and Writer |
Noël Mitrani (born 11 November 1969) is a Canadian-born French film director, producer and screenwriter.[1]
Biography
Born in Toronto from French parents, he went back to France age of 5.[1] A graduate of history and philosophy at the Sorbonne, and for some time a press illustrator, Noël Mitrani entered cinema as a writer. He directed his first short film After Shave in 1999, a comedy set in a suburban supermarket.
Three other short films followed, the last of which Les Siens addresses the confusion possible between dream and reality.
In 2005, Mitrani established his own production company, StanKaz Films, and produced his first feature-length film On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi), a black comedy starring Laurent Lucas and Isabelle Blais.[2] The film won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
His second picture The Kate Logan Affair is a dark and mysterious thriller starring Alexis Bledel playing a psychologically unstable police woman.
His third picture The Military Man (Le Militaire), released in 2014, is a drama about a former French soldier, whose trauma caused by his memories of conflict leads him towards an unhealthy relationship with women.
In his 2017 film Afterwards (Après coup), Mitrani dissects the insidiousness of guilt as well as the unsuspected possibilities of survival.
In Cassy (2019), childhood and grieving confront some hot-button issues when sexual harassment enters the scene. Natacha Mitrani, the director’s daughter, is heartbreaking in the challenging role of Cassy.
Filmography
- After Shave - 1999
- Mal Barré - 2000
- Viol à la tire - 2001
- Les Siens - 2001
- On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) - 2006
- The Kate Logan Affair - 2010
- The Military Man (Le Militaire) - 2013
- Afterwards (Après coup) - 2017
- Cassy - 2019
References
- ^ a b "In film and life, all roads lead to Montreal". Montreal Gazette, January 15, 2007.
- ^ "'On the Trail of Igor Rizzi': Trip to nowhere". Toronto Star, February 2, 2007.
- ^ "Winners a list of surprises". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2006.
External links
- Noël Mitrani at IMDb