Alain Guiraudie

Alain Guiraudie

Born: July 15, 1964
in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, France
The director was born in 1964, the son of a farming family in Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the southwest of France, where most of his films are set. His most successful film to date, Stranger by the Lake, won the Best Director Award in Un Certain Regard at Cannes as well as the Queer Palm. Also a novelist, he published his debut title “Ici commence la nuit” in 2014. His film Staying Vertical screened in competition at the 2016 Cannes film festival.

Movies for Alain Guiraudie...

Stranger by the Lake
Title: Stranger by the Lake
Character: Philippe's Friend (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 2013
Type: Movie
At a cruising spot near a lake, Franck falls in love with Michael, a handsome and lethally dangerous man. Even though Franck is aware of this, he chooses to follow his passion.
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Un petit cas de conscience
Title: Un petit cas de conscience
Character: Mario
Released: December 25, 2002
Type: Movie
Two lesbians are victims of a break-in. Together with their clan of friends, they undertake a wild investigation, with suspense and rigour, to arrive at the truth. Sensitivities are aroused around life choices, and political choices. Questions of morality comically embellished with words of abuse falling into drunkenness.
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Sunshine for the Poor
Title: Sunshine for the Poor
Character: Carol Izba
Released: March 7, 2001
Type: Movie
On a hot Sunday morning, Nathalie Sanchez, an unemployed hair stylist, walks across the Causses plateau in search of a shepherd. When she finds one, he tells her that he has lost his flock. They walk together and while chatting they meet several times a shepherd's son turned outlaw, Carol Izba. The latter, despite being pursued by a famous bounty killer, Pool, proves unable to leave the region...
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Les Yeux au Plafond
Title: Les Yeux au Plafond
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A young man who has just experienced a breakup makes a variety of encounters throughout a day.
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Heroes Never Die
Title: Heroes Never Die
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
A 1990 short film from Alain Guiraudie concerning the conversations of two film makers as they meet each night.