Arnaud Desplechin is one of the most acclaimed directors in world cinema, whose new film, Two Pianos, starring François Civil and Charlotte Rampling, is in theaters through Kino Lorber from May 1. He became the central figure of young French cinema thanks to several of his early films, including My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument (1996) and Esther Kahn (2000). In 2004, Desplechin completed Kings & Queen with Emmanuel Devos and Mathieu Amalric, both a critical and commercial hit, with Mathieu Amalric notably winning the César for Best Actor. In 2008, he cast Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Roussillon in his dramatic comedy A Christmas Tale and in 2013 went to the United States to shoot Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian, reuniting with his favorite actor Mathieu Amalric, alongside Benicio del Toro. In 2016, he won the César for Best Director for My Golden Days. Desplechin went on to stage a successful production of August Strindberg’s The Father at the Comédie-Française, followed by Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. (Photo by Marie Rouge / Unifrance.)
