Palme d’Or 2008 with “Entre les Murs”, director Laurent Cantet has died.
What struck you first, when you met him, was his kindness and his availability. His curiosity too. Filmmaker Laurent Cantet, who received the Palme d’Or in 2008 for his film “Entre les Murs”, died on Thursday, his agent announced to AFP, confirming information from Libération. “He died this morning in Paris of illness,” Isabelle de la Patellière told AFP. The director was working on a film project, titled “The Apprentice”, which was due to be released in 2025.
The Palme d’Or in 2008
Born in Melle, in Deux-Sèvres, to parents who were teachers, Laurent Cantet studied photography in Marseille, before joining IDHEC and working alongside Dominik Moll (“La Nuit du 12”) at the school. ) or Robin Campillo (“The Red Island”). After honing his skills as a cinematographer, in 2000 he directed his first notable television film for Arte, “Les Sanguinaires”, with Jalil Lespert. He reunited with the latter for his first film, the magnificent “Human Resources” which won the dedicated César in 2000. He again explored the world of work and the pressure of unemployment in “L’Emploi du temps” (2001), inspired by the Jean-Claude Romand affair, then adapts the author Dany Lafferière, “Towards the South” (2005).
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In 2008, it was the consecration. Adapted from the book of the same title by François Bégaudeau, who plays his own role, “Entre les Murs” unanimously won the Palme d’Or. Followed by an adaptation by Joyce Carol Oates, “Foxfire”, a Cuban variation of “Return to Ithaca”, the very beautiful “L’Atelier” which offered Marina Fois her finest role and recently “Arthur Rambo”, inspired by the Mehdi Meklat affair.
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A great film buff, a transmitter of culture, Laurent Cantet was also one of the instigators of LaCinetek, a VoD service dedicated to heritage cinema. With passion, he recommended seeing and rewatching his favorite films like “The Rules of the Game” by Jean Renoir. He was 63 years old.
