French director Laurent Tirard died on Thursday, September 5 at the age of 57. A popular filmmaker, he is responsible for several successful films.
The world of cinema mourns Laurent Tirard. The French director died on September 5 at the age of 57, as announced by his agent to Agence France Presse (AFP). “He left us […] after having led, with immense courage, a long fight against the disease”. The filmmaker had been battling lymphoma since 2012. He had received a bone marrow donation in 2013, which had not gone optimally, as he recounted a few years later.
The success of the series “Le Petit Nicolas”
Screenwriter and director, Laurent Tirard has given birth to a dozen feature films, some of which have been hugely successful. With over 5.5 million admissions, Le Petit Nicolas, adapted from the novels by René Goscinny and Sempé, is his biggest box-office success. Released in 2009, the film in which we find Kad Merad, Valérie Lemercier and Maxime Godart in the title role had a sequel, Les vacances du Petit Nicolas, in 2014. 2.4 million fans rushed to the dark rooms to enjoy the film.
Asterix, Molière and “A Man of Height”
In 2012, Laurent Tirard directed Asterix and Obelix: In His Majesty’s Service, a loose adaptation of the comic strip by Uderzo and Goscinny Asterix among the Bretons, with references taken from the album Asterix among the Normans. A big-budget film with a 5-star cast (Catherine Deneuve, Fabrice Luchini,…
- Femina.fr
