Alexis Langlois

Alexis Langlois (born 1989) is a French film director and screenwriter, whose debut feature film Queens of Drama (Les Reines du drame) premiered in the Critics' Week program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

He previously directed a number of short films, the most noted of which, The Demons of Dorothy (Les Démons de Dorothy), won the Pardino d’argento SRG SSR for the International Competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival in 2021.[2] He has also been a two-time finalist for the Iris Prize, for Terror, Sisters! (De la terreur, mes soeurs!) in 2021[3] and for The Demons of Dorothy in 2022.[4]

He also directed "Marathon", a 2023 music video for pop singer Bilal Hassani which also starred porn actor François Sagat.[5]

A native of Le Havre, Normandy, he moved to Paris in 2007 to study film at Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis and the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy.[6] His sister, Justine Langlois, is an actress who regularly appears in his films.[6]

Filmography

  • Mascarade - 2012
  • Je vous réserve tous mes baisers - 2014
  • Trinkets and Dark Thoughts (Fanfreluches et idées noires) - 2016
  • Your Young Years Will Dry Your Tears (À ton âge le chagrin c'est vite passé) - 2017
  • Debout demain - 2017
  • Terror, Sisters! (De la terreur, mes soeurs!) - 2019
  • The Demons of Dorothy (Les Démons de Dorothy) - 2021
  • Queens of Drama (Les Reines de la drame) - 2024

References

  1. ^ Rebecca Leffler, "Charades takes on Critics’ Week queer musical ‘Queens Of Drama’". Screen Daily, 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ Jamie Lang, "‘The Demons of Dorothy’: A Subversive, Demon-Haunted Rumination on Transphobia Streams in Unifrance’s MyFrenchFilmFestival". Variety, 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ Chloe Edwards, "Iris Prize 2021: The Short Film Shortlist". Wales Arts Review, 2 November 2021.
  4. ^ Joseph Ali, "Iris Prize 2022: Premier LGBT+ film festival with £30,000 award returning to Cardiff". Wales Online, 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ Violaine Schütz, "Exclu : Bilal Hassani et François Sagat vivent une nuit d'amour torride dans un clip". Numéro, 21 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b Quentin Grosset, "Story : Alexis Langlois, le petit prince du trash qui va bousculer le cinéma français". Trois Couleurs, 7 November 2019.

External links

  • Alexis Langlois at IMDb
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