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6 unusual facts about Claire Denis


30th International Istanbul Film Festival

British rock band Tindersticks started their Claire Denis Film Scores 1995-2010 international tour on April 11 with a live performance of scores the band made for French auteur Claire Denis.

Claire Denis Film Scores 1996–2009

Released in 2011, the albums compiles the soundtrack music scored by the band to six films by Claire Denis.

Les Têtes Brulées

The band toured across Africa, Europe, the United States and Japan; some footage of this tour was used in Claire Denis' film Man No Run.

Nénette et Boni

Nénette et Boni (English: Nenette and Boni) is a 1996 feature film directed by Claire Denis, written by Denis in collaboration with Jean-Pol Fargeau.

Thierry Paulin

The 1994 movie J'ai pas sommeil (I Can't Sleep), by director Claire Denis (Chocolat, No Fear No Die) was based on the Paulin case.

White Material

White Material is a 2009 French film directed by Claire Denis and co-written with Marie NDiaye.


7th Yerevan Golden Apricot International Film Festival

Among the honorable guests of the festival were film legend Claudia Cardinale, one of the most well regarded stars of Italian and French cinema, Atom Egoyan, Semih Kaplanoglu, Claire Denis, Armen Medvedev, Rob Nilsson and Stanislav Govorukhin.

Denis Lavant

In 1998, Lavant appeared in the iconic Jonathan Glazer-directed video for the UNKLE song Rabbit in Your Headlights, and in 1999, he played one of the lead roles in Beau Travail, directed by Claire Denis.


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