Laurent Cantet

Name: Laurent Cantet
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Bol The first book-length study of Cantet’s work in English. It explores his unique working ‘method,’ and discusses his very particular way of constructing films at the uneasy interface of the individual, the group and the broader social context. Laurent Cantet is of one France’s leading contemporary directors. He probes the evolution and fault-lines of contemporary society, from the home to the workplace and from the Republican school to globalised consumption more acutely than perhaps any other French film-maker. His films always put his characters on the spot, challenging their assumptions about the world they live in. However, they also demand that the spectator rethink their own position in relation to what they are seeing. This is what makes Cantet such an important film-maker.This is the first book-length study of Cantet’s work in English. It explores his unique working method and discusses his very particular way of constructing films at the uneasy interface of the individual, the group and the broader social context. The book shows how the roots of his well-known later films can be found in his little-studied early works, and goes on to explore all his major fictions from Ressources humaines to Foxfire, combining careful close analysis with attention to broader cinematic, social and political contexts. The book takes a particular interest in how Cantet’s work helps us rethink the possibilities and limits of political cinema, in contexts where old resistances have fallen silent and new forms of protest are emerging. It will appeal to all those with an interest in French and European film as well as those who study contemporary France. Laurent Cantet is of one France’s leading contemporary directors. In a series of important films, including Human Resources, Time Out, Heading South, The Class and Foxfire, he takes stock of the modern world from the workplace, through the schoolroom and the oppressive small town to the world of international sex tourism. His films drive the hidden forces that weigh on individuals and groups into view but also show characters who are capable of reflection and reaction. If the films make their protagonists rethink their place in the world, they also challenge the positions of the viewer and the director. This is what makes them so worthy of study. Combining a fine eye for detail with broad contextual awareness, this book gives an account of all Cantet’s works, from the early short films to the major works. Martin O’Shaughnessy is a leading international writer on French cinema, especially in film and politics.

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The first book-length study of Cantet’s work in English. It explores his unique working ‘method,’ and discusses his very particular way of constructing films at the uneasy interface of the individual, the group and the broader social context. Laurent Cantet is of one France’s leading contemporary directors. He probes the evolution and fault-lines of contemporary society, from the home to the workplace and from the Republican school to globalised consumption more acutely than perhaps any other French film-maker. His films always put his characters on the spot, challenging their assumptions about the world they live in. However, they also demand that the spectator rethink their own position in relation to what they are seeing. This is what makes Cantet such an important film-maker.This is the first book-length study of Cantet’s work in English. It explores his unique working method and discusses his very particular way of constructing films at the uneasy interface of the individual, the group and the broader social context. The book shows how the roots of his well-known later films can be found in his little-studied early works, and goes on to explore all his major fictions from Ressources humaines to Foxfire, combining careful close analysis with attention to broader cinematic, social and political contexts. The book takes a particular interest in how Cantet’s work helps us rethink the possibilities and limits of political cinema, in contexts where old resistances have fallen silent and new forms of protest are emerging. It will appeal to all those with an interest in French and European film as well as those who study contemporary France. Laurent Cantet is of one France’s leading contemporary directors. In a series of important films, including Human Resources, Time Out, Heading South, The Class and Foxfire, he takes stock of the modern world from the workplace, through the schoolroom and the oppressive small town to the world of international sex tourism. His films drive the hidden forces that weigh on individuals and groups into view but also show characters who are capable of reflection and reaction. If the films make their protagonists rethink their place in the world, they also challenge the positions of the viewer and the director. This is what makes them so worthy of study. Combining a fine eye for detail with broad contextual awareness, this book gives an account of all Cantet’s works, from the early short films to the major works. Martin O’Shaughnessy is a leading international writer on French cinema, especially in film and politics.

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