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Nicolas Klotz

Director
The French director and screenwriter Nicolas Klotz, born in 1954, often creates his film projects in close collaboration with the filmmaker Élisabeth Perceval. His feature film *Paria* (2000) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prix François Chalais. His subsequent works, such as *The Wound* (La Blessure, 2004) and *Heartbeat Detector* (La Question humaine, 2007), were also presented in Cannes as part of the Directors' Fortnight. A more recent project is the documentary *The Wild Frontier* (L'Héroïque Lande, la frontière brûle, 2018), which screened in the Forum section at the Berlinale and addresses the situation of refugees.

Films

Low Life

Low Life

By Elisabeth Perceval, Nicolas Klotz

2011 | 124 min | Drama

Carmen and Hussain fall madly in love. But their love becomes a trap and Hussain begins to feel like he is being watched.

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Tuvalu

Tuvalu

1999 | 91 min | Drama

TUVALU is an island the main characters dream about as a place of refuge. A dream that seems unlikely to come true, given the fact that they are cut off from the outside world in a once opulent but now run-down and largely deserted swimming pool. "A small sensation" (Spiegel.de)

Burning Beds

Burning Beds

1988 | 83 min | Comedy

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2015 | 82 min | Independent

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The Dreamed Path

2017 | 87 min | Drama

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