The Artist (The Artist)
Contemporary World Cinema
Michel Hazanavicius / Feature Narrative / France / 2011 / 100 min / Colour / 35 mm
In Silent
Interests: Silent, Comedy, Drama, Romance
MENA Premiere
Synopsis
A visually enthralling homage to the early years of cinema, “Artist” is a black and white silent film set in Hollywood in the late 1920s. In an ambitious and beautifully executed celebration of the silver screen we follow the last great silent film star, George Valentin and his relationship with a beautiful extra whose star is on the rise in the talkie circuit.
About the Directors
Michel Haznavicius is a French film director, producer and screenwriter well known for his spy movie parodies “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” and “OSS 117: Lost in Rio”. He began his career in television as a director with Canal+. He moved into directing commercials and made his first feature, “La Classe Américaine” in 1993 followed by “Mes Amis” which starred his brother Serge Hazanavicius.
Credits
- Director
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Screenwriter
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Producer
- Thomas Langmann
- Editor
- Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius
- Executive Producer
- Antoine De Cazotte, Richard Middleton, Daniel Delume
- Music
- Ludovic Bource
- Cinematographer
- Guillaume Schiffman
- Sales Company
- Wild Bunch
- Distributor
- Teleview
- Cast
- Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, John Goodman, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle