38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Without a Laugh

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Mathieu Amalric

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France
1990 Fiction 18 min
An ex-clown returns to his neighborhood of Menilmontant for the burial of his wife whom he had left years before.
With : Laurent Ziserman, Pierre Vial, Julien Verdier, René Bouloc, Josiane Levêque, François Berléand
Screenplay : Mathieu Amalric
Image : Jean-Marc Fabre
Sound : Nicolas Lefebvre
Editing : F.X Combret, Audrey Maurion
Decors : Marcelo Teles, Emmanuelle Duplay
Production : Subvention du GREC et aide de la FEMIS (montage, mixage)
Mathieu Amalric was born in 1965. Having left hypokhagne, he was an actor at Iosseliani's, an assistant director to Louis Malle and Danièle Dubroux and works as an assistant film editor "to get by".