François Ozon (b. 1967) is one of France’s more internationally celebrated mid-career filmmakers. Of his nine features, four take place, at least in part, at the seaside. In his films, beaches, despite both their natural promise of light and freedom and Ozon’s own claim that they “are timeless spaces, providing abstraction and purity,” are actually menacing and even murderous places. This survey of Ozon’s beach films—including his most recent, Time to Leave, prior to its American release—illuminates Ozon’s disquieting view of the seashore. All films written and directed by Ozon; from France; and in French with English subtitles.
Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film and Media.
Thanks to Strand Releasing, ThinkFilm, The Weinstein Company, and Zeitgeist Films.