In Human Resources, Time Out and The Class, the Palme dβOr-winning film-maker β who has died aged 63 β addressed French and European society at all levels
Laurent Cantet was a classic product of the French cinema industry: a deeply intelligent, high-minded progressive film-maker of the same generation as Robin Campillo and Dominik Moll whose supremely literate, emotionally committed, stylish and well-acted movies aspired to address French and European society at all levels.
Cantet made films that you could imagine being discussed around a gregarious dinner table of fashionable Parisians, with glasses being avidly drained and refilled all round β in fact, you could imagine Cantet himself talking about his work at just this kind of gathering.
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