TIFF '08: Christophe Barratier

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TIFF '08: Christophe Barratier

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Highlights:

Stylistically resembling “The Counterfeiters” and “The Lives of Others”, Christophe Barratier's new film FAUBOURG 36  is a period peice sure to draw the head of critics. We sat down with him to talk about his recreation of a difficult time in France's past.

See the rest of our coverage from the 2008 Toronto Film Festival

Transcript:

Christophe Barratier trained as a classical guitarist at l'École Normale Supérieure de Musique in Paris. He produced the feature documentaries Microcosmos (96) and Le Peuple migrateur (Winged Migration) (02) and the feature film Caravan (99) and directed the feature films Les Choristes (04) and Faubourg 36 (08).

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