Patrice Leconte Explained

Patrice Leconte
Birth Date:	12 November 1947
Birth Place:	Paris, France
Occupation:	Film director, actor, screenwriter, comic strip writer
Yearsactive:	1969–present

Patrice Leconte (in French patʁis ləkɔ̃t/; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.

Life and career

Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15.^[1] He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. While attending film school in the late 1960s, Leconte also worked as a cartoonist, in particular for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Pilote. He directed his first feature film in 1976, and had a number of major successes with comedy films that were barely distributed outside France. He first came to international attention in 1989 with Monsieur Hire, which was shown at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival^[2] and which was a radical departure from his previous work. Although he had already directed more than half a dozen features, many foreign critics, unfamiliar with his previous work, essentially treated him as a newcomer. Since then, he has alternated between films such as Ridicule and L'homme du train which have had success in the international arthouse market, and others, like Les Grands Ducs, whose appeal has been limited to France.

In the 2000s, Patrice Leconte received more recognition in the United States with the successful United States releases of Girl on the Bridge, The Widow of Saint-Pierre, Man on the Train and Intimate Strangers (Paramount Classics released three of these films in the United States^[3]). Ryan Mottesheard of IndieWIRE wrote: "you could even argue that no other foreign filmmaker (INCLUDING Pedro Almodóvar) has had as strong of an impact on United States arthouses."^[4]

An English language remake of Leconte's film Man on the Train was remade by an independent Hollywood studio in 2011, and two others are in 'development': Intimate Strangers and My Best Friend.^[5]

Patrice Leconte's film, The Suicide Shop, was screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival in Newport Beach, California, on 28 April and 2 May 2013.^[6]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Notes
1969	L'Espace vital
1971	Le Laboratoire de l'angoisse
1973	La Famille heureuse (Famille Gazul)
1991	Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS	Segment of Contre l'oubli
1992	Le batteur du Boléro
2007	Trac
	Dix films pour en parler

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Writer
1976	Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur
1978	French Fried Vacation
1979	French Fried Vacation 2
1981	Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine
1982	Ma femme s'appelle reviens
1983	Circulez y a rien à voir !
1985	Les Spécialistes
1987	Tandem
1989	Monsieur Hire
1990	The Hairdresser's Husband
1993	Tango
1994	Le Parfum d'Yvonne
1996	Les Grands Ducs
	Ridicule
1998	Une chance sur deux
1999	Girl on the Bridge
2000	The Widow of Saint-Pierre
2001	Félix et Lola
2002	Rue des Plaisirs
	The Man on the Train
2004	Intimate Strangers
2006	French Fried Vacation 3
	My Best Friend
2008	Beauties at War
2011	Voir la mer
2012	The Suicide Shop
2013	A Promise
2014	Do Not Disturb
2022	Maigret

Documentary film

Year	Title	Notes
1993	The King of Ads	Segment "Pilote commercial"
1995	Lumière and Company	Segment "La Ciotat 1996"
2004

Television

Box-office

Year	Title	Performance	Ref.
1976	Les vécés étaient fermés de l'intérieur	$3,483,367	^[7]
1978	French Fried Vacation	$17,314,830	^[8]
1979	French Fried Vacation 2	$11,518,357	^[9]
1981	Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine	$21,151,267	^[10]
1982	Ma femme s'appelle reviens	$8,916,300	^[11]
1983	Circulez y a rien à voir !	$8,133,292	^[12]
1985	Les Spécialistes	$39,896,565	^[13]
1987	Tandem	$4,483,185	^[14]
1989	Monsieur Hire	$5,980,540	^[15]
1990	The Hairdresser's Husband	$2,687,602	^[16]
1993	Tango	$4,798,440	^[17]
1994	Le Parfum d'Yvonne	$1,191,270	^[18]
1996	Les Grands Ducs	$3,755,175	^[19]
	Ridicule	$35,519,611	^[20]
1998	Une chance sur deux	$7,926,075	^[21]
1999	Girl on the Bridge	$11,171,846	^[22]
2000	The Widow of Saint-Pierre	$12,990,288	^[23]
2001	Félix et Lola	$480,382	^[24]
2002	Rue des Plaisirs	$1,873,072	^[25]
	The Man on the Train	$7,582,447	^[26]
2004	Intimate Strangers	$7,460,079	^[27]
2006	French Fried Vacation 3	$83,897,719	^[28]
	My Best Friend	$13,186,926	^[29]
2008	Beauties at War	$3,016,611	^[30]
2011	Voir la mer	$248,092	^[31]
2012	The Suicide Shop	$2,229,885	^[32]
2013	A Promise	$385,486	^[33]
2014	Do Not Disturb	$7,551,502	^[34]
2022	Maigret	$4,420,841	^[35]

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Notes
1981	Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine	Nominated – Chicago International Film Festival – Best Feature
1987	Tandem	Nominated – César Award for Best Film Nominated – César Award for Best Director Nominated – César Award for Best Writing
1989	Monsieur Hire	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film French Syndicate of Cinema Critics – Prix Méliès – Best French Film Guldbagge Award – Best Foreign Film National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Films Nominated – Cannes Film Festival – Palme d'Or Nominated – César Award for Best Film Nominated – César Award for Best Director
1992	Le batteur du Boléro	Kraków Film Festival – Don Quixote Award
1990	The Hairdresser's Husband	Louis Delluc Prize Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language Nominated – César Award for Best Film Nominated – César Award for Best Director Nominated – César Award for Best Writing
1996	Ridicule	BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film Chicago International Film Festival – Best Film César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Director David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film London Film Critics' Circle Award for Foreign Language Film of the Year Lumières Award for Best Film National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film Society of Texas Film Critics Award – Best Foreign Film Awards Circuit Community Awards – Best Foreign Language Film Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards – Best Foreign Film Online Film & Television Association – Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Cannes Film Festival – Palme d'Or Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1999	Girl on the Bridge	Cinemania Film Festival – Audience Award Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Don Quijote Award – Special Mention Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards – Best Foreign Film Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – César Award for Best Director Nominated – César Award for Best Film Nominated – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Crystal Globe Nominated – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Films Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards – Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Robert Festival – Best Non-American Film
2000	The Widow of Saint-Pierre	Moscow International Film Festival – Russian Film Critics Award Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – American Film Institute – Grand Jury Prize Nominated – Film Critics Circle of Australia – Best Foreign-Language Film Nominated – Moscow International Film Festival – Golden St. George
2001	Félix et Lola	Nominated – Berlin International Film Festival – Golden Bear Nominated – Verona Love Screens Film Festival – Best Film
2002	The Man on the Train	Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film National Board of Review Award for Top Foreign Films Venice Film Festival – Audience Award – Best Film Seattle Film Critics Awards – Best Foreign-Language Film Nominated – David di Donatello for Best Foreign Film Nominated – European Film Academy People's Choice Award for Best European Film Nominated – Venice Film Festival – Golden Lion Nominated – Central Ohio Film Critics Association – Best Foreign-Language Film Nominated – Online Film & Television Association – Best Foreign Language Film Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards – Best Foreign Language Film
2004	Intimate Strangers	Nominated – Berlin International Film Festival – Golden Bear Nominated – European Film Academy People's Choice Award for Best European Film Nominated – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Grand Prize
2006	My Best Friend	Nominated – David di Donatello for Best European Film
2011	Voir la mer	Nominated – Taormina International Film Festival – Golden Tauro
2012	The Suicide Shop	Nominated – European Film Academy Young Audience Award
2013	A Promise	Nominated – Magritte Award for Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Notes

• Lisa Downing, Patrice Leconte (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004)

External links

• • Patrice Leconte at Allmovie
• Short bio
• Interview with Patrice Leconte on The Widow of St. Pierre

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrice Leconte . www.staragora.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110505021641/http://www.staragora.com/star/patrice-leconte . 5 May 2011.
2. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Monsieur Hire . 1 August 2009 . festival-cannes.com . 21 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110821014318/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/228/year/1989.html . live .
3. News: Foreign-language fare lost in B.O. translation . Variety . Dave . McNary . 7 September 2006 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109030327/http://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/foreign-language-fare-lost-in-b-o-translation-1117949618/ . 9 January 2016 .
4. https://www.indiewire.com/article/arms_wide_open_patrice_leconte_talks_about_intimate_strangers Ryan Mottesheard: Arms Wide Open: Patrice Leconte Talks About "Intimate Strangers
5. Web site: From L.A. City Beat: Patrice Leconte, Unlikely Auteur. https://web.archive.org/web/20180729161534/https://neweraartist.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/from-la-city-beat-patrice-leconte-unlikely-auteur/. 29 July 2018. 9 July 2007.
6. Web site: The Suicide Shop Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Screenings. Newportbeach.festivalgenius.com. 7 November 2014. 7 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130407081306/http://newportbeach.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/thesuicideshop2_patriceleconte_newportbeach2013/. live.
7. Web site: Les Vécés étaient fermés de l\'intérieur (1976) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131826/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8190. live.
8. Web site: Les Bronzés (1978) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 28 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828104321/http://jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7783. live.
9. Web site: Les Bronzés font du ski (1979) . JPBox-Office . 21 November 1979 . 22 February 2022 . 28 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828083229/http://jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7634 . live .
10. Web site: Viens chez moi j\'habite chez une copine (1981) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013019/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7239. live.
11. Web site: Ma femme s\'appelle reviens (1982) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 26 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326080217/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7069. live.
12. Web site: Circulez y a rien à voir (1983) . JPBox-Office . 20 April 1983 . 22 February 2022 . 29 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200929015231/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6855 . live .
13. Web site: Les Spécialistes (1985) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 9 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150409202441/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=6385. live.
14. Web site: Tandem (1987) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005959/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5994. live.
15. Web site: Monsieur Hire (1989) – JPBox-Office . 28 July 2015 . 26 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160326081427/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5517 . live .
16. Web site: Le Mari de la coiffeuse (1990) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 2 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002353/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5327. live.
17. Web site: Tango (1993) (1993) – JPBox-Office . 28 July 2015 . 5 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012829/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4574 . live .
18. Web site: Le Parfum d\'Yvonne (1994) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020015/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4355. live.
19. Web site: Les Grands ducs (1996) – JPBox-Office . 28 July 2015 . 8 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308081817/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=3718 . live .
20. Web site: Ridicule (1996) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 1 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200101034916/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=3676. live.
21. Web site: 1 chance sur 2 (1998) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305093447/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=3069. live.
22. Web site: La Fille sur le pont (The Girl on the Bridge) (1999) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 22 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220222165504/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2763. live.
23. Web site: La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (The Widow of St. Pierre) (2000) – JPBox-Office . 28 July 2015 . 26 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160326081402/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2452 . live .
24. Web site: Félix et Lola (2001) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 26 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326080141/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=2277. live.
25. Web site: Rue des plaisirs (2002) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194700/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1867. live.
26. Web site: L\'Homme du train (The Man on the Train) (2002) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201125/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1862. live.
27. Web site: Confidences trop intimes (Intimate Strangers) (2004) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012610/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1102. live.
28. Web site: Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie (2006) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 21 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100421055044/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=320. live.
29. Web site: Mon meilleur ami (My Best Friend) (2006) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013806/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=363. live.
30. Web site: La Guerre des miss (2009) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 5 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305020148/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=10277. live.
31. Web site: Voir la mer (2011) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052134/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=12072. live.
32. Web site: Le Magasin des suicides (2012) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 30 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930152531/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=12834. live.
33. Web site: A Promise (2014) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 26 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160326081350/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=13967. live.
34. Web site: Une heure de tranquillité (Do Not Disturb) (2014) – JPBox-Office. www.jpbox-office.com. 28 July 2015. 10 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610095254/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=14492. live.
35. Web site: Maigret - Box Office Mojo. www.boxofficemojo.com. 25 April 2022. 25 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220425225959/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10545696/. live.