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Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

Laurent Bouzereau
90' / 2011 / France, United Kingdom
English
Spanish subtitled

The documentary ROMAN POLANSKI: A FILM MEMOIR tells the extraordinary story of Roman Polanski’s life, beginning with his childhood in the Cracow ghetto, his first films in Poland, the move to Paris, his career in Europe and America, crowned with an Oscar for THE PIANIST, the tragedy of the murder of his pregnant wife Sharon Tate in Los Angeles, the controversy surrounding his arrest in 1977, through to his work and life today in France with his wife Emmanuelle Seigner.The conversations were recorded during Roman Polanski's stay in his home in Gstaad where he was under house arrest for several months after he was apprehended on his way to the Zurich Film Festival in 2009.
The conversations are illustrated with excerpts from Polanski’s films, news footage, press clippings, private and exclusive photos, and documents chronicling the filmmaker’s remarkable life. The film premiered at the Zurich Film Festival in 2011.


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PIRATES (Piratas) Pase el 03/05 a las 17:30
Director Roman Polanski
País / Country Francia, Túnez / France, Tunisia
Año de producción / Year of Production 1986
Duración / Running Time 121 min
Idioma original / Language Inglés, Francés, Español / English, French, Spanish


NÓZ W WODZIE (Knife in the Water) Pases el 04/05 a las 19:30 y el 13/05 a las 21:50

Director Roman Polanski
País / Country Poland
Año de producción / Year of Production 1962
Duración / Running Time 93 min
Idioma original / Language Polaco / Polish

Main Festivals & Awards

CANNES 2012 / Zurich Film Festival / Gdynia Polish Film Festival / Munich Film Festival / Athens Film Festival

Director's Biography

Laurent Bouzereau was born and raised in France. In the early Eighties, Bouzereau moved to New York and worked in several areas of the independent film industry. In addition, he wrote his first book, THE DE PALMA CUT, a study of the cinema of director Brian De Palma.
Laurent Bouzereau moved to Hollywood, California in 1990 and worked in feature film development for Bette Midler at Disney Studios, while continuing writing books on cinema (Including the recently published THE ART OF BOND and ALFRED HITCHCOCK: PIECE BY PIECE.)
In 1994, Bouzereau wrote, directed and produced his first of many documentaries for Steven Spielberg, hence joining the home entertainment revolution. Bouzereau has directed, written and produced hundreds of documentaries on the making of the biggest films in the history of Cinema, by some of the most acclaimed directors of all-time, including: Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, William Friedkin, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Warren Beatty… and Roman Polanski. In 2011, Laurent Bouzereau directed the feature-length documentary ROMAN POLANSKI: A FILM MEMOIR, which premiered at the 2011 Zurich Film Festival.
For his work in the world of home entertainment, he has received several awards including a Career Achievement Award from FIMO (Festival International du ‘Making Of’), The Pioneer Award from the DVD Exclusive Awards and was named one of the top 50 leaders in the field of New Media by The Hollywood Reporter for two consecutive years.
Bouzereau is the director, writer and producer of the acclaimed television series A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, documentaries focusing on the history of film genres (Turner Classic Movies / Amblin TV.)
Laurent Bouzereau is currently at work on several new documentary projects, a book and a feature film.

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