Alice Diop
January 1, 1979 · 47 years old
Born in Paris suburb, France. Her films, which question French society and its cultural diversity, have screened at festivals including Cinéma du Réel in Paris, BFI London, Karlovy Vary, the Viennale and the documentary film festival in Lussas, France. Her feature-length documentary La Permanence wo…
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4 titles
Saint Omer
Follows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Towards Tenderness
Four young men from the Paris suburbs talk about their masculinity. Their interior monologues, however, reveal other desires.
La permanence
The daily routine of a doctor who treats refugees at a hospital in Paris.
La mort de Danton
A black man from the Paris suburbs seeks to escape the violence of his immediate surroundings by training to become an actor at one of France's most prestigious drama schools.