A film director is spellbound by his actress, an obsession as inexplicable as it is destructive. Losing his head, the filmmaker will also lose his film and everything that was important in his life… –Locarno Film Festival
Jean-Paul Civeyrac (born 24 December 1964) is a French New Wave director whose films are usually characterized by close attention to music and actors’ bodies. He has adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, Hymnes à l’amour, with the title All the fine promises (2003). This movie was awarded by The Prix Jean Vigo 2003. Jean-Paul Civeyrac is professor at the French school, La Femis, and graduated from the University Lyon III (philosophy). His movie À travers la forêt was presented at Festival Paris Cinéma (2 July 2005) and at Toronto International Film Festival 2005 September. —Wikipedia