In April 1968, when Garrel was 20, his first feature, Marie pour mémoire, won the top prize at the fourth annual festival of young cinema at Hyères (it was subsequently registered under the Zanzibar name). In his acceptance speech, Garrel announced that he was fed up with cinema; what interested him now was prophecy. If his film was to have a value, he declared, it should be like a cobblestone hurled into the cinema. That vision became real on the barricades in the Latin Quarter as the événements of May 1968 unfolded. —Sally Shafto
Philippe Garrel is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer. His movies have won him awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival. He was born in Paris in 1948, the son of actor Maurice Garrel. He started his film career early directing and writing his first film Lés Enfants Désaccordés in 1964. Garrel met Nico in 1969 when she performed the song “The Falconer” for his film Le Lit de la Vierge and the couple were soon living together. Nico first appeared in the 1972 film La Cicatrice Intériure (aka the Inner Scar). Songs included in the film appear on Nico’s album Desertshore, which features stills from the film on the front and back covers. Nico appeared in a number of Garrel’s films after this. Their ten year relationship ended in 1979.
Prix Jean Vigo for the film L’Enfant Secret. He won Perspectives du Cinéma Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984 for his 1983 film la Nuit Liberté. Over a ten year period, Garrel enjoyed… read more
