” I have never done that “announces Ronald Chammah, in the preamble. ” That “, it’s giving an interview. Talk about him and not about others. To tell about himself, this discreet man of French cinema, this unknown known to known people. He comes across these constantly as he travels from one film festival to another, from Bologna in Italy to Morelia in Mexico, from Lyon to La Rochelle, from Cannes to Venice. He finds there, from year to year, Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro, Claire Denis or Quentin Tarantino. Stars he calls by their first name and whose names he lists with modesty.
Everyone in the world of cinephilia is familiar with his work in restoring and re-releasing restored heritage films, such as these six feature films by the father of Italian horror, Dario Argento, which are released in box sets this month. And cite as a model the two cinemas owned by Ronald Chammah on the left bank of Paris (the Christine Cinéma Club and Ecoles Cinéma Club). Specializing in repertoire cinema, they have also hosted the very rare big-screen screenings of Martin Scorsese’s latest Netflix films. (The Irishman), Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog), Guillermo del Toro (Pinocchio) and Noah Baumbach (White Noise, which will be released on the platform on December 30).
To her the light, to him the anonymity
He does all this work to revalorize forgotten heritage titles through his company Les Films du camélia, which he co-founded with Isabelle Huppert in the 1980s. The name is inspired by The Lady of the Camellias, 1981 film by Mauro Bolognini adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, on the set of which he met the actress, forty-two years ago, in Rome. He was script and first assistant to the director. She, a diaphanous redhead rewarded two years earlier by the interpretation prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Violette Noziere, by Claude Chabrol, held the title role. Since then, they share their life and have three children together (Lolita, Lorenzo and Angelo, born in 1983, 1988 and 1997).
She is one of the most famous French actresses in the world, one of the only ones to tour on three continents (Europe, Asia, North America), to work with famous directors as well as with beginners, and also to not being able to do without getting on the boards. She appears on the cover of newspapers, on television. She talks about her job, always. Of his private life, never. He sticks to the same discipline.
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