For an exhibition that ultimately never took place, the Centre Pompidou asked the filmmaker to reply, in pictures, to the question: “Where are you at, Leos Carax?” His attempt at an answer is itself full of questions about himself and “his” world: “I don’t know, but if I were to reply, I would say…” Such is the genesis behind the aptly titled self-portrait It’s Not Me. In this essayistic collage, cult self-taught filmmaker Carax looks back at his childhood, assesses his first attempts at filmmaking, revisits his recent works of cinema, and interweaves personal history with world history. This forty-minute assault on the viewer’s senses, filled with material sure to inspire post-film discussion, had its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Anna Kořínek
41 min / Color, DCP
Director Leos Carax
/ Screenplay Leos Carax
/ Dir. of Photography Caroline Champetier
/ Sound Lucas Doméjean, Thomas Edelin
/ Editor Nelly Quettier
/ Art Director Florian Sanson, Jean-Noël Vincensini, Margaux Remaury
/ Producer Charles Gillibert, Leos Carax
/ Production CG Cinéma, Theo Films
/ Coproduction Arte France Cinéma
/ Cast Denis Lavant, Kateryna Yuspina, Nastya Golubeva Carax, Loreta Juodkaite, Anna-Isabel Siefken, Petr Anevskii, Bianca Maddaluno
/ Sales Les Films du Losange
Leos Carax (1960, Suresnes, France). Selected filmography: Boy Meets Girl (1984), Bad Blood (Mauvais sang, 1986), The Lovers on the Bridge (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf, 1991), Tokyo! (2008, co-dir.), Holy Motors (2012), Annette (2021), It's Not Me (C'est pas moi, 2024).
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