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Noël Mitrani is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Set Decoration French born on 11 november 1969 at Toronto (Canada)
Noël Mitrani is a French and Canadian film director, film writer and a film producer through his own production company, StanKaz Films.
Three other short films followed, the last of which Les Siens addresses the confusion possible between dream and reality.
In 2005, Mitrani established his own production company, StanKaz Films, and produced his first feature length film Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi, a black comedy starring Laurent Lucas and Isabelle Blais. His second picture The Kate Logan Affair is a dark and mysterious thriller starring Alexis Bledel playing a psychologically unstable police woman.
His third picture Le Militaire is a drama starring Laurent Lucas playing a former French soldier who fought in Afghanistan.
His life is marked by his split cultural identity, French and Canadian, and this, along with his fascination for the 1970s and his compulsion to depict solitary figures fighting to overcome their torments, has found its way into his work.
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Noël Mitrani
Biography
Born in Toronto from French parents, he went back to France age of 5. A graduate of History and Philosophy at the Sorbonne, and for some time a press illustrator, Noël Mitrani entered cinema as a writer. He directed his first short film After Shave in 1999, a comedy set in a suburban supermarket.Three other short films followed, the last of which Les Siens addresses the confusion possible between dream and reality.
In 2005, Mitrani established his own production company, StanKaz Films, and produced his first feature length film Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi, a black comedy starring Laurent Lucas and Isabelle Blais. His second picture The Kate Logan Affair is a dark and mysterious thriller starring Alexis Bledel playing a psychologically unstable police woman.
His third picture Le Militaire is a drama starring Laurent Lucas playing a former French soldier who fought in Afghanistan.
His life is marked by his split cultural identity, French and Canadian, and this, along with his fascination for the 1970s and his compulsion to depict solitary figures fighting to overcome their torments, has found its way into his work.
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Filmography of Noël Mitrani (9 films)
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Cassy (2019)
, 1h44Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Rating69%
Cassy, une petite fille de 10 ans, vient de perdre sa mère. Elle se sent triste et seule, et doit subir la rudesse de son père qui est insensible à la mort de sa femme. Entre le père et la fille les relations sont tendues. Lorsqu’une jeune femme nommée Maya entre dans leur vie pour donner des cours de chant à domicile à Cassy, une relation d'affection profonde se crée entre la petite fille et la professeure. Mais ce bonheur est perturbé par le père de Cassy qui harcèle sexuellement Maya. La professeure est prise dans un dilemme : rester et subir la brutalité de cet homme ou abandonner Cassy qui a tant besoin d'elle.
Afterwards (2017)
, 1h34Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Laurent Lucas, Mohsen El Gharbi, Pascale Bussières, Laurence Dauphinais, Richard Fréchette
Rating75%
La vie de Marc bascule lorsqu'Aurélie, l'amie de sa fille, est tuée par une voiture en sortant de chez eux. Non seulement Marc se sent coupable d'avoir dit à Aurélie de rentrer chez elle, car si elle était restée plus longtemps à jouer avec sa fille elle serait encore en vie, mais en plus il est hanté par le regard que la petite fille a fixé sur lui avant de mourir. Cette image intrusive lui rend la vie insupportable au point qu'il développe un état de stress post-traumatique. Refusant d'abord de se soigner, il accepte finalement de suivre une psycho-thérapie qui va profondément le bouleverser.
Le Militaire (2014)
, 1h19Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Laurent Lucas, Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Harry Standjofski, Julien Bessette
Rating75%
A former French soldier lives in solitude in Montreal. Since returning from Afghanistan with a leg injury, this soldier has had trouble coming to grips with reality and overcoming his loneliness. The trauma caused by his memories of the conflict leads him towards an unhealthy relationship with women. One day, his behavior brings him into contact with a woman and makes him questions his motives.
The Kate Logan Affair (2010)
, 1h26Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Alexis Bledel, Laurent Lucas, Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Serge Houde, Serge Houde, Ricky Mabe
Rating49%
Benoit Gando (Laurent Lucas) is a French insurance agent visiting a picturesque Northern Ontario town for a conference. He has a steady marriage with a nuclear engineer and an eleven-year-old daughter. Benoit is leaving a convenience store has twenty-seven-year-old rookie cop Kate Logan mistakes him for a suspected rapist. She explains the misunderstanding and lets him go, although it is possible she made up the story to get herself introduced to him, but the question arises how did she know who he was beforehand. Later that evening she shows up at his motel and offers him a drink in order to make up for the encounter. He accepts and due to her "innocent" flirtations they end up sleeping together.
On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Laurent Lucas, Isabelle Blais, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Yves Allaire, Mélanie Pilon
Rating61%
A grief-stricken and destitute French ex-soccer player has moved to Montreal, the hometown of his lost love, in an effort to recapture her presence. He is haunted by the regret of never having told her how much he loved her. To earn money he accepts to kill a certain Igor Rizzi.
Les Siens (2001)
, 16minutesDirected by Noël Mitrani
Origin France
Actors Philippe Nahon
Rating68%
Who are these doubles who look strangely like the members of the same family? The product of Jeanne's imagination without a doubt, a well-brought up girl, who is bored in her own circle and who dreams of happiness.
Viol à la tire (2001)
, 12minutesDirected by Noël Mitrani
Origin France
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Sybille Claudel
A woman tries to rape a man in an underground parking-lot.
After Shave (1999)
, 12minutesDirected by Noël Mitrani
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Sacha Bourdo, Fabienne Galula, Tony Gaultier
Rating70%
A bum makes an indecent proposal to a woman in a hypermarket.
Scriptwriter
Cassy (2019)
, 1h44Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Rating69%
Cassy, une petite fille de 10 ans, vient de perdre sa mère. Elle se sent triste et seule, et doit subir la rudesse de son père qui est insensible à la mort de sa femme. Entre le père et la fille les relations sont tendues. Lorsqu’une jeune femme nommée Maya entre dans leur vie pour donner des cours de chant à domicile à Cassy, une relation d'affection profonde se crée entre la petite fille et la professeure. Mais ce bonheur est perturbé par le père de Cassy qui harcèle sexuellement Maya. La professeure est prise dans un dilemme : rester et subir la brutalité de cet homme ou abandonner Cassy qui a tant besoin d'elle.
Afterwards (2017)
, 1h34Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Laurent Lucas, Mohsen El Gharbi, Pascale Bussières, Laurence Dauphinais, Richard Fréchette
Roles Writer
Rating75%
La vie de Marc bascule lorsqu'Aurélie, l'amie de sa fille, est tuée par une voiture en sortant de chez eux. Non seulement Marc se sent coupable d'avoir dit à Aurélie de rentrer chez elle, car si elle était restée plus longtemps à jouer avec sa fille elle serait encore en vie, mais en plus il est hanté par le regard que la petite fille a fixé sur lui avant de mourir. Cette image intrusive lui rend la vie insupportable au point qu'il développe un état de stress post-traumatique. Refusant d'abord de se soigner, il accepte finalement de suivre une psycho-thérapie qui va profondément le bouleverser.
Le Militaire (2014)
, 1h19Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Laurent Lucas, Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Harry Standjofski, Julien Bessette
Rating75%
A former French soldier lives in solitude in Montreal. Since returning from Afghanistan with a leg injury, this soldier has had trouble coming to grips with reality and overcoming his loneliness. The trauma caused by his memories of the conflict leads him towards an unhealthy relationship with women. One day, his behavior brings him into contact with a woman and makes him questions his motives.
The Kate Logan Affair (2010)
, 1h26Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Alexis Bledel, Laurent Lucas, Noémie Godin-Vigneau, Serge Houde, Serge Houde, Ricky Mabe
Rating49%
Benoit Gando (Laurent Lucas) is a French insurance agent visiting a picturesque Northern Ontario town for a conference. He has a steady marriage with a nuclear engineer and an eleven-year-old daughter. Benoit is leaving a convenience store has twenty-seven-year-old rookie cop Kate Logan mistakes him for a suspected rapist. She explains the misunderstanding and lets him go, although it is possible she made up the story to get herself introduced to him, but the question arises how did she know who he was beforehand. Later that evening she shows up at his motel and offers him a drink in order to make up for the encounter. He accepts and due to her "innocent" flirtations they end up sleeping together.
On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (2006)
, 1h31Directed by Noël Mitrani
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Laurent Lucas, Isabelle Blais, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Yves Allaire, Mélanie Pilon
Roles Writer
Rating61%
A grief-stricken and destitute French ex-soccer player has moved to Montreal, the hometown of his lost love, in an effort to recapture her presence. He is haunted by the regret of never having told her how much he loved her. To earn money he accepts to kill a certain Igor Rizzi.
Viol à la tire (2001)
, 12minutesDirected by Noël Mitrani
Origin France
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Sybille Claudel
A woman tries to rape a man in an underground parking-lot.
After Shave (1999)
, 12minutesDirected by Noël Mitrani
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Sacha Bourdo, Fabienne Galula, Tony Gaultier
Rating70%
A bum makes an indecent proposal to a woman in a hypermarket.