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Pascal Laugier is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter French born on 16 october 1971
Pascal Laugier (born October 16, 1971) is a French screenwriter and film director.
Laugier is a former assistant to director, Christophe Gans, having directed the "making-of" documentary about Gans' 2001 film, Brotherhood of the Wolf (Laugier also starred in the film). He has written and directed the fantasy-horror feature films Saint Ange, Martyrs, and The Tall Man.
Laugier has been associated with the New French Extremity movement.
Laugier was set to direct the remake of Hellraiser but was later taken off the project due to creative differences with the producers; Laugier wanted his film to be very serious and explore gay S&M culture, whereas the producers wanted the film to be more commercial and appeal to a teen audience.
Potential future directing projects include a supernatural thriller entitled Details.
En 2008, il crée la polémique avec son deuxième long-métrage Martyrs, tourné au Canada, qui, à cause de sa violence extrême, passe à deux doigts d'être interdit au moins de 18 ans. Heureusement pour le réalisateur, l'accès n'en sera finalement limité qu'aux moins de 16 ans avec avertissement, ce qui permit au film une meilleure distribution.
Durant six mois il travaille sur le reboot de Hellraiser, mais sa version sera refusée par les studios de la Weinstein. Toutefois, il se consacre alors à The Secret.
En 2015, il signe son tout premier clip musical : la chanson City of Love de Mylène Farmer, tirée de l'album Interstellaires. La vidéo à l'ambiance horrifique et poétique fait référence à plusieurs œuvres du cinéma fantastique et horrifique : Psychose et Les Oiseaux d'Alfred Hitchcock, Cabal de Clive Barker, la saison 5 de American Horror Story mais aussi Le Labyrinthe de Pan de Guillermo Del Toro ou Edward aux mains d'argent de Tim Burton.
Son film Ghostland obtient le Prix du public, le Prix du jury Syfy et le Grand Prix du Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer en 2018.
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Laugier is a former assistant to director, Christophe Gans, having directed the "making-of" documentary about Gans' 2001 film, Brotherhood of the Wolf (Laugier also starred in the film). He has written and directed the fantasy-horror feature films Saint Ange, Martyrs, and The Tall Man.
Laugier has been associated with the New French Extremity movement.
Laugier was set to direct the remake of Hellraiser but was later taken off the project due to creative differences with the producers; Laugier wanted his film to be very serious and explore gay S&M culture, whereas the producers wanted the film to be more commercial and appeal to a teen audience.
Potential future directing projects include a supernatural thriller entitled Details.
Biography
Repéré par Christophe Gans pour ses premiers courts-métrages, Pascal Laugier se voit offrir par ce dernier de réaliser le making-of de son film Le Pacte des loups (2001). Fort du succès du film et du making-of dont la qualité est saluée, Pascal Laugier se jette à l'eau et réalise en 2004 son premier long métrage, Saint Ange, un film d'horreur fantastique dans lequel il dirige Virginie Ledoyen et Lou Doillon. Malgré son relatif échec commercial, le film est discrètement salué par la critique pour les promesses qu'il apporte, sans qu'elles soient considérées comme tenues pour l'instant.En 2008, il crée la polémique avec son deuxième long-métrage Martyrs, tourné au Canada, qui, à cause de sa violence extrême, passe à deux doigts d'être interdit au moins de 18 ans. Heureusement pour le réalisateur, l'accès n'en sera finalement limité qu'aux moins de 16 ans avec avertissement, ce qui permit au film une meilleure distribution.
Durant six mois il travaille sur le reboot de Hellraiser, mais sa version sera refusée par les studios de la Weinstein. Toutefois, il se consacre alors à The Secret.
En 2015, il signe son tout premier clip musical : la chanson City of Love de Mylène Farmer, tirée de l'album Interstellaires. La vidéo à l'ambiance horrifique et poétique fait référence à plusieurs œuvres du cinéma fantastique et horrifique : Psychose et Les Oiseaux d'Alfred Hitchcock, Cabal de Clive Barker, la saison 5 de American Horror Story mais aussi Le Labyrinthe de Pan de Guillermo Del Toro ou Edward aux mains d'argent de Tim Burton.
Son film Ghostland obtient le Prix du public, le Prix du jury Syfy et le Grand Prix du Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer en 2018.
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Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
, 2h22Directed by Christophe Gans
Origin France
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Horror, Historical, Martial arts
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Rape in fiction, Martial arts films, Wolves in film, Political films, Kung fu films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Émilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jérémie Rénier, Marc Dacascos
Roles Assistant de Machemort
Rating69%
The film begins during the French Revolution, with the aged Marquis d'Apcher as the narrator, writing his memoirs in a castle, while the voices of a mob can be heard from outside. The film flashes back to 1764, when a mysterious beast terrorized the province of Gévaudan and nearby lands.
Director
Ghostland (2018)
, 1h29Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Crystal Marie Reed, Emilia Jones, Mylène Farmer, Anastasia Phillips
Rating64%
Pauline hérite d'une maison après le décès de sa tante. Elle y vit avec ses deux filles. Cependant, lors de la première nuit dans la maison, des assassins entrent chez elles et Pauline doit tout faire pour sauver ses filles. Cet événement va traumatiser la famille et affecter chacune des jeunes filles dont les personnalités vont diverger d'avantage à la suite de cette nuit cauchemardesque.
The Tall Man (2012)
, 1h40Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children
Actors Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Colleen Wheeler
Rating59%
Julia lives in a small town in Washington called Cold Rock. She is the town's local nurse, widowed by her husband, who was the town's doctor. Cold Rock was formerly a prosperous mining town, but has become poverty-stricken. There is little work, the school has been closed and the town is virtually vanished from the map. During her day, Julia visits several families. Jenny and Carol live with their mother and her violent, alcoholic boyfriend, who has impregnated Carol. Despite this, their mother did not kick him out, drawing Julia's ire. Instead, she sends away Carol and her baby, whom Julia helped to deliver. Because of her rough life, Jenny is selectively mute, communicating through a journal she carries. She also sketches things she's seen, including "the tall man". This is a local legend or urban myth surrounding a being who abducts local children who are never seen again.
Martyrs (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Xavier Dolan, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin, Patricia Tulasne
Rating70%
The film begins with a young girl, Lucie Jurin, as she escapes from a disused abattoir where she has been imprisoned and physically abused for a long period of time. No signs of sexual abuse are identified, and the perpetrators and their motivations remain a mystery. Lucie is placed in an orphanage, where she is befriended by a young girl named Anna Assaoui. Anna soon discovers that Lucie believes that she is constantly being terrorized by a ghoulish creature; a horrible, disfigured, emaciated woman.
House of Voices (2004)
, 1h38Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Virginie Ledoyen, Catriona MacColl, Lou Doillon, Virginie Darmon, Éric Prat
Rating50%
In 1958, Anna Jurin, a young cleaning woman, is sent to spruce up the abandoned St. Ange orphanage in the French Alps region. In fact, she has been sent there because she is pregnant, but she keeps this a secret from others. She then discovers that Judith is the only orphan who still lives there, a young woman who acts like a child, locked up in her own memories. As she begins her cleaning duties, Anna begins to experience strange things such as hearing the footsteps and voices of children down the hallways. Meanwhile, her co-worker, a cook named Helenka, does not hear a thing, and begins to worry about Anna's state of mind.
Scriptwriter
Ghostland (2018)
, 1h29Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Crystal Marie Reed, Emilia Jones, Mylène Farmer, Anastasia Phillips
Rating64%
Pauline hérite d'une maison après le décès de sa tante. Elle y vit avec ses deux filles. Cependant, lors de la première nuit dans la maison, des assassins entrent chez elles et Pauline doit tout faire pour sauver ses filles. Cet événement va traumatiser la famille et affecter chacune des jeunes filles dont les personnalités vont diverger d'avantage à la suite de cette nuit cauchemardesque.
Martyrs (2016)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Bailey Noble, Troian Bellisario, Kate Burton, Caitlin Carmichael, Toby Huss, Taylor John Smith
Roles Original Film Writer
Rating40%
A young woman and her childhood friend seek revenge on those who tortured her as a child.
The Tall Man (2012)
, 1h40Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children
Actors Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris, Colleen Wheeler
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Julia lives in a small town in Washington called Cold Rock. She is the town's local nurse, widowed by her husband, who was the town's doctor. Cold Rock was formerly a prosperous mining town, but has become poverty-stricken. There is little work, the school has been closed and the town is virtually vanished from the map. During her day, Julia visits several families. Jenny and Carol live with their mother and her violent, alcoholic boyfriend, who has impregnated Carol. Despite this, their mother did not kick him out, drawing Julia's ire. Instead, she sends away Carol and her baby, whom Julia helped to deliver. Because of her rough life, Jenny is selectively mute, communicating through a journal she carries. She also sketches things she's seen, including "the tall man". This is a local legend or urban myth surrounding a being who abducts local children who are never seen again.
Martyrs (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Xavier Dolan, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin, Patricia Tulasne
Roles Writer
Rating70%
The film begins with a young girl, Lucie Jurin, as she escapes from a disused abattoir where she has been imprisoned and physically abused for a long period of time. No signs of sexual abuse are identified, and the perpetrators and their motivations remain a mystery. Lucie is placed in an orphanage, where she is befriended by a young girl named Anna Assaoui. Anna soon discovers that Lucie believes that she is constantly being terrorized by a ghoulish creature; a horrible, disfigured, emaciated woman.
House of Voices (2004)
, 1h38Directed by Pascal Laugier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Virginie Ledoyen, Catriona MacColl, Lou Doillon, Virginie Darmon, Éric Prat
Roles Writer
Rating50%
In 1958, Anna Jurin, a young cleaning woman, is sent to spruce up the abandoned St. Ange orphanage in the French Alps region. In fact, she has been sent there because she is pregnant, but she keeps this a secret from others. She then discovers that Judith is the only orphan who still lives there, a young woman who acts like a child, locked up in her own memories. As she begins her cleaning duties, Anna begins to experience strange things such as hearing the footsteps and voices of children down the hallways. Meanwhile, her co-worker, a cook named Helenka, does not hear a thing, and begins to worry about Anna's state of mind.