In his own image
In his own image (International Competition)
Thierry de Peretti
Fragments from the life of Antonia, a young photographer working for Corse-Matin in Ajaccio. Her commitment, her friends and her loves are interwoven with the major events in the island’s political history, from the 1980s to the dawn of the 21st century.
⭐ The June 26 screening will be followed by a Q&A session with director Thierry de Peretti
STARRING
Clara-Maria Laredo,
Marc’Antonu Mozziconacci,
Louis Starace,
Barbara Sbraggia,
Saveria Giorgi,
Andrea Cossu,
Pierre-Jean Straboni,
Harold Orsoni
DIRECTOR
Thierry de Peretti
WRITER
Thierry de Peretti &
Jeanne Aptekman
SOUND
Nicolas Moreau,
Raphaël Mouterde,
Martin Boissau,
Stéphane Thiébaut
IMAGE
José Deshaies
EDITING
Marion Monnier,
Lila Desiles
MUSIC
Frédéric Junqua
PRODUCTION
Les Films Velvet,
Fréderic Jouve
Marie Lecoq
SALES
Pyramide International
Thierry de Peretti

Actor, director and producer Thierry de Peretti was born in Ajaccio. He has directed plays by Bernard-Marie Koltès, Grégory Motton and Don DeLillo at the Théâtre de la Bastille and Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. His acting credits include Orso Miret’s Le Silence, Bertrand Bonello’s Yves Saint-Laurent and Patrice Chéreau’s Ceux qui m’aiment prendront le train. Les Apaches – selected for the Quinzaine des Cinéastes / Cannes 2013 – is his first feature film. Une Vie Violente, his second film, was selected for Critics’ Week / Cannes 2017. Lutte Jeunesse, a feature-length documentary, was shown at FID Marseille / 2017, and in 2022 his third feature, Enquête sur un scandale d’état, was released, selected at the San Sebastian / 2021 festival, where it won the Best Image award. A son image, his fourth feature, is selected for the Quinzaine des Cinéastes / Cannes 2024.
FILMOGRAPHY
(2009) SleepWalkers
(2013) Les Apaches
(2017) Une vie Violente
(2020) Enquête sur un scandale d’état