7.2 /10 1 Votes
78% Rotten Tomatoes Cinematography Kaname Onoyama Director Tessa Louise-Salomé | 6.6/10 IMDb Music by Gaël Rakotondrabe Initial release 20 January 2014 Music director Gael Rakotondrabe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Tessa Louise-Salomé
Chantal Perrin-Cluzet Written by Tessa Louise-Salomé
Chantal Perrin-Cluzet
Adrien Walter Edited by Tessa Louise-Salomé
Gabriel Humeau
Laureline Attali Production
company Petite Maison Production
ARTE France
Théo Films Screenplay Tessa Louise-Salomé, Chantal Perrin, Adrien Walter Producers Tessa Louise-Salomé, Chantal Perrin Cast Denis Lavant, Kylie Minogue, Harmony Korine, Mireille Perrier, Caroline Champetier Similar Two in the Wave, The Last Bolshevik, Tokyo‑Ga, This Filthy World, Directed by John Ford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mr Leos caraX (also known as Mr. X) is a 2014 French documentary film written, directed and produced by Tessa Louise-Salomé. The film premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2014.
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Synopsis
The film focus on mysterious, solitary French filmmaker, Leos Carax, about his work and his reputation as icon of world cinema.
Reception
Mr Leos caraX received mixed reviews upon its premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. In his review for Variety, Guy Lodge said that "Tessa-Louise Salome's documentary is an alluring if not especially illuminating tribute to singular filmmaker Leos Carax." Boyd van Hoeij in his review for The Hollywood Reporter said that "A film that works as a reminder of Carax's unique talents, but isn't quite insightful itself." While, Kyle Burton of Indiewire praised the film by saying that "Louise-Salomé injects the film with his subject's fascinating presence, by arranging clips and overlaying images on the artificially decrepit interview sets. Still, she wisely limits the extent to which her documentary replicates Carax’s ambition."