Spanish film director, born in Banyoles (Catalonia) in 1975.
After studying philology and literature at the University of Barcelona, Albert Serra switched to cinema. His works take an original approach and explore the great figures of the past, both literary and real, starting with Honor of the Knights (2006), a free adaptation of Don Quixote, followed by Birdsong (2009) and Story of my Death, which features a meeting between Casanova and Dracula (winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2013). For The Death of Louis XIV, a masterly chiaroscuro work starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, he won the Prix Jean Vigo, before directing Roi Soleil in 2018, an experimental variation on the same theme. The following year, Liberté, starring Helmut Berger,…
Spanish film director, born in Banyoles (Catalonia) in 1975.
After studying philology and literature at the University of Barcelona, Albert Serra switched to cinema. His works take an original approach and explore the great figures of the past, both literary and real, starting with Honor of the Knights (2006), a free adaptation of Don Quixote, followed by Birdsong (2009) and Story of my Death, which features a meeting between Casanova and Dracula (winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2013). For The Death of Louis XIV, a masterly chiaroscuro work starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, he won the Prix Jean Vigo, before directing Roi Soleil in 2018, an experimental variation on the same theme. The following year, Liberté, starring Helmut Berger, tells the story of libertines expelled from the court of Louis XVI. In 2022, Pacifiction broke away from historical painting for a suspended dive into the political arcana of a Polynesian island. A great critical success, the film offered Benoît Magimel an extraordinary playground, which earned him the César for Best Actor in 2023.
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