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Leos Carax has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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A Man Amidst Bees
2015
Comedy · Drama

I Kill Giants
2017
Fantasy · Drama

Happy as Lazzaro
2018
Drama · Fantasy

Chicken with Plums
2011
Comedy · Drama

Air Doll
2009
Drama · Fantasy

This Must Be the Place
2011
Drama

Pain and Glory
2019
Drama

Phoebe in Wonderland
2008
Drama

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.
Dir. Leos Carax · With Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.
Dir. Bong Joon Ho, Leos Carax, Michel Gondry · With Ayako Fujitani, Ryo Kase, Ayumi Ito

Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.
Dir. Leos Carax · With Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Michel Piccoli

We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, sometimes youthful, sometimes old. By turns murderer, beggar, company chairman, monstrous creature, worker, family man.
Dir. Leos Carax · With Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Eva Mendes

In Paris, a young American working as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe, who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, Shirley Temple.
Dir. Harmony Korine · With Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant

In Paris at night, a young aspiring filmmaker grapples with heartbreak after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. After a failed attempt to confront his friend, he wanders the streets and encounters a girl who has just been abandoned. Their paths cross at a party, bringing together two tormented souls.
Dir. Leos Carax · With Denis Lavant, Mireille Perrier, Carroll Brooks

In present-day Los Angeles, controversial stand-up comedian Henry McHenry and internationally renowned opera singer Ann Defrasnoux form the façade of a happy couple in the spotlight. Ann gives birth to a baby girl named Annette, who possesses an exceptional gift that will change all of their lives forever.
Dir. Leos Carax · With Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg