Francis Girod, 1944 - 2006.

A wealth of homages were paid yesterday to director Francis Girod following the announcement of his death from a heart attack in Bordeaux early Sunday morning.... Girod started his directing career in 1974 with The Infernal Trio (starring Michel Piccoli and Romy Schneider) and went on to make 14 features, including 1980's The Woman Banker (also starring Schneider), 1984's Le bon plaisir (starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Louis Trintignant), L'Enfance de l'art, which was selected in official competition at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival, and 1990's The Elegant Criminal with Daniel Auteuil, who also starred in 1996's Death in Therapy.

Fabien Lemercier at Cineuropa.

In the French papers, Valérie Duponchelle has a piece in Le Figaro; most others run wire stories today.

Posted by dwhudson at November 20, 2006 5:06 AM