Leconte in Belgrade

The prominent French director Patrice Leconte has been active since the mid-70's. To date, he has directed more than 30 films. While he was studying at the film school, he used to draw for the French cartoon Pilote. Although he made his first film in 1976, he was relatively unknown outside of his home country, until 1989, when Monsieur Hire was selected in the programme of the Cannes festival and drew international attention. The topics for Leconte's films varied; some of his works were internationally successful, while others didn't leave a mark outside of France. Leconte managed to make a name for himself as one of the leading figures of arthouse film. In the early 2000's, he began exerting influence in the USA, where he was emphasized to be one of the authors with the biggest influence on American arthouse film. His films have been screened on all the major international festivals and nominated for many awards, including the Golden Palm, Golden Bear, BAFTA or the Golden Lion. In the supporting programme in the Yugoslav Film Archive some of Leconte's best films will be screened, including Ridicule, La fille sur le pont, La veuve de Sant-Pierre and Confidences trop intimes. Leconte arrived in Belgrade on Sunday and his film The Promise was screened at 4.30 PM in Sava Centar.