The death of Rene Feret, director of the intimate – TF1

The filmmaker René Féret, author of several films from its own history and biographies of famous people, died Tuesday following an illness at the age of 69 years , announced the ARP Society of Authors directors and producers. Director, producer, actor, Rene Feret is the author of 18 feature films. He had just left a movie, Anton Chekhov -. 1890 , the great Russian writer

Born in May 1945 in a modest family of small northern traders, he was deeply influenced by the figure a brother died before his birth, at the age of 4 years, and he was named René. “A still image has haunted my childhood,” wrote Rene Feret, “This is the black and white photograph of a child of four years which my mother made me look like and whom I am first.”

Filmmaker of the intimate, René Féret has built a very personal work from his family history ( Paul Story , Solemn Communion , The Place the other The Child of the country . He also adapted Doris Lessing, Gladys Huntington and Michel Foucault ( Madame Solario , The Mystery Alexina ) and was inspired by historical characters. Mozart’s Sister in 2010 and recently Anton Chekhov – 1890 is also the author of a novel, Baptism , released by Robert Laffont in 1990 and published in Paperback collection.

Rene Feret was also a producer ( I, Pierre Rivière … René Allio, Last Summer Robert Guédiguian), distributor of his films and comedian occasionally ( The Prodigal Daughter Jacques Doillon or East-West Régis Wargnier in particular).