Laurent Heynemann

Laurent Heynemann
Laurent Heynemann, 2022
Born	Laurent Louis Heynemann (1948-11-09) 9 November 1948 (age 77) Paris, France
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Spouse(s)	Caroline Huppert (divorced), Marion Monestier
Children	2
Awards	Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2010) Knight of the Legion of Honour (2011)

Laurent Heyneman (born 9 November 1948) is a French film director and screenwriter for film and television. Many of his films cover political subjects. ^[1]

Life and career

Laurent Heynemann was born on 9 November 1948, in Paris, into a Jewish family. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} He was an assistant in his early career to film directors Bertrand Tavernier, Yves Boisset, and Michel Mitrani. ^{[1] [6]}

He was married to film director Caroline Huppert, and they have two children. ^[7]

Heynemann directed René Bousquet, or The Grand Arrangement  [ fr ] (2007), a made for television film about the French police chief Rene Bousquet. ^[8] He also directed A Man of Honor, a film about politician Pierre Bérégovoy. ^[1] His film Un aller simple (One Way Ticket; 2001) was adapted from the novel of the same name by Didier Van Cauwelaert, and addresses integration, immigration, and racism. ^[9] The 2019 film An Irrepressible Woman  [ fr ] was about a woman who leaves her husband to marry a man at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. ^{[10] [11]}

Heynemann was awarded title of Commander (Commandeur) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2010 and, a year later in 2011, that of Knight (Chevalier) of the Legion of Honour. ^{[7] [12]}

Filmography

Film

• The Question (1977); an adaptation of the book La Question (1958) by Henri Alleg ^{[6] [13]}
• Le Mors aux Dents  [ fr ] (The Bit Between the Teeth; 1979) ^[2]
• Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed (1981) ^{[14] [15]}
• Stella (1983 film)  [ fr ] (1983) ^{[2] [16]}
• Les Mois d'Avril sont meurtriers  [ fr ] (1987) ^[2]
• Faux et Usage de Faux  [ fr ] (1990) ^[2]
• The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991) ^{[2] [17] [18] [19]}
• Un aller simple (One Way Ticket; 2001) ^[2]
• An Irrepressible Woman  [ fr ] (2019) ^{[4] [12] [20] [21]}

Television

• Le Dernier Civil (1984), television series based on the Ernst Glaeser book, The Last Civilian
• René Bousquet, or The Grand Arrangement  [ fr ] (2007); made for television film ^[8]
• La Rupture (2013 film)  [ fr ] (2013); made for television film ^[22]
• Laval, Le Collaborateur  [ fr ] (or Pierre Laval, The Collaborator; 2022); made for television film ^[23]

References

1. "Laurent Heynemann : podcasts et actualités". Radio France. 1 January 1970.
2. Rège, Philippe (11 December 2009). "Heynemann, Laurent". Encyclopedia of French Film Directors (in French). Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. p. 506. ISBN   978-0-8108-6939-4.
3. La Revue du cinéma, image et son, écran [The Film Review, Image and Sound, Screen] (in French). Ligue française de l'enseignement et de l'éducation permanente. 1981. p. 21.
4. Tenorio, Rich (23 April 2020). "La femme juive qui est allée à Buchenwald pour épouser Léon Blum" [The Jewish woman who went to Buchenwald to marry Léon Blum]. The Times of Israel (film review) (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
5. "Laurent Heynemann". filmportal.de. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
6. "Africiné - Laurent Heynemann". Africiné.
7. "Laurent Heynemann". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
8. "René Bousquet or the Great Arrangement (Historical) Full Movie in French". Archived from the original on 29 November 2025.
9. O'Gorman, Kevin D. (31 March 2010). The Origins of Hospitality and Tourism. Goodfellow Publishers Ltd. pp. 29–30. ISBN   978-1-906884-93-2.
10. "An Irrepressible Woman de Laurent Heynemann (2019) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org.
11. Balle, Catherine; Baronian, Renaud; Valentin, Michel; Vavasseur, Pierre (14 January 2020). "Sorties cinéma du 15 janvier : «1917», «Je ne rêve que de vous»… nos coups de cœur" [Cinema releases of January 15th: "1917", "Je ne rêve que de vous"... our favorites]. leparisien.fr (film review) (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
12. Tenorio, Rich (18 April 2020). "The Jewish woman who entered a Nazi camp to marry the French prime minister". The Times of Israel .
13. Johnson, R. W. (19 March 1981). The Long March of the French Left. Springer. p. 317. ISBN   978-1-349-16491-2.
14. "Cinema: En Tête d'affiche". Le Devoir. 5 June 1982. p. 27. Retrieved 30 November 2025– via Newspapers.com.
15. Canby, Vincent (20 August 1982). "'Birgitt Haas Must Be Killed' (Published 1982)". The New York Times (film review). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
16. Bokobza, Serge (22 February 2016). Jewish Identity in French Cinema (1950-2010). Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 120–121. ISBN   978-1-4438-8938-4.
17. Holden, Stephen (15 September 1995). "Rancid Human Wreck Versus a Decrepit Drone (Published 1995)". The New York Times (film review). Retrieved 30 November 2025.
18. James, Caryn (25 February 1994). "A Femme Fatale For the Ages (Published 1994)". The New York Times . Retrieved 30 November 2025.
19. Pollack, Joe (7 July 1995). "Love and Caper A La Moreau: Disappointing on All Counts". St. Louis Post-Dispatch (film review). p. 45. Retrieved 30 November 2025– via Newspapers.com.
20. "An Irrepressible Woman". Menemsha Films.
21. Boucher, Laurent (12 August 2018). "Cinéma L'équipe du film « Je ne rêve que de vous » à Arras mercredi" [Cinema: The team behind the film "Je ne rêve que de vous" in Arras on Wednesday]. La Voix Du Nord (film review) (in French). Archived from the original on 30 July 2019.
22. Buisson, Alexis (8 October 2014). ""La rupture": un thriller politique sur TV5 Monde". French Morning US.
23. ""Pierre Laval, le collaborateur" renaît sous les traits de Patrick Chesnais dans un téléfilm en tournage à Vichy". France Info (film review) (in French). 6 December 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2025.

External links

• Laurent Heynemann at IMDb