Eric Gravel
Directing
Biography
Éric Gravel is a screenwriter and director of Quebec origin, born in Verdun in Canada and residing in France. He graduated from the Mel-Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University in Montreal in 1994. He is the director of short films and, above all, of two feature films: Crash Test Aglaé, released in 2017, and Full Time, about the life of a woman told with the rhythm of a thriller. The latter premiered at the Venice Film Festival 2021 and took home two Horizons – Best Director for Eric Gravel and Best Actress for Laure Calamy.
Known For
When a deadly mist engulfs Paris, people find refuge in the upper floors of the buildings. With no information, no electricity and hardly any supplies, Mathieu, Anna and their daughter Sarah try to survive the disaster.
Just a Breath Away
Julie finally gets an interview for a job where she can raise her children better only to run into a national transit strike.
Full Time
Aglaé, a young factory worker, has only one focus in life: her job at a car crash test site. When she learns that the factory is going to be relocated abroad, she accepts, to everyone's surprise, to go to India in order to hold on to her job. Accompanied by two colleagues, she sets out on a perilous road trip to the other side of the world.
Crash Test Aglae
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Before the Storm
A man wakes up from a bad dream only to realize he is in yet another nightmare. The most worrying thing is that it does not seem to stop. If only these dreams could stop... getting shorter and shorter!