Laurent Micheli
Writing
Biography
Laurent Micheli graduated from INSAS in Brussels in 2007. He began his career in theatre, performing in Belgian and French productions for ten years before directing several plays, notably with the theatre company Madame Véro. In 2016, he directed his first self-produced feature film, Even Lovers Get the Blues, before joining L'atelier scénairio at La Fémis in Paris. The film, praised for its exploration of sexuality, earned him a nomination for Best First Film at the Magritte Awards. After attending the Émergence residency in Paris, he directed Lola vers la mer (2019), starring Benoît Magimel and Mya Bollaers, who made her acting debut as an 18-year-old transgender girl. The film received critical acclaim, was released in around fifteen countries, and was selected for numerous festivals worldwide. It won around twenty awards, including two Magritte Awards, and was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the César Awards. Laurent recently completed his third feature film, Nino dans la nuit, an adaptation of the novel by Capucine and Simon Johannin, produced by Wrong Men in Belgium and Haut & Court in France.
Known For
After a failed attempt to join the French Foreign Legion to escape the police, Nino Paradis reunites with his girlfriend Lale and his two best friends, Malik and Charlie. From side hustles to nights spent partying, Nino and his friends are desperately trying to find their place, and keep on dreaming, in a world that seems to have given up on them.
Nino in Paradise
Just when Lola, 18 years old and transgender, learns that she can finally have surgery, her mother, who is her only financial support, passes away. Abiding by her mother’s last wishes, Lola and her father, who are permanently in conflict and have not seen each other for two years, undertake a journey all the way to the Belgian coast. They realize the outcome of the journey may not be the one they were both expecting...
Lola and the Sea
After the sudden death of one of them a group of friends grieves trough sexual encounters.
Even Lovers Get the Blues
Camille, a sensitive, dreamy, and seemingly maladjusted young woman, has no choice: she must work. For no one can escape the rules of society for long. Overnight, she finds herself catapulted into the cruel and unforgiving world of business.
La ressource humaine
Apprentice filmmaker, Juan makes a documentary portrait of Coco, a thirty-something-year-old marginal. The film is quickly called into question when Juan discovers that Coco thinks she’s a fairy in a disenchanted society.