Teddy Lussi-Modeste
Writing
Biography
Teddy Lussi-Modeste (born 25 March 1978) is a French Romani film director, screenwriter and literature teacher. He wrote and directed the films Jimmy Rivière (2011), The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024). Lussi-Modeste grew up in La Tronche, Grenoble, in a Sinti, Manush Romani community in France. Lussi-Modeste studied cinema at the film school La Fémis in Paris. He later became a literature teacher in high schools and colleges, before devoting himself entirely to cinema in the late 2000s. Lussi-Modeste started his career as a film director in 2004 with the short film Kissing Tigers. In 2011, he released his feature directorial debut, the drama Jimmy Rivière. He later wrote and directed the drama films The Price of Success (2017), and The Good Teacher (2024). Lussi-Modeste also co-wrote the screenplay of Rebecca Zlotowski's 2019 comedy drama film An Easy Girl, and Maïwenn's 2023 historical drama film Jeanne du Barry. In the 2020s, Lussi-Modeste kept working as a French teacher at a school in Aubervilliers in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, the northeastern suburbs of Paris. Source: Article "Teddy Lussi-Modeste" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Jeanne du Barry
Naïma has just turned 16. This summer, she will have to decide what she wants from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. Then her cousin Sofia arrives, with an amazing body and a dangerously seductive lifestyle. Naïma desires only to follow her own path, so long as it leads upwards… Despite the warnings of her best friend Dodo, she and Sofia will live through unforgettable encounters during a long summer that will mark them forever.
An Easy Girl
Julien, a young teacher, is wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct by a teenage girl from his class. As he faces mounting pressures from the girl’s older brother and her classmates, the situation spirals out of control. Allegations spread, the entire school is thrown into turmoil, and the teacher has to fight to clear his name.
The Good Teacher
A comedian's relationship with his family crumbles when his career begins to take off.
The Price of Success
Jimmy Rivière is a young Gypsy, has a sunny but nervous disposition. Sometimes too nervous. Under pressure from his community, he converts to Pentacostalism and renounces his two passions: Thai boxing and Sonia. But how can he refuse the new fight that his trainer proposes? And how can he resist the powerful desire that draws him to Sonia?
Jimmy Rivière
A collection of gay short films. The 10 short films are: Bikini (2004); Uproar [Vacarme] (2005); A Hard Blow [Le bon coup] (2005); The Homolulu Show (2004); Kissing Tigers [Embrasser les tigres] (2004); A Wonderful Day (2004); Boomerang [Comme un boomerang] (2005); Little Weakness [Petite faiblesse] (2005); Love and Deaf (2004); Fast Forward (2004).
Courts mais Gay : Tome 10
Léo, a mute boy, behaves increasingly strangely after his father runs over his dog.
Pilou
Driss, a 19-year-old black man, acts in a porn film for the first time. Encouraged by the film director, Driss rapes Joana, his partner in the film. After the shoot, he decides to follow the young woman through the streets of Paris.
I'm Coming
In Grenoble's Gypsy community, a young kick-boxing champion learns about manhood from his gay elder brother.