Inside the Minds of France’s Most Provocative Contemporary Filmmakers | Bastille Day Special

Celebrate Bastille Day with highlights from four filmmaker conversations featuring Rebecca Zlotowski, François Ozon, Louise Courvoisier, and Laura Piani—and the films A Private Life, The Stranger, Holy Cow, and Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. To mark Bastille Day, we’re revisiting four conversations from the INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE archive—highlights from interviews with the filmmakers behind some of the most compelling contemporary French films. Director Rebecca Zlotowski discusses family, memory, identity, and the mysteries hidden within our closest relationships in A Private Life, starring Jodie Foster. Director François Ozon reflects on reimagining Albert Camus’ L’Étranger for a new generation in The Stranger. Director Louise Courvoisier explores the warmth, humor, and lived-in authenticity of rural France in Holy Cow. Director Laura Piani discusses love, literature, creative ambition, and writing a heroine whose aspirations matter as much as her romances in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life. Four films. Four distinctive voices. One enduring tradition: French cinema’s appetite for stories that are bold, intimate, provocative, and deeply human. Celebrate Bastille Day with this special selection from the INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE library of filmmaker conversations. Follow INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, and please leave us a rating and review. It helps other film lovers discover the show. CHAPTERS 00:00 Celebrating Contemporary French Cinema01:24 A Private Life — Director Rebecca Zlotowski on Memory, Mystery & Identity10:14 The Stranger — Director François Ozon Reimagines Albert Camus19:10 Holy Cow — Director Louise Courvoisier on Rural France, Family & Authenticity24:28 Jane Austen Wrecked My Life — Director Laura Piani on Love, Literature & Self-Discovery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices