Xavier Durringer

Xavier Durringer (born December 1, 1963 in Paris ) is a French playwright , screenwriter and film director .

Life

Xavier Durringer began his career in Cergy-Pontoise about 30 kilometers northwest of Paris. His often very private pieces are shown very often there at Théâtre 95 . His first pieces ( Bal-Trap , Eine Mordswut im Hals , La Quille ) play with a garish language in a chaotic, amorous reality. Since 1988 he has directed the independent theater group La Lézarde (Eng .: “The Riss”) for which he writes and directs . With the play Wellenreiter (Surfeurs) , Durringer conquered the Avignon Festival in 1998. Since then his pieces have been performed on all major stages across Europe. With his best-known plays such as Whole Days, All Nights , Cut into the Meat , Bal-Trap and Die Gelobte , he is now one of the most famous and successful contemporary playwrights in France.

Durringer's pieces clearly show current political and social conflicts in his homeland. He is particularly concerned with the people in the satellite towns , who can no longer find their way in life, and the potential for violence in the Parisian suburbs, which not least moved the media internationally at the end of 2005. The play languages of French youth, Argot and Verlan , are an essential part of his works. Durringer always seeks local proximity to his subjects, so he often performs his pieces in abandoned factory grounds in the banlieues of Paris. Another example is the German-language premiere of Whole Days, Whole Nights, which was not played in a theater, but at the Erlangen train station.

In 1993 Durringer made his first feature film La nage indienne with Karin Viard in the lead role, who was nominated for a César for Best Young Actress. After J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (1997), which was shown at the AFI Los Angeles Festival and was the official selection at the San Sebastian, Namur, London, Montreal, Court-Mayeur and Acapulco festivals, Durringer realized the two television films Les vilains (1999), which won an award at the 1st Festival de la fiction des Saint-Tropez, and the ARTE-France co-production Escape through the jungle (2002). The last time Chok Dee - Fight for Your Dream (2005) was seen in French cinemas, while the TV film Don’t give flowers (Lady Bar) (2006) was a great success, so Durringer 2008 the sequel The Monkey gives the Buddha Honey (Lady Bar 2) finished.

Works

Plays

1994: Bal - Trap
1994: A murder rage in the throat (Une envie de tuer sur le bout de la langue)
1996: whole days, whole nights (Chronique des jours entiers, des nuits entières)
1997: Cut into the meat (Une petite entaille)
1998: Confession
1998: Surf rider (surfers)

1999: 22.34

1999: La quille

2000: Fidélité

2000: Night overhead (La nuit à l'envers)

2000: Ex voto

2001: The Promise (La Promise)

2001: Whole days, whole nights 2 (Chronique des jours entiers, des nuits entières 2)

2002: Chroniques 2 - Quoi dire de plus du coq?

2005: About men (Histoires d'hommes)

2005: The marginalized (Les Déplacés)

2012: Acting (Acting)

Filmography

1993: La nage indienne
1995: Panier de crabes et lagoustines
1996: Le flic (short film)
1997: J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici
1998: Audit (video clip)
1998: Debout (video clip)
1999: Les Vilains (TV movie)
2000: Petits Riens
2001: Pas d'histoires! 12 regards sur le racisme au quotidien
2002: Les Oreilles sur le dos
2004: Chok Dee - Fight for Your Dream (Chok Dee)
2005: Up to you
2006: Do not give flowers in Thailand (Lady bar)
2008: The monkey gives Buddha honey (Lady Bar 2)
2011: La Conquête

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Sarkozy's path to power in: Tages-Anzeiger, May 9, 2011

personal data
SURNAME	Durringer, Xavier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French playwright, screenwriter and film director
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris

[1] Sarkozy's path to power in: Tages-Anzeiger, May 9, 2011