Encyclopedia of French Film Directors

340 • DUCHEMIN, RÉMY
assistant director, Virgine Thévenet; La Fille de l’Air,
also assistant director, Maroun Bagdadi). The holder
of an Agrégation in literature, Jacques Martineau
taught at the University of Paris X. Ducastel and Martineau
worked together since 1997. Other credits
for Olivier Ducastel (as editor only): Voleur d’Images
(short, Bruno-Victor Pujebet); Comédie d’un Soir
(short, Marianne Basler); 1993 L’Homme libre (short,
Anne Dutertre); 1994 Nous, les Enfants du Xxème
Siècle (documentary, Vitali Kanevsky); (as sound editor):
1990 Iskanderija, kaman oue kaman / Alexandrie
encore et toujours (also sound mixer, Youssef Chahine,
Egypt / France); Outremer / UK and USA: Overseas
(Brigitte Roüan), 1993 Faut-il aimer Mathilde? (Edwin
Baily, France / Belgium); 1994 Al-Mohager / L’Emigré /
UK and USA: The Emigrant (Youssef Chahine, Egypt /
France); 1995 Adultère, mode d’Emploi (Christine Pascal,
France / Switzerland); Le Maître des Eléphants (Patrick
Grandperret); (as sound mixer only): 1991 Transit
(René Allio); 1994 Lettre pour L . . . (Romain Goupil).
Filmography
1989 Le Goût de plaire (short; Olivier Ducastel only;
also screenwriter, dialogist)
1998 Jeanne et le Garçon formidable / USA: Jeanne
and the Perfect Guy (also screenwriters, dialogists)
2000 Drôle de Félix / Canada: Funny Felix / USA: The
Adventures of Felix (also screenwriters, dialogists)
2002 Ma Vraie Vie à Rouen / USA: My Life on Ice (also
screenwriters, dialogists)
2005 Crustacés et Coquillages / UK: Cockles and
Muscles / USA: Cote d’Azur (also screenwriters,
dialogists)
2008 Nés en 68 (also screenwriters, dialogists)
2009 L’Arbre et la Forêt (also screenwriters, dialogists)
DUCHEMIN, RÉMY (April 3, 1951, Paris, France–)
He studied history and economics before switching
to cinema and starting out as a trainee assistant
director (1972 Chère Louise / La lunga notte di Louise
/ UK: Louise, Philippe de Broca, France / Italy). An assistant
director for ten years (1972 Nathalie Granger,
Marguerite Duras; 1973 La Grande Bouffe / La grande
abbuffata / UK: Blow-Out / USA: The Grande Bouffe /
The Big Feast, Marco Ferreri, France / Italy; La Maman
et la Putain / USA: The Mother and the Whore, Jean
Eustache; 1975 Souvenirs d’en France / USA: French Pro-
vincial, André Téchiné; 1976 Le Pays bleu, Jean-Charles
Tacchella; Mr. Klein / Chi è Mr. Klein? / UK and USA: Mr.
Klein, Joseph Losey, France / Italy; 1978 Les Petits Câlins,
Jean-Marie Poiré; 1979 L’Adolescente / Mädchenjahre
/ USA: The Adolescent, Jeanne Moreau, France / West
Germany; 1979 Il y a longtemps que je t’aime, Jean-
Charles Tacchella; 1980 Retour en Force, Jean-Marie
Poiré; La Boum / USA: The Party, Claude Pinoteau;
1981 Croque la Vie, Jean-Charles Tacchella; 1982 La
Boum 2, Claude Pinoteau; 1983 Le Grand Carnaval, Alexandre
Arcady), he directed only one feature fi lm.
Filmography
1993 Fausto / USA: A la Mode (also co-screenwriter,
co-adapter)
Television Filmography
1996 Strangers (episode “My Ward, My Keeper”;
France / Canada)
DUCHESNE, LOUIS (March 28, 1926, Lyon, Rhône,
France–August 27, 2001, Paris, France)
He worked as a production manager (1958 Les Misérables
/ I Miserabili / Die Elenden / Die Miserablen, Jean-
Paul Le Chanois, France / Italy / East Germany; La
Bonne Tisane, also co-screenwriter, co-adapter, Hervé
Bromberger; 1969 Le Témoin / De Getuige / USA: The
Witness, Anne Walter, Belgium; 1970 Les Coups pour
rien / UK: Fight in Vain, also co-screenwriter, Pierre
Lambert; 1971 Les Petites Filles modèles / UK: Good
Little Girls, Jean-Claude Roy; La Maffi a du Plaisir, Jean-
Claude Roy; 1973 L’Insolent / UK: The Insolent / US
video: Deadly Sting / The Killer, Jean-Claude Roy; Les
Confi dences érotiques d’un Lit trop accueillant, Michel
Lemoine; 1976 La Situation est grave . . . mais pas
désespérée, Robert Lamoureux), production assistant
(1960 La notte del grande assalto / Dans les Griffes des
Borgia / USA: The Night of the Great Attack, Giuseppe
M. Scotese, Italy / France), production adviser (1997
100% Arabica, Mahmoud Zemmouri, France / Belgium
/ Switzerland), associate producer (1967 Jeu de Massacre
/ UK: All Weekend Lovers / Comic Strip Hero / USA:
The Killing Game, Alain Jessua), producer (1968 Goto,
l’Île d’Amour, Walerian Borowczyk; 1972 Le Journal d’un
Suicidé, Stanislav Stanojevic; Les Désaxées, Michel Lemoine;
1973 Salut, Voleurs!, Frank Cassenti, shot in 1971;
1974 Pourvu Qu’on ait l’Ivresse / I piaceri della contessa
Gamiani, Rinaldo Bassi, France / Italy; 1975 La Coupe à
Dix Francs / USA: The $2 Haircut, Philippe Condroyer;
1979 Le Démon de Minuit, Christian Paureilhe), and