Francis Leplay

Francis Leplay is a French actor, film director and novelist.

Francis Leplay
Born	(1967-07-25) 25 July 1967 (age 57)[1] Saint-Mandé, France
Citizenship	France
Education	France's National Academy of Dramatic Arts, Sciences Po
Occupations	Actor novelist film director
Years active	1995 – present
Works	Kings and Queen, Farewell, My Queen, Acts of Love

Education and career

An alumnus of France's National Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences Po,^[2] Leplay began acting on television in episodes of the French detective series Julie Lescaut and Navarro.^[3] His first film role was in Laurence Ferreira Barbosa's J'ai horreur de l'amour (I Hate Love) in 1997.^[4]

His career took off in the 2000s, and he soon started acting in films by directors including Sofia Coppola, Noémie Lvovsky, Arnaud Desplechin, and Benoît Jacquot as well as in the television series Spiral.^[5]

Leplay has also acted in theater productions with directors Denis Podalydès and Lambert Wilson in venues including Lincoln Center, the Mossovet Theatre, and the Bouffes du Nord.^[2]

The Éditions du Seuil published two of his novels, 2006's Après le spectacle, a work of autofiction comparing intermittent acting work and romantic uncertainty,^[6] and 2009's Samuel et Alexandre, which follows two men staking out the bounds of their friendship.^[7]

In 2021, Leplay and French-American filmmaker Isidore Bethel co-directed the docufiction hybrid film Acts of Love, which premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.^[8]

Filmography

Film, as director

Year	Title	Festivals/Prizes
2021	Acts of Love by Isidore Bethel and Francis Leplay	Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival[8]

Film, as actor

Year[9]	Title	Role	Festivals/Prizes
1995	Raï by Thomas Gilou		Golden Leopard at Locarno
1997	J'ai horreur de l'amour (I Hate Love) by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa	member of association	Prix de la jeunesse (Youth Film Prize) at Cannes
1999	Time Regained by Raúl Ruiz	Jupien's employee	in competition at Cannes
2001	Les Morsures de l'aube (Love Bites) by Antoine de Caunes	photographer
2002	Ma caméra et moi by Christophe Loizillon	the young man	ACID Cannes[10]
2003	Sole Sisters by Pierre Jolivet	Philippe Jean	BFI London[11]
2004	Kings and Queen by Arnaud Desplechin	Christian	Venice, Louis Delluc Prize
2006	Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola	delivery doctor in Provence	Cannes' National Education Prize
2007	La Vie d'artiste by Marc Fitoussi	Alice's brother-in-law	Deauville's Michel d'Ornano Award
	Très bien, merci by Emmanuelle Cuau	emergency internist	Fajr's Special Jury Award
	The Price to Pay by Alexandra Leclère	real estate agent	Shanghai[12]
	Intrusions by Emmanuel Bourdieu	Pierre Marsac, lawyer
2008	Modern Love by Stéphane Kazandjian	Hervé
2010	Imogène McCarthery by Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier	Gowen Ross
2011	Farewell, My Queen by Benoît Jacquot	the Count of Artois	Berlinale, Louis Delluc Prize
	Mon arbre by Bérénice André	Jean-Marc
2012	Looking for Hortense by Pascal Bonitzer	Marco	Venice
2013	Bright Days Ahead by Marion Vernoux	the oenology professor	Toronto
2014	Three Hearts by Benoît Jacquot	the doctor	Venice, Toronto
2015	Les Cowboys by Thomas Bidegain	the train man	Cannes
2016	Nelly by Anne Émond	Mathieu	Toronto
2017	Demain et tous les autres jours by Noémie Lvovsky	Mr. Lesieur	Locarno
2018	Un violent désir de bonheur by Clément Schneider	the abbot	ACID Cannes
2019	Who You Think I Am by Safy Nebbou	Serge	Berlinale[13]
2020	My Best Part by Nicolas Maury		Cannes
2024	The Good Teacher by Teddy Lussi-Modeste	Musil

Television, as actor

Year[9][5]	Title
2007–2017	Fais pas ci, fais pas ça by Anne Giafferi and Thierry Bizot
2007	La Résistance by Félix Olivier
	L'Affaire Sacha Guitry by Fabrice Cazeneuve
2008	Seule by Félix Olivier
2012–present	Spiral by Alexandra Clert and Guy-Patrick Sainderichin
2013	Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français by Emmanuel Bourdieu
2017	Ce que vivent les roses by Frédéric Berthe
2018	Victor Hugo, ennemi d'État by Jean-Marc Moutout
2019	Jeux d'influence by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
2020	Black and White by Moussa Sene Absa

Stage

Year[5]	Title	Theater
2005	Les Chiens de conserve by Roland Dubillard [es; fr; gl; ht; no]	Théâtre du Rond-Point, Arles
2007	Le Mental de l'équipe by Emmanuel Bourdieu and Frédéric Bélier-Garcia and directors Frédéric Bélier-Garcia and Denis Podalydès	Amiens
2008	Music-hall by Jean-Luc Lagarce and director Lambert Wilson	Bouffes du Nord
2010	La Fausse Suivante by Pierre de Marivaux and director Lambert Wilson	Bouffes du Nord
2013	Le Prix des boîtes by Frédéric Pommier and director Jorge Lavelli	Théâtre de l'Athénée
2010	Le Bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière and director Denis Podalydès	Bouffes du Nord, on tour at the Royal Opera of Versailles and Lincoln Center[14]

Novels

Year	Title	Publisher
2006	Après le spectacle	Éditions du Seuil
2009	Samuel et Alexandre	Éditions du Seuil

References

1. "Francis Leplay". AlloCine. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
2. "Acts of Love". Outplay Films. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
3. "Francis Leplay Acteur". Festival 48 Images Seconde. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
4. "I Hate Love". UniFrance. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
5. "Francis Leplay". OZ Agence. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
6. "Après le spectacle, Francis Leplay". Éditions du Seuil. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
7. "Samuel et Alexandre, Francis Leplay". Éditions du Seuil. Retrieved 7 May 2021..
8. "Acts of Love". Hot Docs. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
9. "Francis Leplay". IMDb. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
10. "Ma caméra et moi". ACID Cannes. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
11. "Only Girls". UniFrance. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
12. "Le Prix à payer". UniFrance. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
13. "Berlinale: Binoche dans la spirale du mensonge dans "Celle que vous croyez"". La Dépêche. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
14. "Lincoln Center Festival: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme". CriticalDance. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2021.