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"Dans les bottes de Clint est un documentaire qui traite moins de rodéo que de la façon dont un fils incarne les rêves de son père. Dont les rêves du père investissent le corps du fils. Chez les Grecs, ça aurait donné une tragédie. Chez les cow-boys, c'est un western." Frédéric Laffont In Clint's Boots SCAM Star 2013 Télérama: “ What has become of the world whose agony John Huston celebrated in The Misfits in 1960? This is the question that guided documentary filmmaker Frédéric Laffont to the American West, to meet these cowboys who are so endlessly dying that some of them still exist, animated by the spirit of the pioneers whose mark Westerns bear. "Arriving in Houston, I see some guys and I ask them about the character of Montgomery Clift in The Misfits. I call up this fictional character that they obviously don't know—they haven't seen any movies, nor read any books—to see if they know anyone whose life would be comparable to his. Someone who would get smashed from rodeo to rodeo, all the time saying, 'Don't worry, Mom. Everything's fine. I won a hundred dollars.' They laugh and tell me that the best of them is Clint Cannon. That's how I first met Clint, in his small house in Waller, Texas. "Behind the cemetery, near a big oak tree," he told me over the phone. The shutters were closed. After pushing open the door, which of course creaked, I made out in the gloom about twenty hats and as many rifles. A large screen was showing images from Afghanistan, in front of which sat Clint and his brother, wearing hats and dressed in black. Without turning around, Clint asked me if I'd eaten. I thought, "That's him!" From this meeting and the 20,000 kilometers spent with him on the roads, riding from rodeo to rodeo in pursuit of the dream common to young cowboys (to acquire a ranch), Ballade pour un cow-boy was born in 2006. "This first film was a bit like the cowboy's wandering in the great outdoors, as ARTE wanted. In Clint's Boots, which I later directed for France Télévisions, is a more ambitious documentary, which deals less with rodeos than with the way a son embodies his father's dreams. How the father's dreams take over the son's body. For the Greeks, it would have been a tragedy. For cowboys, it's a western." After being tempted to integrate the cowboy and his world into a fictional film – “a stupid idea, a complete mistake, as if you had to distance yourself from the documentary to go further!” – Frédéric Laffont returns from Texas and is now preparing to enter the editing room to give shape to what could be the culmination of seven years of companionship with Clint, who ended up becoming vice-world rodeo champion and bought two ranches. “He and his father don’t speak to each other anymore, okay. But everyone is now living on cloud nine.” Before discovering this feature film in theaters, immerse yourself in the shoes of Clint, the hero of his life – however difficult it may be. A film by Frédéric Laffont Duration: 1h03' © Les Films d'ici, Camera Magica 2011 Editing: Jean François Giré Pauline Casalis Clint Cannon is a rodeo cowboy. Like his father, he dreams of qualifying for the Las Vegas finals. His future is the next rodeo, and from rodeo to rodeo, he crosses America. He often sleeps in the car, he sometimes runs out of food, but a cowboy like Clint doesn't complain. Being a cowboy at the beginning of the 21st century means braving miles in an air-conditioned car, loneliness and boredom in parking lots, but it also means, for Clint, defending a certain idea of homeland: “The whole world knows that America was made by cowboys. We're not going to let it die.” Over the course of the rodeos, he risks losing almost everything (his fiancée, his health, his last dollars); everything except his illusions and the unconditional support of his father. The rise and fall of dreams. On the road to the world title!

"Un film enthousiasmant signé Frédéric Laffont. En quête de personnages qui bataillent pour tisser du lien social et améliorer la vie des gens, le réalisateur s'est arrêté à Noisy-le-Sec. Un documentaire gai, porteur d'espoir, filmé et commenté avec sensibilité." Olympic suburbs Libération: " We can never thank Frédéric Laffont enough, who directed this beautiful issue of Aux petits bonheurs la France, for stepping back behind the humanity of those he films and not selling out their singularity to make them into idiotic standard-bearers. On the effectiveness of the counter-attack.” Le Monde: " An exciting film by Frédéric Laffont. In search of characters who fight to build social bonds and improve people's lives, the director stopped in Noisy-le-Sec. A cheerful, hopeful documentary, sensitively filmed and narrated." A film by Frédéric Laffont Edited by Jean-François Giré Duration: 52' © France3, Interscoop, 1998 A football team. Week after week, Olympique repeats what some don't hesitate to call a feat: it wins far more than it loses. It plays a leading role in a championship that isn't made for it. Olympique's victories open up new horizons for the suburbs.

Dans les cuisines de l'un des meilleurs restaurants du monde, L'Ambroisie de Bernard et Danièle Pacaud, Place des Vosges à Paris. Kitchen Secret: Ambrosia Le Monde: " There are films, like people, that strangely embrace you. What determines a person to be what they are? That's the question posed in this portrait of Bernard Pacaud, one of France's greatest chefs, head of L'Ambroisie in Paris. It's a rare film that conveys a little music, that of this shy, hypersensitive man at the height of his fame, a dissatisfied man who only feels good in front of his stove." Télé 7 Jours: ‘More than an enchantment for the senses, something here passes on to the screen: that particular alchemy that sometimes arises between a virtuoso filmmaker and an inspired man’. A film by Frédéric Laffont Editing: Jean-François Giré Length: 52' © France 3, Interscoop, 2000 In the kitchens of one of the world's finest restaurants, Bernard and Danièle Pacaud's L'Ambroisie , Place des Vosges, Paris.

"Savoureux voyage dans une France du bon goût et du bon sens. A partir du menu d'un grand restaurant parisien, Frédéric Laffont nous entraine dans un tour de France inhabituel. A chaque étape, une rencontre avec un produit, un homme et le lien qui les unit l'un à l'autre. Tous aiment les vraies choses, le vrai goût. Merveilleux rapport à la nature et à une passion." The Menu Libération: "The Menu is a mouth-watering epicurean tour of France. It's a little Babette's Feast that Frédéric Laffont has prepared, seeking out the good men behind the fresh food." Le Monde: "A delicious journey through a France of good taste and common sense. Starting with the menu of a grand Parisian restaurant, the director takes us on an unusual tour of France. At each stop, we encounter a product, a person, and the bond that unites them. They all love real things, real taste. A wonderful connection to nature and a passion. A document that invigorates its man." English version: THE MENU Edited by Jean-François Giré Duration: 59' © France 3, Interscoop, 1994 A gourmet walk through our countryside with exceptional artisans, a menu prepared by chef Bernard Pacaud of L'Ambroisie, one of the best chefs in the world.

Tournages clandestins en Afghanistan, en URSS, à Kaboul… pour un film en deux épisodes de Frédéric Laffont et Christophe de Ponfilly. Dust of War Golden Eagle of the Rueil International History Festival, 1990 Grand Prize at the Angers International Journalism Festival, 1990 VSD: “A magnificent piece of work. The spirit of great reporting in its purest form.” Le Figaro: “Christophe de Ponfilly and Frédéric Laffont have tracked down, in both camps, the stigmata of the absurd Soviet-Afghan conflict. “A formidable exercise, an admirable result.” Some, the Soviets, are doing their "internationalist duty." The others, the Afghan Mujahideen, are fighting for freedom, against "yellow men with blue hair, without beauty." Clandestine filming in Afghanistan, the USSR, Kabul... for a film in two episodes. 1. The song of arms Films by Frédéric Laffont and Christophe de Ponfilly Editing. Jean-François Giré Duration: 2 x 52' © FR3, La Sept, TSR, Interscoop, 1990 2. The time of tears

Shanghai, 1984. Mon premier "grand reportage". Aucune autorisation de tournage. Mon pote Eric, sinologue, pour guide. Les premiers espaces de liberté post-Mao filmés par Tintin reporter. Shanghai New Look VSD: “China as never seen on TV. Hats off to you guys!” Lucien Bodard, a senior reporter born in China. Duration: 33' © Interscoop, Antenne 2, 1985 A film by Frédéric Laffont & Eric Schlesser Edited by Jean-François Giré Shanghai, 1984. My first "big report." A Super 8 camera, a Taiwanese student card purchased for $10 in Hong Kong, and here I am, Chinese, in a country that's half-opening its doors. No filming permits. My friend Eric, a sinologist, as my guide. The first post-Mao spaces of freedom filmed by Tintin Reporter.

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Chaque soir, le rideau va se lever. "C’est l’utopie à laquelle on croit tous ici ! ". Frédéric Laffont a filmé au fil de deux saisons lyriques au théâtre royal de la Monnaie (Bruxelles), en un temps troublé où la culture ne semble plus une priorité pour l’Europe, Les Enchanteurs défendent une certaine vision du monde et de la société. The Enchanters SCAM Star 2017 Every evening, the curtain will rise. "This is the utopia we all believe in here!" On stage and behind the scenes, in workshops and offices: more than four hundred people, visible and invisible, work to make this utopia a reality. They are The Enchanters. Filmed over two lyrical seasons, in a troubled time when culture no longer seems a priority for Europe, Les Enchanteurs defends a certain vision of the world and of society. English version: BEYOND THE STAGE A film by Frédéric Laffont Edited by Catherine Rascon Duration: 90' © La Monnaie / De Munt, Camera Magica, Simple Production, ARTE G.E.IE, RTBF, 2016

Bibliographie de Frédéric Laffont : découvrez ses livres. Frédéric Laffont, as a writer, pursues the same quest as in Camera Magica films: of a stripped-down and profound writing, It explores the nuances of human destinies. Paris, Kigali, Kabul, Jerusalem and Gaza… books. Au 24 faubourg Saint-Honoré éditions de L'Iconoclaste, 2024 Une vie par le menu Prix Passion Littérature éditions de L'Iconoclaste, 2022 Mille et un jours, mille et une nuits éditions Arléa, 2002 à propos du conflit isréalo-palestinien. Maudits soient les yeux fermés édition Lattès, 1995 à propos du génocide au Rwanda Poussières de guerre éditions Robert Laffont, 1990 Sur la guerre URSS-Afghanistan Co-écrit avec Christophe de Ponfilly