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Hervé Le Roux

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Hervé Le Roux
Born1958
Died (aged 59)
Poitiers, France
Occupation(s)Film critic, director
EmployerCahiers du Cinéma

Hervé Le Roux (1958 – 26 July 2017) was a French film critic and director.

Early life

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Hervé Le Roux was born in 1958.[1]

Career

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Le Roux began his career as a critic for Cahiers du Cinéma.[2][3] In 1989, he was an assistant director to Alain Bergala's Incognito.[1]

Le Roux directed three films. His first film, Grand Bonheur, was released in 1993. His second film, released in 1997, was a three-hour documentary called Reprise.[2][3] The film showed the reactions of factory workers in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis who had to return to work at the end of the 1968 strikes.[2][3] His third film, On appelle ça... le printemps, was released in 2001.[1]

Death

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Le Roux died on 26 July 2017 in Poitiers at the age of 59.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Le cinéaste Hervé Le Roux, notamment réalisateur de "Reprise", est mort". France Info. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Tranchant, Marie-Noëlle (27 July 2017). "Mort du réalisateur Hervé Le Roux". Le Figaro. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Péron, Didier (27 July 2017). "MORT DU CINÉASTE HERVÉ LE ROUX À L'ÂGE DE 59 ANS". Libération. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.