Synopsis

About the director

Sébastien Lifshitz (b. 1968, Paris) studied history of art in Paris from 1987 to 1993. During that time he worked as assistant cameraman to Suzanne Lafont, in addition to other jobs. In 1994 he shot his first short, Il faut que je l´aime. In 1996 he helped director Claire Denis on Nénette et Boni. Filmography: the medium-length Les corps ouverts (1998); a made-for-TV movie, Les terres froides (1999); a romantic story of coming out which earned him international acclaim, Come Undone (Presque rien, 2000 – screened at 40 festivals); The Crossing (La traversée, 2001) and Wild Side (2003). The director on Wild Side: "I want the film to have a strong link with reality, a documentary dimension which is as hard and violent as the life of marginal characters can often be. The film will follow characters where they live - the streets of Paris - and will initially move forward at their speed: nervous, elliptical, rapid. In the second part of the film there is a change in tone. Life’s unexpected events take the three characters out of their territory and into the countryside of northern France. In the first part of the film, the characters guided the story, but from this point on, the story will guide them."

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