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Mathieu Amalric
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Director, Screenwriter, Actor Born: October 25, 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France Biography:Described by one critic as an "Antoine Doinel for the '90s" who also evokes "François Truffaut"'s feral Wild Child, "Mathieu Amalric" established himself as one of France's top young actors by playing intellectually-attuned young men dealing with fateful decisions regarding life and love. Although he began appearing in films in the 1980s, Amalric became a more prominent cinematic presence in the 1990s, beginning with the comedy "La Chasse aux Papillons" (1992) and a small part in "Arnaud Desplechin"'s Kafkaesque drama "La Sentinelle" (1992). One of a new generation of gifted French directors, Desplechin's My Sex Life. . .or How I Got into an Argument (1996) brought Amalric international renown, as well as the Most Promising Young Actor César, for his incisive performance as an irresolute academic who cannot settle his love life or his career. Talkative and book-smart, yet unwise, Amalric's Paul Dedalus... Full Biography
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