A Paris Education (DVD/Download)

Étienne Tinan (Andranic Manet), a young and serious cinephile, leaves behind Lyon and his girlfriend (Diane Rouxel) of six years to study at film school in Paris. There, he integrates into a bohemian student lifestyle. He is challenged and enthused by his new colleagues, Mathias (Corentin Fila) and Jean-Noël (Gonzague Van Bervesseles), with whom he shares artistic ideas and discusses the merits of Bach, Baudelaire and Marlen Khutsiev. Cinematic references guide their conversations and they are very aware that their tastes and approach to filmmaking dictate their status. However, it is against Mathias that Étienne compares himself the most and their relationship becomes emotionally complicated when Annabelle (Sophie Verbeeck), a political activist, meets Ètienne. He must now find his own personality as both a filmmaker and in his emotional life.

World Premiere - Berlin Panorma Section - 2018
UK Premiere - BFI London Film Festival - 2018

136 mins/France/French with English subtitles/original title: Mes Provinciales/Cert 12A

Étienne Tinan (Andranic Manet), a young and serious cinephile, leaves behind Lyon and his girlfriend (Diane Rouxel) of six years to study at film school in Paris. There, he integrates into a bohemian student lifestyle. He is challenged and enthused by his new colleagues, Mathias (Corentin Fila) and Jean-Noël (Gonzague Van Bervesseles), with whom he shares artistic ideas and discusses the merits of Bach, Baudelaire and Marlen Khutsiev. Cinematic references guide their conversations and they are very aware that their tastes and approach to filmmaking dictate their status. However, it is against Mathias that Etienne compares himself the most and their relationship becomes emotionally complicated when Annabelle (Sophie Verbeeck), a political activist, meets Ètienne. He must now find his own personality as both a filmmaker and in his emotional life.

Born in 1964, Jean Paul Civeyrac graduated in philosophy from the University of Lyon before studying film at La Fémis in Paris. La vie selon Luc (1991), the short feature he made there, was selected in competition at Cannes. In 1996, he shot his debut feature, Neither Eve nor Adam followed by Les Solitaires, Fantômes and Man’s Gentle Love.  All The Fine Promises won the Jean Vigo Prize in 2003. His other credits include Through the forest, Young Girls in Black, which premiered in Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2010, and My Friend Victoria in 2014.

Alongside his work as a filmmaker, Civeyrac has taught at La Fémis, Paris VIII University and Cours Florent drama school. In 2014, De l’incidence Editeur published Ecrit entre les jours, a collection of texts devoted to cinema and music, and in 2017 P.O.L. published an essay on filmmaking, Rose pourquoi.