When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.

There is a broad cultural current that conveys the idea that a film is like a football team, it represents a nation, it is illustrated literature, filmed radio. These are outdated concepts, totally out of touch with today's realities.

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.

When a French book becomes an international hit it is because of the author and not because of the language. The same goes for movies.

The financing of my films has always been international.

I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.