The French filmmaker François Ozon, who already competed in the Official Section of the Festival in 2000 with Sous le sable (Under the Sand) and in 2009 with Le refuge, is back with a film about the relationship between a teacher and one of his students, in a clever game in which the lines between reality and fiction become blurred and you cannot tell what dark purposes the youngster is concealing or how far his scheming will go.
His medium-length Regarde la mer (1997) was screened in Zabaltegi at the San Sebastian Festival and followed shortly afterwards with his first feature, Sitcom (1998). In 2000, he competed in the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Festival with Sous le sable (Under the Sand) and in 2009, with Le refuge, winner of the Special Jury Prize. His other films include: 8 femmes (8 Women, 2002), Swimming Pool (2003), 5 x 2 (2004), Le temps qui reste (Time to Leave, 2005), Angel (2007), Ricky (2009) and Potiche (2010).