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Lie With Me
The heart skips to a new beat, seemingly bursting from your chest as you find yourself suddenly tumbling into love, as if taking a step and not finding ground beneath you. It is a plunge that strikes up an overwhelming orchestration of emotions—from the stringed hum of desire to the sharp brass of fear—and this profuse pulse of life leaps forth from every page of Philippe Besson’s Lie With Me. It is an elegiac story of first love, of unquenchable desire, of the agony from remaining hidden, of ‘intolerable deprivation,’ of the stories we tell to survive and the uncertain horizons of life we follow. Or, perhaps, it is ‘the story of two inseparable friends who end up being separated by time’ as it moves from the first moments of clandestine queer romance in 1980s France to a chance encounter decades later with a face that seems impossibly familiar. Written with a direct, yet poetic minimalism, translated here into English by Molly Ringwald (Yes, thatMolly Ringwald), its a simplicity that still conjures up sweeping cinematic visuals in sepia tones and sorrowful songs. ‘It's the most simple words that destroy us,’ writes Besson, and the words of love and loss cut deep on every page. Blurring the line between fict
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Lie With Me
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I’m 17 years old.
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Luc Besson
French filmmaker (born 1959)
Luc Besson | |
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Besson at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2016 | |
| Born | Luc Paul Maurice Besson (1959-03-18) 18 March 1959 (age 65) Paris, France |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouses | Anne Parillaud (m. 1986; div. 1991)Maïwenn Le Besco (m. 1992; div. 1997)Milla Jovovich (m. 1997; div. 1999) |
| Children | 5, including Shanna Besson and Thalia Besson |
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (French:[lykbɛsɔ̃]; born 18 March 1959) is a French filmmaker. He directed or produced the films Subway (1985), The Big Blue (1988), and La Femme Nikita (1990). Associated with the Cinéma du look film movement, he has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films Léon: The Professional (1994) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film The Fifth Element (1997). He wrote and directed the sci-fi action film Lucy (2014) and the space opera film Valerian and the City of a Thou