37° 2 LE MATIN / BETTY BLUE

Zorg is a handyman working at the seaside in France, maintaining and looking after the wooden bungalows. He lives a quiet and peaceful life, working diligently and writing in his spare time. He is in love with Betty, a young woman who is as beautiful as she is wild and unpredictable. She is obsessed to try to get one of Zorg's books published, but it is rejected, which makes Betty fly into a rage. Suddenly, Betty's wild manners start to get out of control.

ŽAN-ŽAK BENEKS / JEAN-JACQUES BEINEIX

In 1964, Jean-Jacques Beineix started his career as assistant director on the famous French TV series, Les Saintes chéries. In 1980, he directed his first feature film Diva which received four Césars. The film was also entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. His second feature, Moon in the Gutter, was nominated for the Palme d'Or at 1983's Cannes Festival. In 1986, Jean-Jacques Beineix directed Betty Blue. In 1987, that film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and in the same category at the same year’s British Academy Film Awards and Golden Globes. He directed Roselyne et les lions in 1989, IP5: L'île aux pachydermes in 1992 and Mortel Transfert in 2001.