Background
He met Raul Ruiz through his mother, Chantal Poupaud, who was a well-known press relations officer in the French cinema world.
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Melvil Poupaud
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Career
Poupaud"s first appearance was, as a child, in Raúl Ruiz"s 1983 film City of Pirates. He starred in François Ozon"s Time to Leave, and co-starred with Parker Posey in Zoe Cassavetes" Broken English. He also appeared in films such as Eric Rohmer"s A Summer"s Tale, Arnaud Desplechin"s A Christmas Tale, and François Ozon"s The Refuge.
He co-starred with Suzanne Clément in Xavier Dolan"s Laurence Anyways.
Having led an selective career, grown in a family having close links with the cinema world, he has been close to figures of the Parisian intelligentsia during the seventies and eighties, such as Marguerite Duras or Jacques Lacan.
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