Dany Laferrière

Writing

Dany Laferrière

Born 1953-04-13 · Port-Au-Prince, Haiti

Acting credits

The Red Violin poster
7.3

300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.

The Red Violin

1998

Le cri du rhinocéros poster
5.0

Marc Labrèche, the Director of this documentary, himself an author, actor and host, meets other creators to ask them these questions that inhabit him. Do artists have an expiry date? Do we create our best works in our youth or, on the contrary, does experience allow us to develop a greater mastery of our medium? In this respect, are there important differences between the different forms of art such as music, cinema and literature?

Le cri du rhinocéros

2018

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired poster
5.0

A warm summer in Montreal. Two black men, Man and Bouba, share an apartment. Man is an ambitious author, writing on The Great Novel. Bouba is a lazy amateur philosopher who quotes the Koran. Man's habit of picking up young white women makes many young white men jealous...

How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired

1989

Crise d'identité poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Crise d'identité

2015

Red Nose poster
5.5

During the Christmas holiday season, Félix and Céline find themselves working as volunteers for the drive-home service Opération Nez Rouge. Right from the first, Félix falls for Céline. But Céline doesn't feel the same way: she can't forget the fact that Félix once wrote a scathing review of her first piece of writing, crushing her literary ambitions in the process. Worse, Félix doesn't even remember her name. Céline decides to take her revenge. Just as things seem to be going from bad to worse for Félix, Céline realizes that he is vulnerable, tender... and madly in love with her. She is ready to surrender to love... but a chance encounter causes her to wonder whether Félix isn't playing some twisted love game.

Red Nose

2003

My Only Love poster
4.6

The unexpected acquaintance with a young prostitute helps the venerable writer to overcome writer's block. Quite shocking story of her life inspires him for a new book.

My Only Love

2004

Une identité dans la diversité poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Une identité dans la diversité

2016

A State of Blackness: Aimé Césaire’s Way poster
NR

Documentary exploring the thought and work of Aimé Césaire.

A State of Blackness: Aimé Césaire’s Way

1991

La dérive douce d’un enfant de Petit-Goâve poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La dérive douce d’un enfant de Petit-Goâve

2009

Behind the camera