Atomic Age L'Âge atomique

by Héléna Klotz

France
2012
67 min
French
Feature film
Fiction
Color

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Official synopsis

Saturday night, two teenagers catch up for hanging out together. As they’re walking through Paris, encounters and disillusions that follow on push them to wondering about their own feelings…

Biography and Filmography

Héléna Klotz started out at the Théâtre de Chaillot as an Assistant Director and then Sound Designer for Bruno Bayen. In 2003, she directed the medium-length film “Le Léopard ne se déplace jamais sans ses tâches”, selected in Official Competition at Locarno, then the documentary “Les Amants cinéma” (2006) while working on the casting of films by Nicolas Klotz and Katell Quillévéré. Her first feature film, “Atomic Age” (2011) starring Niels Schneider, won several prestigious awards. In 2014, she worked as the Artistic Director for Jacques Audiard’s “Dheepan”, which was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. After “Amour Ocean” (2022), her third short film, she has just finished "Spirit of Ecstasy" her last feature film produced by Les Films du Bélier, and programmed in the Platform selection at Toronto.

2023 : SPIRIT OF ECSTASY - Héléna Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2022 : AMOUR OCÉAN (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : BTLM*BETHLEHEM (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2011 : VAL D’OR (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2012 : L’ÂGE ATOMIQUE - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2006 : LES AMANTS CINÉMA - Helena Klotz - Director
2003 : LE LÉOPARD NE SE DÉPLACE JAMAIS SANS SES TACHES (Short) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter

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Héléna Klotz started out at the Théâtre de Chaillot as an Assistant Director and then Sound Designer for Bruno Bayen. In 2003, she directed the medium-length film “Le Léopard ne se déplace jamais sans ses tâches”, selected in Official Competition at Locarno, then the documentary “Les Amants cinéma” (2006) while working on the casting of films by Nicolas Klotz and Katell Quillévéré. Her first feature film, “Atomic Age” (2011) starring Niels Schneider, won several prestigious awards. In 2014, she worked as the Artistic Director for Jacques Audiard’s “Dheepan”, which was awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. After “Amour Ocean” (2022), her third short film, she has just finished "Spirit of Ecstasy" her last feature film produced by Les Films du Bélier, and programmed in the Platform selection at Toronto.

2023 : SPIRIT OF ECSTASY - Héléna Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2022 : AMOUR OCÉAN (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : BTLM*BETHLEHEM (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2011 : VAL D’OR (SHORT) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2012 : L’ÂGE ATOMIQUE - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter
2006 : LES AMANTS CINÉMA - Helena Klotz - Director
2003 : LE LÉOPARD NE SE DÉPLACE JAMAIS SANS SES TACHES (Short) - Helena Klotz - Director and Screenwriter