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Défossé, Nicolás

He took preparatory classes for the Normal Superior School (ENS, in French) in París at the Liceo Lakanal, Sceaux, Île de France, and received a master’s degree in philosophy from the Universidad Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, where he took classes in film and audiovisual studies. His work has participated in more than 40 festivals around the world, including the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). At the 5th FICM, he participated with his short documentary El camino mayo con la otra campaña (2007) and in the 6th FICM with Yerbabuena (2007), which received two honorable mentions: at the 2nd International Film Festival on Human Rights in Mexico (DHFEST) and the 5th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City. His first feature-length documentary, ¡Viva México! (2009), won the Salvador Allende Award at the 7th Latino Film Festival of Brussels (LAFF), the Audience Award at the 27th Latin American Film Festival, Bourdeaux, and an Honorable Mention at the 13th edition of the José Rovirosa Award of the UNAM Film Archives, among other awards.

Other Movies

The Conformist

El Conformista
In Fascist Italy in 1938, Marcello Clerici is eager to be accepted into the social circles of the regime, which he admires. His opportunity arises when he is ordered to track down, in Paris, a former professor of his—now an opponent of Mussolini—and assassinate him. See More

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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