Biography

There are those who celebrate birthdays by blowing out candles and singing the usual tune. Others prefer cake, a toast or some flowers.

Today, his name is mostly forgotten, except maybe by a handful of hardcore cinephiles. But Robert Florey (1900-1979) was a prolific director who, in a career that started in 1927, counted more than fifty pictures to his credit, mostly B-movies that earned him a solid reputation within the Studio System.

Z, The Confession, State of Siege, Missing, Music Box are some of the seminal films by Greek director and Golden Globe winner Constantin Costa-Gavras who in a long career which began in 1965 established himself as one of the most relevant masters of political thrillers. Today, at 85, the filmmaker has just published his first book in French, Va où il est impossible d’aller, a captivating autobiography whose title, taken from writer Nikos Kazantzakis (Zorba the Greek, The Last Temptation of Christ) translates to Journey Where it is Impossible to Go.