Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.Et si on allait au théâtre ? Les concerts de fin d'année (pdf)
"Avec Éric Caravaca (Adrien), Denis. Podalydès (Henri), Sabine Azéma" The son of an engineer, Caravaca (of

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origin) studied literature while taking acting lessons. After obtaining his degree, he left for

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, where he joined l'École nationale supérieure d'arts et techniques du théâtre, and completed his formation at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique. He then went to

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in 1993, where he studied at the

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for a year. Upon his return to France, he began his career in theatre and gained attention in

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's Waiting for Godot. He made his film debut in 1996, in ''

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'' by Diane Bertrand. He played mostly small roles until '' C'est quoi la vie?'', directed by François Dupeyron in 1999, which earned him the

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. He worked again with Dupeyron in '' La chambre des officiers'' in 2001, and appeared as Luc in

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's film '' Son frère'' in 2003, opposite

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. He directed his first film '' The Passenger'' in 2005, in which he also played a role (Thomas), opposite

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, which was presented at the

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Selected filmography

* 1998 - ''La voie est libre'', directed by

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* 1999 - ''

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'', directed by Marion Vernoux * 1999 - ''La vie ne me fait pas peur'', directed by

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* 1999 - '' C'est quoi la vie?'' * 2000 - ''La parenthèse enchantée'', directed by Michel Spinosa * 2001 - '' The Officers' Ward'', directed by François Dupeyron * 2002 - ''Les amants du Nil'', directed by Eric Heumann * 2002 - '' Novo'', directed by

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* 2003 - '' Son frère'', directed by

* 2003 - '' That Woman'', directed by

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* 2004 - ''Inguelezi'', directed by François Dupeyron * 2005 - '' The Passenger'' * 2006 - ''

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'', directed by

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* 2007 - ''Mon colonel'', directed by Laurent Herbiet * 2008 - '' Cliente'', directed by

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* 2009 - ''Eden à l'ouest'

directed by Costas Gavras * 2009 - ''

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'', directed by Alfred Lot * 2010 - ''

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'', directed by Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond * 2011 - ''

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'' directed by

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and Vincent Paronnaud * 2015 - ''

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'' directed by Antoine Cuypers * 2017 - '' Back to Burgundy'' directed by

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* 2017 - '' Lover for a Day'' * 2019 - ''

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'' directed by

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* 2021 - '' Everything Went Fine'' directed by François Ozon

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