Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca (born 21 November 1966) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter.

The son of an engineer, Caravaca (of Spanish origin) studied literature while taking acting lessons. After obtaining his degree, he left for Paris, 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 New York City in 1993, where he studied at the Actors Studio for a year.

Upon his return to France, he began his career in theatre and gained attention in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. He made his film debut in 1996, in Un samedi sur la terre by Diane Bertrand. He played mostly small roles until C'est quoi la vie, directed by François Dupeyron in 1999, which earned him the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He worked again with Dupeyron in La chambre des officiers in 2001, and appeared as Luc in Patrice Chéreau's film Son frère in 2003, opposite Bruno Todeschini.

Amira Casar

Amira Casar (born 1 May 1971) is a French actress who grew up in England, Ireland, and France. She has appeared in more than 50 films since 1989.

Early life and personal life

Amira is the daughter of a Kurdish father and a Russian opera singer. She was born in England and subsequently raised in England, Ireland and France. She studied drama at the Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique de Paris. She is fluent in both English and French and has worked in German, Italian and Spanish.

Career

Casar has worked in films and in the theatre internationally and on both sides of the Channel, favouring strong independent projects.

Some of her film and Television work includes (selected filmography): La Vérité si je mens 1 & 2 (Cesar nomination as Best Young Actress) in 1997 and 2000. In 2000 Comment J'ai Tué Mon Père by Anne Fontaine. Carlos Saura's Bunuel y la Messa Del Rei Salomon in 2001. David More's Forty for Channel 4 in 2002 and Filles Perdues Cheveux Gras (Cannes Film Festival Semaine de la Critique). Sylvia by Christine Jeffs with Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig in 2003. Catherine Breillat's avant-garde international release Anatomy of Hell (Toronto Film Festival) in 2004. In 2005, she appeared in The Larrieu Brothers's Peindre ou Faire l'Amour alongside Daniel Auteuil (Cannes Film Festival Official Selection) and The Quay Brothers The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. Tony Gatlif's Transylvania (Cannes Film Festival Official Selection) in 2006.

Caravan to Vaccarès (film)

Caravan to Vaccarès is a 1974 British-French action film directed by Geoffrey Reeve and starring David Birney, Charlotte Rampling and Michael Lonsdale. It was loosely based on a novel by Alistair MacLean.

Plot introduction

In the south of France, a mysterious assassin shoots one man, then another.

A wandering young American adventurer, Bowman (David Birney), meets a pretty young British photographer, Lila (Charlotte Rampling) when she hitches a ride. They run into the assassin while helping a couple who have broken down by the side of the road.

When they arrive in town they meet a French duke (Michel Lonsdale) who invites them to dinner. David reveals that the duke had met him in Paris and offered him a job for $3,000 and a return ticket to New York but he doesn't know what for. He is driving a car lent by the duke. That night a man breaks into a place where they are staying but Bowman fights him off.

The duke appears and hires Bowman to smuggle a Hungarian scientist (Michael Bryan) out of France to the United States. Bowman is reluctant but the duke says if he won't do it he will report the car as being stolen.