Lara, Christian

(1939, Basse-Terre, Guade­loupe, France - )

   A great-grandson of an emanicipated slave who cre­ated a newspaper and wrote a book on the history of the West Indies, he was a journalist before making his directing debut in 1973.

 Filmography

1973 ◘ Les infidèles

1976 ◘ Un Amour de Sable (also co-screenwriter, adapter, co-dialogist; unreleased)

        ◘ Coco la Fleur / USA: Coco the Flower, Candidate

        ◘ Chap' la (La Dérobade) (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist; shot in 1978)

        ◘ Mamito (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist)

        ◘ Vivre libre ou mourir (also screenwriter, dialogist)

        ◘ Une Glace avec deux Boules / Superbiester! Nen Freund zum Geburstag (also screenwriter, ad­apter, dialogist; France / West Germany)

        ◘ Adieu Foulards (also co-screenwriter)

1987 ◘ Black

1993 ◘ Une Sacrée Chabine / Cette Sacrée Chabine (also screenwriter)

2002 ◘ Sucre amer (also screenwriter, adapter, dialogist, producer; France / Canada; shot in 1997)

2004 ◘ Cracking Up (also screenwriter)

        ◘ 1802, l'Epopée guadeloupéenne (also screenwriter; shot in 2002)

        ◘ Un Homme à Femmes (also screenwriter, dialogist)