Cozarinsky, Edgardo

(January 13, 1939, Buenos Aires, Argentina-)

   The grandson of Russian immigrants, he co-wrote several movies (1967 Los traidores de San Angel, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Argentina / USA / Mexico / Chile / Puerto Rico; 1979 Beto nervio contra el poder de las tinieblas, Miguel Bejo, Argentina; La Mémoire courte, Eduardo de Gregorio) and appeared as an actor in Argentinian and French films (1971 La familia unida es-perando la llegada de Hallewyn, Miguel Bejo, Argentina; 1974 La civilization est'a haciendo masa y no deja oir, Julio César Luduena, Argentina; 1975 Dialogos de exili-ados / Dialogues d'Exilés, Raul Ruiz, Argentina / France; 1978 La Tortue sur le Dos / USA: Like a Turtle on Its Back, Luc Béraud; 1981 Cinématon, documentary, short, as himself, Gérard Courant; 1988 Ville étrangère, Didier Goldschmidt; 2005 Meykinof, documentary, short, as himself, Carmen Guarini, Argentina). He fled the Ar­gentinian dictatorship and in 1974 settled in France, where he directed movies and published a collection of short stories (2002 La Fiancée d'Odessa, Actes Sud) and a novel (2005 Le Ruffian moldave, Actes Sud).

 Filmography

1971 ◘ Puntos suspensivos o Esperando a los barbaros (also actor; Brazil / Argentina)

1977 ◘ Les Apprentis Sorciers (also screenwriter; France / West Germany)

1980 ◘ Not in Vain (short)

1980 ◘ L'Album des Cartes postales volées (four l horts: "Trois Cartes postales de Saïgon", "Trois Cartes postales du Troisième Reich", "Deux Cartes postales de la Manche 1940", "Les Cartes postales d'un Cinéphile pendant l'Occupation")

        ◘ La Guerre d'un seul Homme (documentary; also France / West Germany)

        ◘ Haute Mer

        ◘ Jean Cocteau: Autoportrait d'un Inconnu / US DVD: Jean Cocteau: Self Portrait of a Man Un­known (documentary)

1992 ◘ Boulevards du Crépuscule: Sur Falconetti, Le Vigan et quelques Autres en Argentine (documentary)

1994 ◘ Citizen Langlois (documentary)

        ◘ Guerriers et Captives / Guerreros y cautivas (also screenwriter, dialogist; France / Argen­tina / Switzerland)

1996 ◘ Le Violon de Rotschild / Rotschild's Violin (also screenwriter; France / Finland / Switzerland / Hungary)

1998 ◘ Fantômes de Tanger (also screenwriter)

        ◘ Le Cinéma des Cahiers (documentary; also screenwriter)

        ◘ Tango deseo (also screenwriter; Argentina)

        ◘ Dans le Rouge du Couchant / Crep'usculo rojo (also co-screenwriter; France / Spain)

2005 ◘ Ronda nocturna / Ronde de Nuit / US DVD:

        ◘ Night Watch (also executive producer; Ar­gentina / France)

 Television Filmography

1988 ◘ Sarah (documentary; short; also screenwriter; France / Belgium)

        ◘ La Barraca, Lorca sobre los caminos de Es-pana (documentary; medium-length; also co-screenwriter; France / Spain)

        ◘ Un Siècle d'Ecrivains (documentary; episode "Italo Calvino")

2002 ◘ Chaplin Today: Limelight (documentary; short)