Gilles Bourdos ( born 1963 ) is a French film director , screenwriter and producer . He is best known for his atmospheric cinema , which uses troubling themes in contrast with strong aesthetic Bourdos , who was born in Nice , France , made his feature film début at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival with '' Disparus '' ( 1998 ) , a political thriller and love triangle during the Surrealist movement in Paris in 1938 . His second critically acclaimed feature , '' Inquietudes '' ( 2003 ) , is based on the Ruth Rendell novel '' A Sight for Sore Eyes '' and stars Gregoire Colin and Julie Ordon . His first English language film , '' Afterwards '' ( 2008 ) , featured Evangeline Lilly , John Malkovich , and Romain Duris , and was based on the French bestseller '' Et Après ... '' by Guillaume Musso
1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
Gilles Bourdos