Mathieu ##x was just 28 when he won Best Director at Cannes for ` ` La Haine '' Success in Hollywood has taken him to L.A. but he prefers to stay in Paris . CNN He says Paris is inspirational for a director because of its place in film history . If Paris was a movie , he says it would be ` ` a good - looking girl with a big mouth ''
Mathieu ##x was just 28 when he won Best Director at Cannes for ` ` La Haine '' Success in Hollywood has taken him to L.A. but he prefers to stay in Paris . He says Paris is inspirational for a director because of its place in film history . If Paris was a movie , he says it would be ` ` a good - looking girl with a big mouth ''