The Many Lives of Édouard Louis

How does a young kid, raised in the heart of the French sub-proletariat, transform – decide, and succeed in transforming – into one of the most exciting, decisive, and popular writers of his era and the spokesman of an entire generation? Going beyond a mere penetrating portrait of Édouard Louis, as it traces a tumultuous and extremely enchanting path towards self-actualization, The Many Lives of Eduard Louis is an ode to the audacity needed to bring about change, both personal and collective, and to the unquenchable need for justice. Filmed in close collaboration with Louis, this documentary is imbued with his fiery spirit, his sharp gaze, and the emotion inherent in his books that catapulted him to the pinnacle of European intellectual circles. Through his film, the experienced documentary filmmaker François Caillat introduces us anew, and from within, to the great and particularly beloved in Greece, Édouard Louis.