Mr. X

Leos Carax is a French director. He keeps away from the press and from crowds. A story of mystery has been built around him because of it. The documentary looks at his films rather than at that story. Its title comes from a nickname used for Carax. He drew attention with his first film. The work that followed caused argument too. The documentary gathers footage, outtakes and stills. It is put together as a portrait. People who worked with him speak. Denis Lavant is one of them. Harmony Korine speaks as well. The critic Richard Brody is in the film. So is Kylie Minogue. It screened at Sundance in 2014. The seventy two minute film is a French production Tessa Louise-Salomé finished in 2014.