Fallece a los 86 años el cineasta francés Yves Boisset, el más censurado

The French filmmaker Yves Boisset passed away on Monday at the age of 86, as reported by French media, who noted that the filmmaker had stated he was "the most censored director in France."

Yves Boisset died at the Franco-British Hospital in Levallois-Pert, in Hauts-de-Seine, where he had been receiving treatment for several days, according to "BFMTV". The filmmaker made his mark in the 1970s with political films such as "The Chronicle of a Rape" ("DuPont Lajoie"), addressing everyday racism, and "L’Atntetat", focusing on the Moroccan politician Mehdi Ben Barka.

Born on March 14, 1939 in Paris, Boisset served in the military in Algeria. He later became a journalist for the monthly newspaper "Cinéma" and worked as an assistant director for filmmakers like Jean-Pierre Melville and Vittorio de Sica.

His first film in 1968 was "Coplan Saves His Skin", followed by ten films in the span of ten years, starting with ‘Condé’ (1970), starring Michel Bouquet in a police portrait. "That’s when the problems with censorship began," he mentioned, as highlighted by "BFMTV". He also tackled the Algerian war in "R.A.S".

From the 1980s onwards, Boisset focused on television, with productions such as "L’I Fire", "L’Affaire Dreyfus", "Le Pants" and "Jean Moulin". Notably, he received the Silver Bear in 1975 for "The Chronicle of a Rape" at the Berlin International Film Festival.

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