JDL

Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

French writer, director and producer of films and television series

July 1, 1963 (60 years old)

in theaters on my screens

Soupçons 2

Fr. 2012. Documentary by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade.

Runtime: 130 min.

in theaters on my screens

La Disparition

Fr. 2011. Drama by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade with Thierry Godard, Yannick Choirat, Géraldine Pailhas. When a mother mysteriously disappears without a trace, her lover accuses her husband of murdering her and then hiding the body.

Runtime: 98 min.

in theaters on my screens

Parcours meurtrier d'une mère ordinaire: L'affaire Courjault

Fr. 2009. Documentary by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade.

in theaters on my screens

Sur ta joue ennemie

Fr. 2008. Drama by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade with Robinson Stévenin, Fanny Valette, Patrick Descamps. On parole, a young man tries to reconnect with his sister, whom he had seriously hurt the day he coldly killed their parents.

Runtime: 111 min.

in theaters on my screens

The Staircase

V.O.: Soupçons

Fr. 2004. Documentary by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The police investigation that led to the trial of American writer Michael Peterson, accused of killing his wife in December 2001.

Runtime: 376 min.

in theaters on my screens

Murder on a Sunday Morning

V.O.: Un Coupable idéal

Fr. 2001. Documentary by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. In Florida, a black teenager on trial for the murder of a 60-year-old tourist says he is innocent after investigators forced him to sign a false confession.

Runtime: 111 min.

in theaters on my screens

The Talk of the Town

V.O.: La Justice des hommes

Fr. 2000. Documentary by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. The work of the association ""Avocats sans fronti

Runtime: 91 min.