A French director best known internationally for the classical music drama Tous les Matins Du Monde (1991), Corneau made his name at home with a succession of popular crime thrillers. These include Police Python 357 (1976), Série Noire (1979), Fort Saganne (1984), Le Deuxieme Souffle (2007) and Crime d’Amour (2010).
- Read Alain Corneau's Guardian Obituary
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