José Laplaine

José Laplaine, who also signs as Zeka Laplaine, was born in 1960 at Ilebo, in Zaire. A student of management in Rome, he discovered the theatre, trained as an actor in Brussels and then in Paris under Jack Garfein, and wrote screenplays from 1985. An assistant to Roger Vadim, settled in Paris in 1989, he acted in cinema and on television before turning to directing. He has founded two production companies, one in France, the other in the DRC, and made five films from 1996 to 2006; he has also appeared as an actor in the work of Abderrahmane Sissako.

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• CinemaAsphalt TribeMacadam tribuJosé Laplaine · 1996Cinema