Sebastien Betbeder: A voice for all seasons

By Philippa Hawker
April 25 2014 - 3:00am

When he started to work on his second feature, French writer-director Sebastien Betbeder began with nothing but words. For the first time in his life, he didn't have anything visual in mind, he says - at least not what he describes as ''a cinematic object''. His script started its life as a monologue.