About

Romain-Pierre Charpentier, known professionally as Romain Goupil, is a French filmmaker. He won the César Award for Best First Film for Half a Life. He was a college leader during the May 1968 civil unrest in France and was for a long time a trotskyist militant. During the 2000s decade he aligned with the positions of the Cercle de l'Oratoire, and supported Emmanuel Macron in 2017.