35 Shots of Rum (French: 35 Rhums ) is a 2008 film, directed by Claire Denis, the French filmmaker.
 It made its North American premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and was shown outside of competition at the Venice Film Festival.
 It was later released to limited theaters in 2009.
 Claire Denis was in part inspired by Yasujirō Ozu's "Late Spring".
Andrea Vecchiato is the Italian director of film "Luminal", adapted from Isabella Santacroce's cult novel, which won Best Film at the Rome Independent Film Festival in 2004, starring Denis Lavant and scored by Michael Nyman and Gavin Rossdale.
 He is also an established fashion/portrait photographer.
 In January 2004, Isabella Santacroce dedicated to him her new novel "Revolver".
Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (] ) is a 1991 French film directed by Leos Carax, starring Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant.
 The title refers to the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris.
 The North American title of the film is The Lovers on the Bridge, and, in a mistranslation of the original title, the Australian title is Lovers on the Ninth Bridge (instead of "Lovers on the New Bridge").
Vendredi soir (English: Friday Night ) is a 2002 drama film directed by Claire Denis.
 The screenplay was written by Claire Denis and Emmanuèle Bernheim, based upon Bernheim's novel of the same name.
 The film premiered at the 2002 Venice Film Festival.
Beau Travail (] , French for "good work") is a 1999 French movie directed by Claire Denis that is loosely based on Herman Melville's 1888 novella "Billy Budd".
 The movie is set in Djibouti, where the protagonists are soldiers in the French Foreign Legion.
 Parts of the soundtrack of the movie are from Benjamin Britten's opera based on the novella.
Holy Motors is a 2012 French-German fantasy drama film written and directed by Leos Carax, starring Denis Lavant and Édith Scob.
 Lavant plays Mr. Oscar, a man not unlike an actor who inhabits several roles, but there are no apparent cameras filming the man's performances.
 It is Carax's first feature film since 1999.
 The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.
Un Tour de Manège (] ; a.k.a. "Roundabout" (UK), "Once Around the Park" (US)) is a 1989 French film starring Juliette Binoche, François Cluzet, Denis Lavant and Michel Aumont.
 It is the first and to date only film directed by the acclaimed French theatre director Pierre Pradinas.
 The film was shot on location in Paris in the summer of 1988.
Veit Helmer (born 24 April 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter.
 He started shooting films at the age of fourteen.
 After finishing school he was trainee at German TV station NDR.
 Two month before the wall came down, he moved to East-Berlin to study theatre directing at the famous drama school "Ernst Busch".
 From 1991 to 1997 Helmer studied film directing at HFF Munich.
 His first feature film "Tuvalu" (starring Denis Lavant and Chulpan Khamatova) earned more than 32 awards.
 His 2008 film "Absurdistan" was premiered in Sundance and entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
Boy Meets Girl is a 1984 French drama film written and directed by Leos Carax, starring Denis Lavant and Mireille Perrier.
 It was Carax's first feature film.
 The plot follows the relationship of an aspiring filmmaker (Denis Lavant), who has just been left by his lover and a suicidal young woman (Mireille Perrier), who is also reeling from a failed romance.
Denis Lavant (born 17 June 1961) is a French actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax.
 Lavant has played the lead role in all but one of Carax's films.
 Lavant is also known for his roles in Claire Denis' "Beau Travail", and Harmony Korine's "Mister Lonely".

Question: What was the name of the novella that was adapted to film directed by Claire Denis and starring Denis Lavant?
Answer: Billy Budd