Question: Which film whose director is younger, The Proprietor or Un Couple Épatant?

He worked for many years in collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions which included director( and Merchant's longtime professional and domestic partner) Ismail Merchant( born Ismail Noor Muhammad Abdul Rahman; 25 December 1936 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian- born film producer and director. James Ivory as well as screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Their films won six Academy Awards. <SEP> Cavale( also known in UK as Trilogy: One) is a 2002 film directed by, written by, and starring Lucas Belvaux. This is the second installment of the" Trilogy" series. It constitutes a thriller, and is preceded by" Un couple épatant", which is a comedy, and followed by" Après la vie", which is a melodrama. In UK the distribution company altered the order of the trilogy placing the second film as the first one. In the DVD commentary, Belvaux explained that the main idea behind" Trilogy" is that the main characters in a particular story can be seen as the secondary characters in others; the three films happen at the same time and share a series of common scenes and plot points, complementing each other, but each has its own perspective and style. The audience is left with the duty of piecing the films together, which Belvaux avoided, since editing the three films into one single narrative would have resulted in a very long film with no style of its own. <SEP> This is the first installment of a series" Trilogy", which constitutes a comedy followed by" One: On the run", a thriller and" Three: After life", a melodrama. In Uk the distribution company altered the order of the trilogy placing the second film as the first one. Belvaux referred in the DVD commentary that main idea behind" Trilogy" is that the main characters in a particular story are the secondary characters of others, in such sense the three films happen at the same time and share a series of common scenes and plot points, complementing each other, but also have their own perspective and style. The audience is left with piecing the films together, which Belvaux avoided, since editing the three films into one single narrative would have resulted in a very long film with no style of its own. Un couple épatant( also known as Trilogy: Two) is a 2002 French- Belgian film written and directed by Lucas Belvaux. <SEP> It is a U.S.- French co-production Merchant Ivory film, directed by Ismail Merchant for Jeanne Moreau's request. The Proprietor is a 1996 film. <SEP> La Bestia humana is a 1957 Argentine film whose story is based on the novel" La Bête Humaine" by the French writer Émile Zola. <SEP> His directing credits include the" Trilogie", consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are" Cavale", a thriller;" Un couple épatant", a comedy; and" Après la vie", a melodrama. The" Trilogie" received the André Cavens Award. Lucas Belvaux( born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His film" La Raison du plus faible" was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. His film" One Night( 38 témoins)" was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning Best Screenplay. He also appeared as an actor in the film" Merry Christmas"( 2005). He is the brother of Rémy Belvaux and Bruno Belvaux.