Ang Lee "Taking Woodstock" was "Life of Pi", which was adapted from the novel of the same name written by Yann Martel. The story was a retrospective first-person narrative from Pi, a then 16-year-old boy from India, who is the only human to survive the sinking of a freighter on the way from India to Canada. He finds himself on a lifeboat with an orangutan, a hyena, a wounded zebra and a Bengal tiger. During this unlikely journey, young Pi questions his belief in God and the meaning of life. The novel was once considered impossible to make into a movie, but
Yann Moix novel as well as the Prix François Mauriac from the Académie française for "Jubilations vers le ciel" in 1996. In 2013, he won the Prix Renaudot for "Naissance". Moix directed three films, including "Podium", based on one of his novels. Since 2015, Moix has been a host on "On n'est pas couché", a television program. He also writes for the magazine "La Règle du Jeu". Yann Moix Yann Moix (born 1968) is a French author, film director and television presenter. He is the author of ten novels, and the recipient of several literary prizes. He is the director of three