Constantine was the debut film by a French filmmaker.
Catherine Breillat ( [ bʁɛja ] ; born 13 July 1948 ) is a French filmmaker , novelist and Professor of Auteur Cinema at the European Graduate School . Constantine is a 2005 American-German occult detective action horror film directed by Francis Lawrence as his feature film directorial debut , starring Keanu Reeves as John Constantine , with Rachel Weisz , Shia LaBeouf , Tilda Swinton , Pruitt Taylor Vince , and Djimon Hounsou .