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Arthur Harari

Born January 1, 1981 · Paris, France (age 45)

Arthur Harari (born 1981 in Paris) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor. He made his directorial debut in 2016 with the crime drama Dark Inclusion, which he followed up in 2021 with the adventure drama Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle. For his screenplay of the legal drama Anatomy of a Fall (2023), which he co-wrote with Justine Triet, Harari received the Golden Globe Award for Best…

Known For

Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall · 2023

Anatomy of a Fall

MovieThrillerMystery

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle · 2021

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

MovieDramaAdventure

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.

Sibyl

Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot’s tumultuous life, reviving volatile memories that bring her face to face with her past.

In Bed with Victoria

In Bed with Victoria · 2016

In Bed with Victoria

MovieComedyDrama

Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend's wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.

The Goldman Case

The Goldman Case · 2023

The Goldman Case

MovieDramaCrime

A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists.

The Unknown

The Unknown · 2026

MovieDramaMystery

David Zimmerman, almost 40, is a photographer but no one knows it. When friends drag him to a wild party, he spots a woman in the crowd and can’t take his eyes off her, he follows her… A few hours later, David wakes up: he’s in the body of the unknown woman.

Age of Panic

Age of Panic · 2013

MovieComedyDrama

May 6, 2012. Cable news reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two young daughters. It's a manic Sunday in Paris: two agitated girls, a frazzled babysitter, a needy new boyfriend, a grumpy lawyer and France cut in half!

Dark Diamond

Dark Diamond · 2016

MovieCrimeDrama

Pier Ulmann lives from hand-to-mouth in Paris, between construction work and petty theft that he commits on behalf of Rachid, his only “family”. But life catches up with him the day his father is found dead in the street after a long decline. The black sheep of a rich Antwerp family who deals in diamonds, he has left his son nothing, apart from the story of his banishment from the Ulmann family and a thirst for revenge.

Filmography

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Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall · 2023

Anatomy of a Fall

MovieThrillerMystery

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Screenplay

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle · 2021

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

MovieDramaAdventure

Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide; stay alive whatever happens; the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, this role will be to wage a guerrilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after; Onoda, 10,000 days later.

Writer

Sibyl

Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl becomes more and more involved in Margot’s tumultuous life, reviving volatile memories that bring her face to face with her past.

Screenplay

In Bed with Victoria

In Bed with Victoria · 2016

In Bed with Victoria

MovieComedyDrama

Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend's wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.

Chimpanzee Trainer

The Goldman Case

The Goldman Case · 2023

The Goldman Case

MovieDramaCrime

A second trial begins in November 1975 against French left-wing revolutionary Pierre Goldman, accused of several armed robberies and the death of two chemists.

Maître Kiejman

The Unknown

The Unknown · 2026

MovieDramaMystery

David Zimmerman, almost 40, is a photographer but no one knows it. When friends drag him to a wild party, he spots a woman in the crowd and can’t take his eyes off her, he follows her… A few hours later, David wakes up: he’s in the body of the unknown woman.

Director

Age of Panic

Age of Panic · 2013

MovieComedyDrama

May 6, 2012. Cable news reporter Laetitia is covering the French presidential elections, while Vincent, her ex-husband, demands to see their two young daughters. It's a manic Sunday in Paris: two agitated girls, a frazzled babysitter, a needy new boyfriend, a grumpy lawyer and France cut in half!

Arthur

Dark Diamond

Dark Diamond · 2016

MovieCrimeDrama

Pier Ulmann lives from hand-to-mouth in Paris, between construction work and petty theft that he commits on behalf of Rachid, his only “family”. But life catches up with him the day his father is found dead in the street after a long decline. The black sheep of a rich Antwerp family who deals in diamonds, he has left his son nothing, apart from the story of his banishment from the Ulmann family and a thirst for revenge.

Director

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Lion Sleeps Tonight · 2018

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

An aging movie actor who is preparing to shoot a death scene finds himself visited by the spirit of a dead, long-ago lover.

Philippe

But We Have the Music

But We Have the Music · 2009

But We Have the Music

Portraits of people taken in a same space : space of listening, space of black & white. In this space can go together the fantasies of the model and the filmmaker.

Manodopera

Manodopera · 2016

An immigrant worker renovates a flat. Young men reflect on their existence.

Writer

Hand on the Mouth

Hand on the Mouth · 2007

Hand on the Mouth

Bruno, accompaned by his friend Liliane, arrives at his father's place. His father lives alone in the middle of the countryside. Bruno wants to ask him something.

Director

Thermidor

Thermidor · 2009

As every year, Vicky goes to mass to the memory of Louis XVI. This time, he is accompanied by Ingrid. He has thirty years more than her, but Ingrid seems under the charm of this character. Revolutionary, rocker, prophet of the apocalypse of the West, he claims the return of the values of the chivalry. For Vicky, a princess as Ingrid must be courted according to the rules of the courtly love, but the third millennium leaves little room for the dreams of a knight.

Production Manager

Dix-sept ans pour toujours

Dix-sept ans pour toujours · 2015

Dix-sept ans pour toujours

Clément

La grève des ventres

La grève des ventres · 2012

La grève des ventres

Women have decided to exercise the power which they have between their thighs and threaten the humanity to progressive extinction. Lise and Clara, two of them, lovers and cheerful, meet the attractive Alexandre.

In Vain

In Vain · 2013

The end of the afternoon at the edge of a river, a concert near the water. The strange Rodolphe notices Alex, shy young man who has eyes only for Julia, Parisian on holidays. Rodolphe undertakes to help him, in his own way.

Director

The Little One

The Little One · 2006

MovieDocumentary

"I wanted to film me and my little brother, but we had a problem and we had to start over."

Director

Days on the Street

Days on the Street · 2005

Days on the Street

Christian is forty years old. Alone, he tours Paris and its suburbs on foot in search of a job, but cannot find one. He gives up his search, but continued to walk aimlessly until he is exhausted.

Director