Directing

Bertrand Bonello

Born September 11, 1968 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France (age 57)

Bertrand Bonello (born 11 September 1968) is a French film director, screenwriter, producer and composer. His background is in classical music, and he lives between Paris and Montreal. His work has also been associated with the New French Extremity. His film House of Tolerance, a depiction of daily life in a fin-de-siècle Parisian bordello, premiered in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival…

Known For

The Beast

The Beast · 2024

MovieScience FictionDrama

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

Titane

MovieDramaThriller

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

House of Pleasures

House of Pleasures · 2011

House of Pleasures

The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.

Zombi Child

Zombi Child · 2019

MovieFantasyHorror

Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.

The Pornographer

The Pornographer · 2001

The Pornographer

A former porn director, who once elevated the genre with 1960s counter-culture ideals, returns to filmmaking after 20 years, clashing with his producer's hard-core vision. Estranged from his son over the family business, they begin reconnecting as the son embraces political activism, while the director seeks personal renewal.

Nocturama

Nocturama · 2016

MovieDramaThriller

Some young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before taking shelter for a night in a shopping center.

Saint Laurent

Saint Laurent · 2014

1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.

Portrait of the Artist

Portrait of the Artist · 2015

Portrait of the Artist

A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the power and beauty of monsters. But what he doesn't show to anyone, not even his wife, is the mark on his back that keeps getting bigger. This red mark worries him, upsets him, and seems to want to tell him something...

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The Beast

The Beast · 2024

MovieScience FictionDrama

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she had known him forever.

Writer

Titane

MovieDramaThriller

A woman with a metal plate in her head from a childhood car accident embarks on a bizarre journey, bringing her into contact with a firefighter who's reunited with his missing son after 10 years.

Alexia's Father

House of Pleasures

House of Pleasures · 2011

House of Pleasures

The dawn of the 20th century: L’Apollonide, a luxurious and traditional brothel in Paris, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become viciously harmful, the women share their secrets, their fears, their joys and their pains.

Director

Zombi Child

Zombi Child · 2019

MovieFantasyHorror

Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends - never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.

Director

The Pornographer

The Pornographer · 2001

The Pornographer

A former porn director, who once elevated the genre with 1960s counter-culture ideals, returns to filmmaking after 20 years, clashing with his producer's hard-core vision. Estranged from his son over the family business, they begin reconnecting as the son embraces political activism, while the director seeks personal renewal.

Director

Nocturama

Nocturama · 2016

MovieDramaThriller

Some young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before taking shelter for a night in a shopping center.

Director

Saint Laurent

Saint Laurent · 2014

1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.

Director

Portrait of the Artist

Portrait of the Artist · 2015

Portrait of the Artist

A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the power and beauty of monsters. But what he doesn't show to anyone, not even his wife, is the mark on his back that keeps getting bigger. This red mark worries him, upsets him, and seems to want to tell him something...

Music

Planet B

Planet B · 2024

MovieScience FictionThriller

France, 2039. One night, a group of activists who are being pursued by the State vanish without a trace. Julia Bombarth is one of them. When she awakens, she finds herself trapped in an entirely unfamiliar world: PLANET B.

Original Music Composer

Coma

MovieDramaFantasy

Amidst a period of unprecedented world events, an eighteen-year-old girl’s life is placed on hold. Isolated in her bedroom, she falls under the spell of the mysterious vlogger Patricia Coma. As time carries on, the lines between her dreams, fears, hopes, and reality begin to blur into one another.

Director

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? · 2014

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?

MovieDocumentary

An autobiographical essay film structured as a letter to the director’s young daughter, "Où en êtes-vous, Bertrand Bonello?" weaves clips from Bonello’s films, excerpts from his scripts, pop songs, and snippets of original footage into a lyrical, reflexive cinematic self-portrait. "Où en êtes-vous?" is a collection initiated by Centre Pompidou, who asked directors to make retrospective and introspective films.

Writer

The Dam

The Dam · 2023

Merowe Dam in North Sudan. Maher works in a traditional brickyard fed by the waters of the Nile. Every evening, he secretly wanders off into the desert to erect a mysterious construction made of mud. Despite a disturbing wound in his lower back that seems to be eating away at his skin, he continues his labor day after day. While the Sudanese people rise to claim their freedom, his mud creation starts slowly to take a life of its own.

Writer

The Bridge of Arts

The Bridge of Arts · 2004

The Bridge of Arts

The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before met. The action unrolls in Paris between 1979 and 1980.

Un spectateur du Nô

Tiresia

Tiresia · 2003

Based on the legend of Tiresias, it tells of a transgender woman who is kidnapped by a man and left to die in the woods. She is then saved by a family and receives the gift of telling the future.

Director

On War

MovieComedyDrama

After a freak accident changes his perspective on life, a Parisian filmmaker meets a stranger who brings him to a commune that's populated by free-spirited women.

Director

Grand Sons

Grand Sons · 2004

MovieDramaComedy

Story of grandmother helping grandson mourn the loss of his mother.

Original Music Composer

Where the Boys Are

Where the Boys Are · 2009

Where the Boys Are

A few girls in an apartment. Across the street men are building a mosque.

Director

Rouge

A companion to the director's Le Dos Rouge/Portrait of the Artist. A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the power and beauty of monsters.

Bertrand

Transfigured – 12 Lives of Schoenberg

Transfigured – 12 Lives of Schoenberg · 2024

Transfigured – 12 Lives of Schoenberg

MovieMusicHorror

Twelve notes of the chromatic scale, twelve excerpts from Arnold Schoenberg’s iconic works: In excerpts from twelve of Arnold Schoenberg’s major works, the Orchestre de Paris, singers, and a pianist compete to faithfully capture the composer’s musical diversity in a production directed by Bertrand Bonello.

Stage Director

Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera

Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera · 2016

Sarah Winchester: Ghost Opera

MovieMusicHorror

An opera ballet that doesn't exist. A ghost-like piece, played in Opera Bastille and danced at Opera Garnier. An almost mystical link between both scenes. A musician is testing sounds in Bastille's pit. The choir are taking their place in the rehearsal studio. Both sides are fine tuning the work in progress of an opera ballet: Sarah Winchester, her grief, her madness, her home and her ghosts.

Director

Cindy, the Doll Is Mine

Cindy, the Doll Is Mine · 2005

Cindy, the Doll Is Mine

Cindy, the doll is mine is a short film by French director Bertrand Bonello. It stars Italian actress Asia Argento in the double role of photographer Cindy Sherman, a brunette, and her model, a blonde who strangely resemble one another. The film was screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.

Director

We Should Not Exist

We Should Not Exist · 2006

We Should Not Exist

MovieComedyDrama

Hervé is a 37-year-old porno movie actor. Weary of the excesses of this fringe universe, he decides to hang up his Condoman costume and turn over a new leaf as a mainstream movie actor. He thus enters a world he knows nothing about. Rejected by his fellow actors, Hervé is just dying to learn the rules of the game. He then encounters LZA...

Body of Crime

Body of Crime · 2023

Jean, a young videographer, turns to arms and revolts after the death of a friend during a police arrest. While imprisoned and awaiting trial, spirits visit him.

My New Picture

My New Picture · 2007

A woman wearing a pair of headphones listens to music. Using their eyes and ears, the audience shares this sensory experience through the mental pictures generated by the music.

Director

Konbini Vidéo Club

Konbini Vidéo Club · 2018

Konbini Vidéo Club