Benoît Jacquot

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Benoît Jacquot

Born February 5, 1947 · Paris, France (age 79)

Benoît Jacquot is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. Born in Paris, Jacquot began his career as assistant director of Marguerite Duras films, including Nathalie Granger, India Song, and also actor in the 1973 short film La Sœur du cadre. He turned to writing and directing with the 1975 film The Musician Killer, which starred Anna Karina. He has …

Known For

Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets · 2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
6.72017
MovieAdventureScience Fiction
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Chinese PuzzleChinese Puzzle · 2013
Chinese Puzzle
6.62013
MovieComedyDrama
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
Farewell, My QueenFarewell, My Queen · 2012
Farewell, My Queen
6.02012
MovieDramaHistory
A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
3 Hearts3 Hearts · 2014
3 Hearts
5.52014
MovieRomanceDrama
A twist of fate leaves a hapless accountant romantically torn between two sisters.
Casanova, Last LoveCasanova, Last Love · 2019
Casanova, Last Love
4.82019
MovieDramaRomance
Year 1763. Forced into exile, the famous libertine Giacomo Casanova leaves Paris and travels to London, where he meets Marianne de Charpillon, a young prostitute to whom he is so attracted that he forgets about the other women.
The DisenchantedThe Disenchanted · 1990
The Disenchanted
5.31990
MovieDramaRomance
A worldly French teen is determined to escape from her current situation for a better life.
By HeartBy Heart · 2022
By Heart
5.92022
MovieDocumentary
It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we’ve never seen before.
La Vie de MarianneLa Vie de Marianne · 1997
La Vie de Marianne
7.91997
MovieDramaTV Movie
In the aristocratic society of the seventeenth century, the fate of Marianne child who survived the deadly attack on a convoy.

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