Bertrand Bonello

Directing

Bertrand Bonello

Born 1968-09-11 · Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

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. His 2014 film Saint Laurent competed for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also selected as France's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bertrand Bonello, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Beast poster
6.3

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.

The Beast

2024

Titane poster
6.3

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.

Titane

2021

Critic poster
7.9

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho recorded testimonies about this relationship in Brazil, the United States and Europe, based on his experience as a critic.

Critic

2008

Saint Laurent poster
6.1

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

Saint Laurent

2014

Portrait of the Artist poster
5.7

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...

Portrait of the Artist

2015

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? poster
NR

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.

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?

2014

The Bridge of Arts poster
6.6

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.

The Bridge of Arts

2004

Léaud l'unique poster
10.0

Documentary about the work of Nouvelle Vague actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, with interview clips, film clips and contributions from directors and actors he has worked with.

Léaud l'unique

2001

Children of Salò poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Children of Salò

2002

No artwork available
6.3

In 1966, suffering from a serious ulcer, Pier Paolo Pasolini looked back on his life and work. He wrote a long autobiographical poem in prose, which he reworked several times and eventually abandoned. Thirty years after Pasolini's death, Bertrand Bonello decided to make a film about it, in homage to this overexcited artist and key figure of the 20th century.

Qui je suis

1996

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk poster
4.0

A documentary celebrating the work of Walerian Borowczyk, a director of unparalleled sensitivity, revered in the 1970s, who was later labeled as a maker of erotic movies.

Love Express. The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk

2018

Rouge poster
6.0

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.

Rouge

2015

We Should Not Exist poster
4.1

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...

We Should Not Exist

2006

Body of Crime poster
NR

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.

Body of Crime

2023

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Making-of : "We Should Not Exist"

2007

Behind the camera

The Beast poster
6.3

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.

The Beast

2024

The Beast poster
6.3

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.

The Beast

2024

The Beast poster
6.3

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.

The Beast

2024

House of Pleasures poster
6.5

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.

House of Pleasures

2011

House of Pleasures poster
6.5

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.

House of Pleasures

2011

House of Pleasures poster
6.5

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.

House of Pleasures

2011

Zombi Child poster
6.1

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.

Zombi Child

2019

Zombi Child poster
6.1

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.

Zombi Child

2019

Zombi Child poster
6.1

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.

Zombi Child

2019

The Pornographer poster
5.1

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.

The Pornographer

2001

The Pornographer poster
5.1

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.

The Pornographer

2001

Nocturama poster
6.4

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.

Nocturama

2016

Nocturama poster
6.4

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.

Nocturama

2016

Saint Laurent poster
6.1

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

Saint Laurent

2014

No artwork available
NR

Draws inspiration from the legacy of Pope John Paul II, particularly the passionate cries of “Santo Subito!” that echoed after his death in 2005, urging his immediate canonization.

Santo Subito!

No artwork available
NR

Draws inspiration from the legacy of Pope John Paul II, particularly the passionate cries of “Santo Subito!” that echoed after his death in 2005, urging his immediate canonization.

Santo Subito!

No artwork available
NR

Draws inspiration from the legacy of Pope John Paul II, particularly the passionate cries of “Santo Subito!” that echoed after his death in 2005, urging his immediate canonization.

Santo Subito!

Coma poster
5.7

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.

Coma

2022

Coma poster
5.7

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.

Coma

2022

Coma poster
5.7

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.

Coma

2022

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? poster
NR

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.

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?

2014

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello? poster
NR

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.

Where Are You, Bertrand Bonello?

2014

The Dam poster
6.3

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.

The Dam

2023

Tiresia poster
5.9

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.

Tiresia

2003