Bruno Dumont

Directing

Bruno Dumont

Born 1958-03-14 · Bailleul, France

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bruno Dumont (born 1958, Bailleul, France) is a French film director. To date, he has directed ten feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Two of Dumont's films have won the Grand Prix award: both L'Humanité (1999) and Flandres (2006). Dumont's Hadewijch won the 2009 Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentation at the Toronto Film Festival, and will be distributed in France in 2009, and by IFC in the U.S. in 2010. Dumont has a background of Greek and German (Western) philosophy, and of corporate video. His films often show the ugliness of extreme violence and provocative sexual behavior, and are usually classified as art films. Dumont has himself likened his films to visual arts, and he typically uses long takes, close-ups of people's bodies, and story lines involving extreme emotions. Dumont does not write traditional scripts for his films. Instead, he writes complete novels which are then the basis for his filmmaking. He says that some of his favorite filmmakers are Stanley Kubrick, Ingmar Bergman, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini, and Abbas Kiarostami. He is frequently considered an artistic heir to Robert Bresson. His work has been associated with the New French Extremity. His film Outside Satan premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bruno Dumont, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Acting credits

Bruno Dumont poster
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The director of "Li'l Quinquin" discusses his filmmaking.

Bruno Dumont

2015

Conversation avec Bruno Dumont poster
7.0

With his new film "France" now in theaters, we look back at Bruno Dumont's early films "La vie de Jésus," "Flandres," "L'humanité," "Hadewijch," and "Twentynine Palms," all available online. What does it mean to film the sacred? What are his influences? Why is the question of evil central to his cinema?

Conversation avec Bruno Dumont

2021

Camille Claudel 2012 poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Camille Claudel 2012

2012

The Essence of Forms poster
6.0

L'essence des formes (The Essence of Forms), a documentary from 2010 in which collaborators and admirers of Bresson’s, including actor François Leterrier and director Bruno Dumont, share their thoughts about the director and his work.

The Essence of Forms

2010

L'Homme des Flandres poster
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No synopsis available yet.

L'Homme des Flandres

2006

The Crash of the Legs of the Spider poster
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Emmanuel Croset is working by Bruno Dumont side mixing "Outside Satan". Throughout this crucial step of finalizing the movie, ideas and points of views are exchanged, confronted and mixed together. As a witness to this act of artistic creation beside this couple at work, "The Crash of the Legs of the Spider" seeks to uncover the stakes of Bruno Dumont's cinema.

The Crash of the Legs of the Spider

2012

Sibérie poster
4.5

Filmed entirely by Preiss and her then lover, Dumont, mostly in the claustrophobia of a train car on the Trans-Siberian Railway, Siberia is an intense and raw observation of a relationship’s denouement. With unflinching honesty and a Direct Cinema approach, Preiss’s documentary is a fascinating psychological exploration of love, dependency, and the bounds of romantic privacy.

Sibérie

2012

Behind the camera

Slack Bay poster
5.5

Summer, 1910. Inspectors Machin and Malfoy investigate the mysterious disappearances of several tourists on the beautiful beaches of Slack Bay, where a strange community of fishermen lives.

Slack Bay

2016

Slack Bay poster
5.5

Summer, 1910. Inspectors Machin and Malfoy investigate the mysterious disappearances of several tourists on the beautiful beaches of Slack Bay, where a strange community of fishermen lives.

Slack Bay

2016

The Empire poster
4.9

In a quiet fishing village on northern France's Opal Coast, the birth of a peculiar child sparks a hidden war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.

The Empire

2024

The Empire poster
4.9

In a quiet fishing village on northern France's Opal Coast, the birth of a peculiar child sparks a hidden war between extraterrestrial forces of good and evil.

The Empire

2024

France poster
5.2

A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.

France

2021

France poster
5.2

A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.

France

2021

Red Rocks poster
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On the French Riviera, two gangs of kids compete in the perilous game of cliff jumping. Géo, barely five years old, discovers over the course of a summer a world where friendship blends with rivalry, and where the first stirrings of the heart emerge against the dazzling Mediterranean landscape.

Red Rocks

2026

Red Rocks poster
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On the French Riviera, two gangs of kids compete in the perilous game of cliff jumping. Géo, barely five years old, discovers over the course of a summer a world where friendship blends with rivalry, and where the first stirrings of the heart emerge against the dazzling Mediterranean landscape.

Red Rocks

2026

Joan of Arc poster
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In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, young Joan leads the army of the King of France. When she is captured, the Church sends her for trial on charges of heresy. Refusing to accept the accusations, the graceful Joan will stay true to her mission.

Joan of Arc

2019

Joan of Arc poster
6.1

In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, young Joan leads the army of the King of France. When she is captured, the Church sends her for trial on charges of heresy. Refusing to accept the accusations, the graceful Joan will stay true to her mission.

Joan of Arc

2019

Twentynine Palms poster
5.1

A photographer and an unemployed woman embark on a chaotic trip to the California desert for a photo shoot, filled with passionate encounters and frequent fights. Their seemingly empty relationship takes a dark turn when a brutal incident abruptly ends their journey.

Twentynine Palms

2003

Twentynine Palms poster
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A photographer and an unemployed woman embark on a chaotic trip to the California desert for a photo shoot, filled with passionate encounters and frequent fights. Their seemingly empty relationship takes a dark turn when a brutal incident abruptly ends their journey.

Twentynine Palms

2003

Hadewijch poster
6.4

A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.

Hadewijch

2009

Hadewijch poster
6.4

A troubled young woman is thrown out of a convent and forms a relationship with a radical Muslim.

Hadewijch

2009

Humanité poster
6.7

In a quiet little French town, two detectives are tasked with investigating the brutal rape and murder of a preteen girl.

Humanité

1999

Humanité poster
6.7

In a quiet little French town, two detectives are tasked with investigating the brutal rape and murder of a preteen girl.

Humanité

1999

The Life of Jesus poster
6.6

Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab youth a tragedy unfolds.

The Life of Jesus

1997

The Life of Jesus poster
6.6

Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab youth a tragedy unfolds.

The Life of Jesus

1997

Outside Satan poster
6.6

Along the Côte d'Opale, near a hamlet, with its dunes and marshes, lives a mysterious wanderer from nowhere who struggles along, poaches, prays, and builds fires.

Outside Satan

2011

Outside Satan poster
6.6

Along the Côte d'Opale, near a hamlet, with its dunes and marshes, lives a mysterious wanderer from nowhere who struggles along, poaches, prays, and builds fires.

Outside Satan

2011

Flanders poster
6.3

André Demester secretly and painfully loves Barbe, his childhood friend, accepting from her the little that she gives him. He leaves home to be a soldier in a war in a far off land. Barbarity, camaraderie and fear turn him into a warrior. As the seasons go by, Barbe, alone and wasting away, waits for the soldiers to return. Will Demester’s boundless love for Barbe save him?

Flanders

2006

Flanders poster
6.3

André Demester secretly and painfully loves Barbe, his childhood friend, accepting from her the little that she gives him. He leaves home to be a soldier in a war in a far off land. Barbarity, camaraderie and fear turn him into a warrior. As the seasons go by, Barbe, alone and wasting away, waits for the soldiers to return. Will Demester’s boundless love for Barbe save him?

Flanders

2006

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc poster
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France, 1425. During the Hundred Years’ War, Jeannette, age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear the suffering caused by the English. Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl, but she is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the Kingdom of France. Carried by her faith, she will become Joan of Arc.

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc

2017

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc poster
6.1

France, 1425. During the Hundred Years’ War, Jeannette, age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear the suffering caused by the English. Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl, but she is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the Kingdom of France. Carried by her faith, she will become Joan of Arc.

Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc

2017