Malony has been in conflict with the school and with the law since he was six. Read More »
Tag Archives: Benoît Magimel
To Matthieu AKA Selon Matthieu (2000) Xavier Beauvois, Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye, Antoine Chappey
Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. Read More »
A Girl Cut in Two AKA La fille coupée en deux (2007) Claude Chabrol, Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand
Gabrielle is a young woman with a future: she’s the weather girl on a local TV station Read More »
A Single Girl AKA La fille seule (1995) Benoît Jacquot, Virginie Ledoyen, Benoît Magimel, Dominique Valadié
Early one morning Valerie has to tell her unemployed boyfriend Remi that she is pregnant. Read More »
Memoir of War AKA La douleur (2017) Emmanuel Finkiel, Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay
June 1944, France is still under the German occupation. Read More »
The King Is Dancing AKA Le roi danse (2000) Gérard Corbiau, Benoît Magimel, Boris Terral, Tchéky Karyo
Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling Read More »
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008) Barbet Schroeder, Benoît Magimel, Lika Minamoto, Shun Sugata
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work Read More »
The Flower of Evil (2003) Claude Chabrol, Nathalie Baye, Benoît Magimel, Suzanne Flon
Anne runs for re-election to the town council, shepherded by Matthieu, her fellow candidate and campaign manager. Read More »
The Bridesmaid (2004) Claude Chabrol, Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clément, Thriller, Drama, Romance
A middle class household in Loire, in which matters look only a bit off kilter. Read More »
Already Dead (1998) Olivier Dahan, Romain Duris, Benoît Magimel, Zoé Félix, Crime, Drama
An ambitious young woman meets a group of affluent and feckless guys and together they plan to break into the pornographic industry with her as their star. Read More »
La pianiste / The Piano Teacher (2001) Michael Haneke, Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Drama, Music, Romance
Erika Kohut is a pianist, teaching music. Schubert and Schumann are her forte, but she’s not quite at concert level. She’s approaching middle age, living with her mother who is domineering then submissive; Erika is a victim then combative. With her students she is severe. She visits a sex shop to watch DVDs; she walks a drive-in theater to stare at couples having sex. Walter is a self-assured student with some musical talent; he auditions for her class and is forthright in his attraction to her. She responds coldly then demands he let her lead. Next she changes the game with a letter, inviting him into her fantasies. How will he respond; how does sex have power over our other faculties?
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Lisa (2001) Pierre Grimblat, Jeanne Moreau, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Drama, Romance, War
Sam, cinéaste débutant, veut réaliser un film sur Sylvain Marceau, réalisateur disparu mystérieusement sous l’Occupation. Il retrouve par miracle Lisa Maurin, le grand amour de Sylvain, qui vit toujours et attend son retour. Lisa va partager avec Sam l’histoire initiatique de son incroyable aventure de jeunesse et de cet amour fou…
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Pour une femme / For a Woman (2013) Diane Kurys, Benoît Magimel, Mélanie Thierry, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Drama
After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on her origins and leads her to discover a mysterious uncle who lived with her parents after the war. As she lifts the lid on a long forgotten family secret, the young woman learns that her mother once succumbed to an amorous passion that was as intense as it was short-lived…
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