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Bertrand Bonello

With an educational background in classical music, Bertrand BONELLO (1968, France) composes the music for most of his films. He wrote and directed his first short film Qui je suis in 1996, in which he also plays the lead role. Le pornographe (2001), Bonello’s second feature film, was awarded the international film critics’ prize in Cannes. His subsequent films Tiresia (2003), L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close/House of Tolerance (2011) and Saint Laurent (2014) were nominated for a Palme d’Or. Although Zombi Child (2019) is his first explicit zombie film, Bonello had already cited George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) as an inspiration for his previous feature film, Nocturama (2016). His Coma (2022) won the FIPRESCI Award, The Beast (2023), IFFR 2024 selection, had its world premiere in Venice.

Filmography

(selection) Quelque chose d’organique/Something Organic (1998), Le pornographe (2001), Tiresia (2003), Cindy, the Doll Is Mine (2005, short), My New Picture (2006, short), De la guerre/On War (2008), Where the Boys Are (2010, short), L’Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close/House of Tolerance (2011), Saint Laurent (2014), Nocturama (2016), Sarah Winchester, opéra fantôme/Sarah Winchester, Phantom Opera (2016, short), Zombi Child (2019), Où en êtes-vous? (Numéro 2) (2020, short), Coma (2022), La bête/The Beast (2023)

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Bertrand Bonello op IFFR

  • The Beast

    Bertrand Bonello | 146' | Canada | Dutch Premiere

    This science fiction melodrama with an impeccable Léa Seydoux in the main role jumps between past lives, each haunted by love.

  • Cindy, the Doll is Mine

    Bertrand Bonello | 15' | France | -

    Asia Argento in a fascinating double role as the photographer Cindy Sherman. Nominated for the Prix UIP Rotterdam.

  • Zombi Child

    Bertrand Bonello | 103' | France | None

    Old Haiti and contemporary France are drawn together in this unique zombie film about colonialism, folklore and adolescence.

  • Tiresia

    Bertrand Bonello | 115' | Canada | -

    Troubled man kidnaps a stunningly attractive transsexual. Contemporary version of ancient Greek myth made up of two parts. New French Cinema about rel

  • Nocturama

    Bertrand Bonello | 130' | Belgium | None

    A group of young people from every corner of French society coordinates a series of bombings in Paris. This timely premise is pushed here to…

  • Le pornographe

    Bertrand Bonello | 108' | Canada | -

    Ageing ex-porn film-maker makes one more attempt in today’s high-speed porn business. With a few moments of explicit sex, but especially a fantastic J

  • L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close

    Bertrand Bonello | 122' | France | None

    A members-only brothel in Paris, early 20th century. A prostitute’s face, mutilated by a client, bears a tragic smile. Around her, the other girls wit

  • Where the Boys Are

    Bertrand Bonello | 22' | France | None

    Teenage girls hope to have important, enthralling lives. Whilst waiting for these to arrive, they dance and kiss each other, then spy on hunky builder