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 at IFFR
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Cindy, the Doll is Mine
Asia Argento in a fascinating double role as the photographer Cindy Sherman. Nominated for the Prix UIP Rotterdam.
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Zombi Child
Old Haiti and contemporary France are drawn together in this unique zombie film about colonialism, folklore and adolescence.
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Tiresia
Troubled man kidnaps a stunningly attractive transsexual. Contemporary version of ancient Greek myth made up of two parts. New French Cinema about
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Nocturama
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 its be
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Le pornographe
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 fa
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L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close
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
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Where the Boys Are
Teenage girls hope to have important, enthralling lives. Whilst waiting for these to arrive, they dance and kiss each other, then spy on hunky buil