Bertrand Bonello

BERTRAND BONELLO is one of the most important and exciting directors of contemporary French film. His latest film Nocturama (2016) is a hypnotic example of “pure cinema” in the setting of armed struggle and terrorism in present-day French society. Bonello’s graps inspiration from his background as a musician and composer and ofter explores sexuality. This is oozing from his repertoire, starting from The Pornographer (2001), the portrait of a porno director (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and the winner of the FIPRESCI Prize in Cannes.

Prime examples of Bonello’s elegant filmmaking are House of Tolerance (2011), the atmospheric look at the final days of an early 20th century brothel; and his most stylish film Saint Laurent (2014), just as sensual as the most elegant clothes and intoxicating perfumes of the fashion guru himself.