Benoît Jacquot

It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we’ve never seen before.

It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we’ve never seen before.

It’s summertime, 2021. Isabelle Huppert plays Lioubov, Chekhov’s unforgettably heroine in The Cherry Orchard. In a near theatre, Fabrice Luchini recites Nietzsche. Both actors are premiering at Avignon’s Festival. When they leave backstage to stand out on stage, they are completely transformed. As everything seems utterly natural, audience does not imagine what happened before. By following their daily lives during the weeks preceding the premieres, Benoît Jacquot brings a singular perspective of the two actors and shows them like we’ve never seen before.

Accompanied by her lover, Suzanna, 40, views a Riviera beach house for her family's summer vacation. This day, this break in her routine, in this new house, will mark a turning point in her life. Based on the Marguerite Duras play of the same name, Suzanna Andler is the portrait of a woman trapped in her marriage to a wealthy, unfaithful businessman in the 1960s. She must choose between her conventional destiny as a wife and mother, and her freedom, embodied by her young lover.

Accompanied by her lover, Suzanna, 40, views a Riviera beach house for her family's summer vacation. This day, this break in her routine, in this new house, will mark a turning point in her life. Based on the Marguerite Duras play of the same name, Suzanna Andler is the portrait of a woman trapped in her marriage to a wealthy, unfaithful businessman in the 1960s. She must choose between her conventional destiny as a wife and mother, and her freedom, embodied by her young lover.

Año 1763. Obligado a exiliarse, el célebre libertino Giacomo Casanova abandona París y viaja a Londres, donde conoce a Marianne de Charpillon, una joven prostituta por la cual se siente tan atraído que llega a olvidarse del resto de mujeres.

Año 1763. Obligado a exiliarse, el célebre libertino Giacomo Casanova abandona París y viaja a Londres, donde conoce a Marianne de Charpillon, una joven prostituta por la cual se siente tan atraído que llega a olvidarse del resto de mujeres.

In Benoît Jacquot’s production, Manet’s Olympia dominates the stage of the Opéra Bastille. In 1863, the painting caused a scandal: the prostitute awaits her client, her expression proud, her demeanour assured. Is this Violetta? Like Olympia, Verdi’s most celebrated heroine surrenders to the spectator just as she surrenders to love, going so far as to die on stage, a woman’s ultimate sacrifice for her lover. Or might it be the spectator who strips her bare and intrudes upon her privacy, in the image of this milieu of social voyeurism? Whatever the case, these two women regard us with defiance and subjugate those who cannot help but look at them.

Bertrand Valade, un joven dramaturgo de éxito, se refugia en un chalé durante una violenta tormenta de nieve, allí conoce a Eva, una misteriosa mujer.

Bertrand Valade, un joven dramaturgo de éxito, se refugia en un chalé durante una violenta tormenta de nieve, allí conoce a Eva, una misteriosa mujer.

Una fuerza oscura amenaza a Alpha, una vasta metrópolis y hogar de especies de mil planetas. Los agentes especiales Valerian y Laureline deben correr para identificar la amenaza y salvaguardar no solo a Alpha, sino al futuro del universo.

Laura is living on a lonely coast, in a rambling rented house, where she encounters a strange, ageless man, a man with uncanny knowledge of her own life. Together they begin a journey into the wilderness of time, love and human perception.

Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. After the marriage Charlotte suggests that Werther should travel – but not forget her. Benoît Jacquot’s production of Massenet’s tragic opera explores the conflict between duty and our most passionate desires.

A tale by Pierre Rissient: How I became a cinema lover in France and in the USA.

Following her performances in recent seasons in Verdi’s La travita on the world’s major opera stages – the Metropolitan, New York, La Scala, Milan, Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Paris Opera – Diana Damrau has become the primary interpreter of Violetta, arguably opera’s most iconic character. This DVD release is from Paris Opera production of June 2014, when the German soprano appeared in a new production – inspired by the paintings of Manet – by the film director Benoit Jacquot. This critically acclaimed production was conducted by Francesco Ivan Ciampa, with a cast including Francesco Demuro and Ludovic Tezier.

Narra la historia de una camarera parisina, Célestine, que llega a una casa de campo, en Normandía, para servir a una peculiar familia de la burguesía, los Lanlaire.

Narra la historia de una camarera parisina, Célestine, que llega a una casa de campo, en Normandía, para servir a una peculiar familia de la burguesía, los Lanlaire.

Marc pierde su tren para volver a París y conoce a Sylvie. Vagan hasta la noche, hablando de todo, excepto de ellos mismos, en completa armonía. Cuando Marc se va, acuerdan encontrarse unos días más tarde. Sylvie acude a la cita pero Marc no. Mientras, Marc conoce a otra mujer, Sophie, sin saber que es la hermana de Sylvie. Marc y Sylvie volverán a verse, recuperando su conexión, aunque será demasiado tarde.

Marc pierde su tren para volver a París y conoce a Sylvie. Vagan hasta la noche, hablando de todo, excepto de ellos mismos, en completa armonía. Cuando Marc se va, acuerdan encontrarse unos días más tarde. Sylvie acude a la cita pero Marc no. Mientras, Marc conoce a otra mujer, Sophie, sin saber que es la hermana de Sylvie. Marc y Sylvie volverán a verse, recuperando su conexión, aunque será demasiado tarde.

Mucho tiempo después de su curso de Erasmus en España, Xavier está casado y tiene dos hijos, pero aun así sigue encontrando la vida muy complicada. Cuando su mujer se traslada a Nueva York por razones de trabajo, incapaz de soportar la situación, decide seguirla con los niños. Tercera entrega de la saga que comenzó con "Una casa de locos" y "Las muñecas rusas".

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Jeanne is interned in a psychiatric hospital. She claims to be Joan of Arc.

Una mirada a la relación entre Maria Antonieta y uno de sus lectores durante los días finales de la revolución francesa. En 1789 la corte de Luis XV vive en Versalles, ajena a los acontecimientos que ocurren la capital francesa. Con la llegada de las noticias de la toma de la cárcel de la Bastilla, la corte se afaña en huir. En ese clima enrarecido e inquieto, Sidonie Laborde, una muchacha que ha entrado a servir en palacio como lectora de la reina, se conviertirá en la principal confidente de la reina mientras a su alrededor las tensiones entre las cortesanas irá en aumento a la par que las agitaciones provinientes del exterior.

Una mirada a la relación entre Maria Antonieta y uno de sus lectores durante los días finales de la revolución francesa. En 1789 la corte de Luis XV vive en Versalles, ajena a los acontecimientos que ocurren la capital francesa. Con la llegada de las noticias de la toma de la cárcel de la Bastilla, la corte se afaña en huir. En ese clima enrarecido e inquieto, Sidonie Laborde, una muchacha que ha entrado a servir en palacio como lectora de la reina, se conviertirá en la principal confidente de la reina mientras a su alrededor las tensiones entre las cortesanas irá en aumento a la par que las agitaciones provinientes del exterior.

Do you know Lacan, which many consider as the greatest psychoanalyst since Freud? Beyond the myth, the legends and sometimes, the curses, this film by Gérard Miller allows us to discover his work and his personality, through the testimony of his patients, his students, and also his relatives. Born with the XXth century into an upper-middle-class Catholic family, a psychiatrist by training, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of culture, a friend of Picasso, Levi-Strauss and Sartre, Lacan was a great theoretician, an outstanding practitioner, and he remains the most modern, the most challenging and even the most sulphurous of psychoanalysts. The director Gerard Miller met Lacan thanks to his brother, Jacques-Alain, the most faithful of his students, who married his daughter Judith. Their close and intense relationship makes this film exceptional.

A wanderer named Timothee arrives in a French village in 1865 pretending to be deaf and mute. He uses tricks to hypnotize a beautiful young woman named Josephine and takes advantage of her until he is arrested and tried for his crimes.

A wanderer named Timothee arrives in a French village in 1865 pretending to be deaf and mute. He uses tricks to hypnotize a beautiful young woman named Josephine and takes advantage of her until he is arrested and tried for his crimes.

A documentary about the life and career of film director Ernst Lubitsch

La famosa actriz, que ha erigido la reserva y la discreción en una ética de vida, conversa con la directora Anne Andreu para un programa televisivo. Recuerda su infancia, su carrera, ciertas películas, determinados actores, ciertos directores... mientras evoca a aquellas personas que amó: su hermana Françoise, Roger Vadim, Marcello Mastroianni o François Truffaut mientras explica cómo combina la vida pública y privada.

Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. After the marriage Charlotte suggests that Werther should travel - but not forget her. In addition to the singing and orchestral accompaniment, the entire cast acts very convincingly. And, there's no backstage mugging, entrances and spoken nonsense to spoil the experience of the drama.

The plot revolves around Bernard – a schoolfriend of Olivier's who is preparing for his bac – discovering he is a bastard and taking this as a welcome pretext for running away from home. He spends a night in Olivier's bed (where Olivier describes a recent visit to a prostitute and how he did not find the experience very enjoyable). After Bernard steals the suitcase belonging to Edouard, Olivier's uncle, and the ensuing complications, he is made Edouard's secretary. Olivier is jealous and ends up in the hands of the cynical and downright diabolical Comte de Passavant, who travels with him to the Mediterranean.

The plot revolves around Bernard – a schoolfriend of Olivier's who is preparing for his bac – discovering he is a bastard and taking this as a welcome pretext for running away from home. He spends a night in Olivier's bed (where Olivier describes a recent visit to a prostitute and how he did not find the experience very enjoyable). After Bernard steals the suitcase belonging to Edouard, Olivier's uncle, and the ensuing complications, he is made Edouard's secretary. Olivier is jealous and ends up in the hands of the cynical and downright diabolical Comte de Passavant, who travels with him to the Mediterranean.

Cuando ve a Thomas besando a otra mujer, Ann decide romper con el pasado y empezar una nueva vida, aunque se siente insegura respecto a lo que le espera. Con su música y la amistad de Georges, un amigo del pasado, emprende un viaje que la llevará a una isla, donde hay una mansión que se llama Villa Amalia.

Cuando ve a Thomas besando a otra mujer, Ann decide romper con el pasado y empezar una nueva vida, aunque se siente insegura respecto a lo que le espera. Con su música y la amistad de Georges, un amigo del pasado, emprende un viaje que la llevará a una isla, donde hay una mansión que se llama Villa Amalia.

Jeanne (Isild Le Besco), una joven actriz que lucha y se esfuerza por conseguir un papel, mantiene relaciones esporádicas y poco satisfactorias. Pero lo que más le preocupa e incluso obsesiona es no conocer a su padre; lo único que sabe es que su madre tuvo una relación con un indio. Decide entonces ir a la India a buscarlo con un nombre como única pista

Jeanne (Isild Le Besco), una joven actriz que lucha y se esfuerza por conseguir un papel, mantiene relaciones esporádicas y poco satisfactorias. Pero lo que más le preocupa e incluso obsesiona es no conocer a su padre; lo único que sabe es que su madre tuvo una relación con un indio. Decide entonces ir a la India a buscarlo con un nombre como única pista

Gaspard de Besse and his gang of highwaymen escaped the law for years in old monsieur de Morières's jurisdiction in rural, Ancient Régime France. When Gaspard is badly injured trough treason, he escapes after being seen in St.Anne's convent, where he hid, by de Morières's young, unwillingly arranged and unloving wife Anne. Gaspard makes a deal with the traitor to fake his demise. He recruits traveling actor Antoine and trains him like a son.

En 1975, una joven burguesa, que se enamora de un ladrón de bancos, lo sigue a él y a su compañero en la huida que emprenden después de atracar un banco, donde se produjo una muerte. Los fugitivos abandonan París y viajan por España, Marruecos y Grecia.

En 1975, una joven burguesa, que se enamora de un ladrón de bancos, lo sigue a él y a su compañero en la huida que emprenden después de atracar un banco, donde se produjo una muerte. Los fugitivos abandonan París y viajan por España, Marruecos y Grecia.

The story of Napoleon Bonaparte's grandniece, the famous Princess Marie, her friendship and her work with Sigmund Freud.

In the nineteenth century, Adolphe, a young man of twenty four carefree years, plans to obtain favors Ellenore, a beautiful woman of thirty years, much more vulnerable. This yields to his advances and he disclaims all. But already, Adolphe loves less. Yet the idea of ​​the pain is unbearable.

Benoit Jacquot's acclaimed 2002 film of Puccini's opera stars Angela Gheorghiu in the title role, with Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, under Antonio Pappano.

En 1793, en el momento más violento de la Revolución francesa, el Marqués de Sade ha vuelto a la cárcel. Robespierre ve en él a un agitador libertino y ateo, un hombre sumamente inmoral, indigno de la sociedad y autor de la escandalosa novela "Justine". Sade tiene cincuenta años. Conoce tan bien La Bastilla y la prisión de Saint-Lazare que la clínica de Picpus, donde le han encerrado, le parece el paraíso terrenal.

Una joven doncella decide disfrazarse de caballero para poder investigar la vida de su prometido Lelio antes de casarse con él. Aprovechándose de su disfraz entabla una relación amistosa con su novio.

Un exempresario ha cumplido condena en prisión y su vida cambia al salir de la cárcel. Ya no es el mismo, y sólo puede revelarse tal cual es cuando conoce a la peluquera de su esposa.

Un exempresario ha cumplido condena en prisión y su vida cambia al salir de la cárcel. Ya no es el mismo, y sólo puede revelarse tal cual es cuando conoce a la peluquera de su esposa.

Quentin, un boxeador aficionado que se gana la vida como gigoló, inicia una relación pasional con Dominique, una mujer madura que trabaja en el mundo de la moda, pero enseguida se pondrán de manifiesto las diferencias que los separan. Sin embargo, la dependencia emocional de Dominique respecto al inestable Quentin la lleva a instalarlo en su casa y a mantenerlo económicamente.

The director filmed and followed Fabrice Luchini during his performances at the theater. Alone on stage, he speaks, recites, narrates and plays the precious words of great authors. We hear him in texts by Beaudelaire, Jean de La Fontaine, Victor Hugo, Elie Faure, Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Gustave Flaubert.

A bored, sexually frustrated woman's life improves when she begins hypnotherapy and tries feng shui, but her husband's life unravels.

A bored, sexually frustrated woman's life improves when she begins hypnotherapy and tries feng shui, but her husband's life unravels.

In the aristocratic society of the seventeenth century, the fate of Marianne child who survived the deadly attack on a convoy.

A young Parisian must make major decisions about pregnancy, a job and her boyfriend.

A young Parisian must make major decisions about pregnancy, a job and her boyfriend.

Emma Zunz, una chica de 19 años, vive modestamente en una pequeña ciudad portuaria, al inicio de los años 20. Trabaja en la fábrica de Lowenthal, el hombre que llevó a su padre a la quiebra. Cuando se entera de la muerte de su padre, Emma Zunz decide planear el asesinato de Lowenthal.

When Duras saw 'La mort du jeune aviateur anglais', she told Benoît Jacquot that the film was about him, not her. "She treated me like a thief. So I offered to make another film, where she could say whatever she wanted about her life as a writer. That’s how we did Écrire. I brought the same film crew. We went to her house at Neauphle-le-Château and we set up in the room she called 'the music room,' where there was a piano and you could listen to records. She settled in and for two days of non-stop filming, she talked."

Marguerite Duras tells the story of the death of a young English aviator in a French village.

Con diecisiete años de edad, Beth está terminando el bachillerato y vive en París con su madre -obligada a permanecer en cama- y un hermano más joven. Está molesta porque su novio le sugiere que trate de acostarse con otros hombres, cuanto más feos mejor. Sugardad, un médico que visita a su madre, y les apoya con algunos cheques, tiene ahora sus ojos puestos en Beth...

Con diecisiete años de edad, Beth está terminando el bachillerato y vive en París con su madre -obligada a permanecer en cama- y un hermano más joven. Está molesta porque su novio le sugiere que trate de acostarse con otros hombres, cuanto más feos mejor. Sugardad, un médico que visita a su madre, y les apoya con algunos cheques, tiene ahora sus ojos puestos en Beth...

Alone on stage, at the dawn of his forties, Fabrice Luchini renders the reflections of the suburban doctor Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Benoît Jacquot, with his nuanced black and white, films the actor impregnated with words full of pain.

Philippe Garrel’s documentary on France’s second wave of masterful filmmakers. Featuring Jean Eustache, Chantal Akerman, André Téchiné, Leos Carax, Jacques Doillon and Benoit Jacquot.

This symbolic drama from director Benoit Jacques underscores the characters' human need for affection. Children steal lemons for the thrill, while women steal other women's men from them just to prove they can. Drug smuggling, clandestine love affairs, and two lovers involved with the production of Shakespeare's Othello carry on with their own off-stage tragedy.

This symbolic drama from director Benoit Jacques underscores the characters' human need for affection. Children steal lemons for the thrill, while women steal other women's men from them just to prove they can. Drug smuggling, clandestine love affairs, and two lovers involved with the production of Shakespeare's Othello carry on with their own off-stage tragedy.

Jean and Julie meet again ten years after childhood. Jean has trouble recognizing the grown up girl. Julie is "promised" to Henri, a neighbor. Julie, scathing and capricious, provokes Henri and Jean.

Los fracasos amorosos, y a veces crueles, de un gigoló y una mujer misteriosa.

KARL, a young immigrant, lives with his uncle in New York. He jealously watches over the education of his nephew. A friend, Mr. PALLUNDER invites KARL to spend a night at his house. Despite strong opposition from his uncle, Karl agrees. Mr. PALLUNDER and Karl cross New York while metal workers' demonstrations take place (black and white archives: aerial views of New York, protesters and police charges, neon lights at night). Mr. PALLUNDER introduces his daughter CLARA who announces the unwanted visit of Mr. GREEN. When the meal is over, CLARA trains KARL and is provocative and provocative against the silly and fierce young man. He wants to return to his uncle's home, but Mr PALLUNDER finds excuses not to accompany him. Mr. GREEN asked him to come and join him at just midnight and say goodbye to CLARA. She begs him to play the piano.

Catherine, una prostituta de lujo, encuentra en Venecia a su antigua amiga Maria, heredera de una gran fortuna, y conoce a Mario, un veneciano romántico. Cuando se entera de que Maria padece una enfermedad incurable, le propone al joven que la seduzca y se case con ella, de modo que, una vez muerta, ella se iría a vivir con él y los dos juntos podrían disfrutar de su enorme fortuna.

Catherine, una prostituta de lujo, encuentra en Venecia a su antigua amiga Maria, heredera de una gran fortuna, y conoce a Mario, un veneciano romántico. Cuando se entera de que Maria padece una enfermedad incurable, le propone al joven que la seduzca y se case con ella, de modo que, una vez muerta, ella se iría a vivir con él y los dos juntos podrían disfrutar de su enorme fortuna.

In this thriller, a UNESCO translator stumbles across a group which is hiding and supporting Nazis and facilitating their travel around the world. She had been given an assignment to study the work of a writer who recently had died, and the conspiracy is revealed in materials he left behind. She comes upon a young man who is going through the writer's papers, and she immediately assumes he must be one of the conspirators. However, he soon convinces her of his innocence in that regard, and the two together begin a search for the ringleader.

Julien seeks to reconquer Jeanne, his ex-wife, of whom he is separated and who lives with another man. He is prepared to go far to make it happen.

Cada noche en París, centenares de hombres y mujeres utilizan el anonimato de líneas telefónicas ilegales que datan de la ocupación alemana, para hablarse, para quererse. Estas gentes son náufragos del amor, del deseo, se mueren por salir del abismo de la soledad.

The fortunes of a small theatrical company based in the Paris suburbs.

A young man who seems lost, Nicolas, has an appointment with her sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy childhood secret: their mother committed suicide when their father had instructed Nicolas to keep it. Since the father chased him and forbade Juliette to see him.

A young man who seems lost, Nicolas, has an appointment with her sister Juliette. They are bound by a heavy childhood secret: their mother committed suicide when their father had instructed Nicolas to keep it. Since the father chased him and forbade Juliette to see him.

The full soundtrack to Marguerite Duras' 1975 film India Song, about a French ambassador's wife in 1930s India, is here repurposed with all new cinematography. As we hear all the dialogue of a bygone movie, we travel visually through images of absence and decay, bereft of life. It's the ghost of a film, and a further commentary on colonialism.

A dedicated clarinetist receives a valuable violin and has a difficult time deciding what to do with it.

A dedicated clarinetist receives a valuable violin and has a difficult time deciding what to do with it.

Recreación de la India de los años 30 a través de la historia de Anne-Marie, la esposa del vice-cónsul francés en el país. Harta del tedio cotidiano en que se ha convertido su vida, la mujer inicia una serie de aventuras amorosas que su marido conoce, pero pretende ignorar.

Recreación de la India de los años 30 a través de la historia de Anne-Marie, la esposa del vice-cónsul francés en el país. Harta del tedio cotidiano en que se ha convertido su vida, la mujer inicia una serie de aventuras amorosas que su marido conoce, pero pretende ignorar.

In "psychanalyse", a two part documentary, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan answers to questions submitted by his son-in-law Jacques-Alain Miller under the direction of Benoit Jacquot. The Office de Radiodiffusion Television Francaise (ORTF, the french public TV) broadcast this program. This documentary and its text became famous because this is the only televisual experience practiced by Lacan. A fair amount is made of the fact that Lacan was renowned for his powers of seduction and what effect this had on transference in the clinical setting. According to some of the interviewees, he could be irresistibly seductive, so much so that some thought him "monster".

In "psychanalyse", a two part documentary, the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan answers to questions submitted by his son-in-law Jacques-Alain Miller under the direction of Benoit Jacquot. The Office de Radiodiffusion Television Francaise (ORTF, the french public TV) broadcast this program. This documentary and its text became famous because this is the only televisual experience practiced by Lacan. A fair amount is made of the fact that Lacan was renowned for his powers of seduction and what effect this had on transference in the clinical setting. According to some of the interviewees, he could be irresistibly seductive, so much so that some thought him "monster".