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.

베니스에서 추방당한 뒤 런던으로 오게 된 카사노바는 17세의 고급 매춘부 샤필론에게 첫눈에 반한다. 화려한 연애사를 써온 카사노바지만 샤필론은 다른 여인들과는 다른 매력으로 카사노바의 마음을 뒤흔들고, 그녀의 마음을 얻기 위해 뜨거운 구애를 펼치게 되는데…

베니스에서 추방당한 뒤 런던으로 오게 된 카사노바는 17세의 고급 매춘부 샤필론에게 첫눈에 반한다. 화려한 연애사를 써온 카사노바지만 샤필론은 다른 여인들과는 다른 매력으로 카사노바의 마음을 뒤흔들고, 그녀의 마음을 얻기 위해 뜨거운 구애를 펼치게 되는데…

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.

A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm and becomes obsessed with her.

A playwright encounters a mysterious woman when he takes shelter in a chalet during a violent snowstorm and becomes obsessed with her.

수천 종의 외계종족이 평화롭게 살고 있는 28세기의 우주. 에이전트 발레리안과 로렐린에게 30년 전 사라진 행성 뮐의 마지막 남은 컨버터를 되찾아 오라는 미션이 내려진다. 그들은 키리안 행성에서 컨버터가 거래되고 있다는 정보를 입수하지만, 뜻하지 않게 외계종족의 표적이 되어버린다. 가까스로 컨버터를 구출해 낸 그들은 우주수호부의 본거지 알파로 향하고, 제한된 시간 안에 평화를 위협하는 레드존에 진입해 위협 요소를 제거해야 하는 새로운 임무를 받게 된다. 하지만 이 모든 사건이 자신들이 구출한 컨버터와 연계되어 있다는 사실을 알게 되는데...

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.

뛰어난 미모, 파리 출신의 세련된 패션감각, 도도한 성격, 주인을 비웃는 자신감까지. 모든 남자들의 추파와 모든 여자들의 질투를 받는 그녀. 세상 가장 발칙한 하녀 ‘셀레스틴’의 등장은 조용한 마을을 뒤흔드는데…

뛰어난 미모, 파리 출신의 세련된 패션감각, 도도한 성격, 주인을 비웃는 자신감까지. 모든 남자들의 추파와 모든 여자들의 질투를 받는 그녀. 세상 가장 발칙한 하녀 ‘셀레스틴’의 등장은 조용한 마을을 뒤흔드는데…

리옹에서 단 하룻밤 동안 마크에게 강렬한 끌림을 느낀 실비. 이름도 연락처도 서로 주고 받지 않고 금요일 오후 6시, 파리 튈르리 공원에서 재회를 약속한다. 하지만 운명의 장난으로 그들은 엇갈리고 몇 년 후 실비는 동생 소피의 결혼식에서 그를 마주하게 되는데…

리옹에서 단 하룻밤 동안 마크에게 강렬한 끌림을 느낀 실비. 이름도 연락처도 서로 주고 받지 않고 금요일 오후 6시, 파리 튈르리 공원에서 재회를 약속한다. 하지만 운명의 장난으로 그들은 엇갈리고 몇 년 후 실비는 동생 소피의 결혼식에서 그를 마주하게 되는데…

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

베니스영화제 70주년을 맞아 세계 각국의 감독들이 만든 2분 내외의 짧은 단편들로 구성한 옴니버스 영화. 한국에서는 김기덕, 홍상수 감독이 참여했으며 그 외에도 지아장커, 클레어 드니, 왕빙, 압바스 키아로스타미 등 70명의 감독들이 참여했다.

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

바스티유 감옥의 습격과 함께 시민들이 직접 작성한 왕실, 귀족들의 살생부가 급기야 '마리 앙투아네트' 손까지 들어온다. 이미 모두의 적이 되어버린 '마리 앙투아네트'는 어디도 갈 수 없고, 진심을 다해 사랑한 단 한 사람만큼은 어떻게든 피신시키려 한다. '마리 앙투아네트'의 가장 가까운 곳에서 책 읽어주는 시녀, '시도니'는 유일하게 이 모든 비밀을 알고 그녀를 위해서라면 어떤 일이라도 하려고 하는데…

바스티유 감옥의 습격과 함께 시민들이 직접 작성한 왕실, 귀족들의 살생부가 급기야 '마리 앙투아네트' 손까지 들어온다. 이미 모두의 적이 되어버린 '마리 앙투아네트'는 어디도 갈 수 없고, 진심을 다해 사랑한 단 한 사람만큼은 어떻게든 피신시키려 한다. '마리 앙투아네트'의 가장 가까운 곳에서 책 읽어주는 시녀, '시도니'는 유일하게 이 모든 비밀을 알고 그녀를 위해서라면 어떤 일이라도 하려고 하는데…

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

Catherine Deneuve couldn’t care less about being a celebrity, but fame made her an icon long ago and she occupies a special place in our imagination. The star is not one to let others get too close, but when she gives you her confidence, she keeps her word. If Deneuve’s career covers a half-century of cinema, it also bears witness to the force of a generation that experienced the deepest transformation of mores. This portrait reflects her entirely. The story of a mystery and an adventure.

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.

피아니스트인 앤(이자벨 위페르)은 애인 토마스(자비에 보브와)의 외도 사실을 알곤 충격에 휩싸인다. 그와 함께 해온 시간은 무려 15년이니, 그녀의 충격은 거의 이혼과 맞먹을 정도라 해도 과언이 아닐 것이다. 결국 앤은 토마스와의 관계 뿐만 아니라, 그와 함께 해온 모든 시간과 삶을 버리기로 마음 먹는다. 집을 팔고, 피아노를 처분하고, 편지와 사진들을 불태우고, 콘서트를 중단함으로써 커리어까지도 미련없이 정리한다. 그리곤 가족들과 작별인사까지 나눔으로써 마침내 떠날 준비를 마친다.

피아니스트인 앤(이자벨 위페르)은 애인 토마스(자비에 보브와)의 외도 사실을 알곤 충격에 휩싸인다. 그와 함께 해온 시간은 무려 15년이니, 그녀의 충격은 거의 이혼과 맞먹을 정도라 해도 과언이 아닐 것이다. 결국 앤은 토마스와의 관계 뿐만 아니라, 그와 함께 해온 모든 시간과 삶을 버리기로 마음 먹는다. 집을 팔고, 피아노를 처분하고, 편지와 사진들을 불태우고, 콘서트를 중단함으로써 커리어까지도 미련없이 정리한다. 그리곤 가족들과 작별인사까지 나눔으로써 마침내 떠날 준비를 마친다.

After learning from her mother that her father lives in India, a young woman goes there to meet him for the first time.

After learning from her mother that her father lives in India, a young woman goes there to meet him for the first time.

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.

A girl from bourgeoisie discovers the pleasures of banditism, following her lover in his lifestyle.

A girl from bourgeoisie discovers the pleasures of banditism, following her lover in his lifestyle.

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.

감옥에서 탈출한 국사범 안젤로티가 죄수복을 입은 채 누이동생이 가르쳐 준대로 성당에 숨어들었다가, 거기서 그림을 그리던 친구 카바라도시를 우연히 만난다. 안젤로티를 돕기로 한 카바라도시는 만일의 경우 자기 별장 정원의 낡은 우물에 비밀 지하실에 숨으라고 한다. 그때 대포 소리가 울리고, 탈옥이 발각됐다고 생각한 두 사람은 곧 떠날 준비를 하고 성당에서 나간다. 엇갈려서 등장한 성당지기 앞에 스카르피아가 경관들을 데리고 나타나 도망간 국사범을 찾기 위해 구석구석 조사하라고 명한다. 경관이 점심 바구니를 발견하여 가지고 오자 성당지기는, 카바라도시는 손도 대지 않았다고 말하고, 스카르피아는 안젤로티가 먹었다고 판단한다. 그때 토스카가 들어오자 스카르피아는 아타반티 가의 부채를 꺼내 보이며, 분명 누가 떨어뜨렸다고 토스카의 질투심을 선동하고, 그녀는 그의 계략을 모른 채 카바라도시의 변절에 분개하는데...

A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.

A young woman disguises herself as a knight to expose a gold-digging man divided between her and a Countess.

A businessman convicted of a white-collar crime becomes a changed person upon his release from prison.

A businessman convicted of a white-collar crime becomes a changed person upon his release from prison.

Fashion executive Dominique's obsession for Quentin, a young bisexual hustler, fills her desire for physical love but leaves her taxed emotionally. Twists and turns in the relationship, along with the man's violent and abusive nature, force Dominique to reconcile the conflicts created by her passion. In this quest, Dominique is aided, and sometimes hindered, by friends, clients, and Quentin's former and current acquaintances.

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.

Based on the short story by Jorge Luis Borges, the tale recounts how its eponymous heroine avenges the death of her father.

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.

A worldly French teen is determined to escape from her current situation for a better life.

A worldly French teen is determined to escape from her current situation for a better life.

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.

The romantic and cruel escapades of a gigolo and a mysterious woman.

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.

A 20th-century prostitute (Dominique Sanda) arranges for her lover (Michele Placido) to wed a wealthy, dying millionairess (Isabelle Huppert) in Venice.

A 20th-century prostitute (Dominique Sanda) arranges for her lover (Michele Placido) to wed a wealthy, dying millionairess (Isabelle Huppert) in Venice.

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.

아무도 없는 파리의 거리와 공원, 그리고 텅빈 방의 이미지 위로 남자(브누아 자코)와 여자(마르그리트 뒤라스)의 나레이션이 흐른다. 파리의 남녀들이 독일 점령군이 설치했던 비밀 전화선을 이용해 사랑의 말을 나누는 가운데 시간은 멈춘 듯 느껴지고 무의미해 보이던 이미지에는 점차 정서가 깃들기 시작한다.

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.

1930년대의 인도. 프랑스 대사관 부영사의 아내인 안느 마리는 인도의 더운 날씨가 견딜 수 없이 싫다. 그녀는 인도의 더위와 답답한 생활에 짜증이 나기 시작하고, 그 짜증은 덥다는 이유로 인도를 좋아하는 사람들에 대한 적개심으로까지 발전한다. 그리고 그 모든 것을 잊기 위해 안느는 사랑을 찾아나선다. 한편, 그녀의 남편은 아내의 외도를 알고 있지만 아내가 왜 그런 행동을 하는지 이해하고 짐짓 모른 척 지낸다. 그러나 그녀가 정작 원했던 것은 남편의 사랑이었다. 단지 그가 요구하지 않았기 때문에 밖으로만 나돌았던 것. 남편은 그 사실을 알고 당황한다.

1930년대의 인도. 프랑스 대사관 부영사의 아내인 안느 마리는 인도의 더운 날씨가 견딜 수 없이 싫다. 그녀는 인도의 더위와 답답한 생활에 짜증이 나기 시작하고, 그 짜증은 덥다는 이유로 인도를 좋아하는 사람들에 대한 적개심으로까지 발전한다. 그리고 그 모든 것을 잊기 위해 안느는 사랑을 찾아나선다. 한편, 그녀의 남편은 아내의 외도를 알고 있지만 아내가 왜 그런 행동을 하는지 이해하고 짐짓 모른 척 지낸다. 그러나 그녀가 정작 원했던 것은 남편의 사랑이었다. 단지 그가 요구하지 않았기 때문에 밖으로만 나돌았던 것. 남편은 그 사실을 알고 당황한다.

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".