Bertrand Bonello

Jacques Laurent made pornographic films in the 1970's and '80's, but had put that aside for 20 years. His artistic ideas, born of the '60's counter-culture, had elevated the entire genre. (imdb)

Tiresia is at the same time woman and man, according to Greek Mythology. Here, Tiresia is a Brazilian transexual living with her brother in the outskirts of Paris. Terranova, an admirer of aesthetics, is a dreamer. His obsession with Tiresia leads him to kidnapping her. (imdb)

A film director accidentally finds himself locked in a coffin overnight, and is profoundly affected by the experience.

Cindy, the Doll is Mine is a short film inspired by a photograph by Cindy Sherman. A brunette takes a photograph of a blonde and, through the two characters being played by Asia Argento, Bonello explores ambiguity and doubling. (MUBI)

Set at the dawn of the 20th century, a prostitute is disfigured for life by a man - bearing a facial scar in the shape of a tragic smile. (screenbase.screendaily.com)

Yves Saint Laurent's life from 1967 to 1976, during which time the famed fashion designer was at the peak of his career.

One morning in Paris. A fistful of adolescents, from different backgrounds. Individually, they begin a strange dance through the labyrinth of the metro and the streets of the capital. They seem to be following a plan. Their gestures are precise, almost dangerous. They come together in the same place, a department store, at closing time. Paris erupts. The assault begins... (wildbunch.biz)

An opera ballet that doesn't exist. A ghost-like piece, played in Opera Bastille and danced at Opera Garnier, An almost mystical link between both scenes, A musician is testing sounds in Bastille's pit, The choir are taking their place in the rehearsal studio, Both sides are fine tuning the work in progress of an opera ballet : SARAH WINCHESTER, her grief, her madness, her home and her ghosts. (imdb)

A woman wearing a pair of headphones listens to music. Using their eyes and ears, the audience shares this sensory experience through the mental pictures generated by the music. (Letterboxd.com)

A man visits his brother's hair salon and the two argue over what is a good cut.

Haiti, 1962. A man is brought back from the dead to work in the hell of sugar cane plantations. 55 years later, a Haitian teenager tells her friends her family secret - not suspecting that it will push one of them to commit the irreparable. (imdb)

Online behavior and content consumption through the eyes of a teenage girl who immerses audiences into her dreams and nightmares. Navigating between dreams and reality, she's guided by a disturbing and mysterious YouTuber, Patricia Coma.

Ingrid Caven offers a rich repertoire of songs in French, German and occasionally English; at times, she dispenses with words and simply plays with sounds. (imdb)

A kind of video letter by the filmmaker Bertrand Bonello to his 11-year-old daughter Anna, reflecting on his life and films.

Bertrand Bonello reworks the last minutes of his 2016 film Nocturama in this short film for Fondazione Prada's "Finite Rants" collection in the form of a letter written for his 17-year-old daughter during the COVID-19 pandemic. (imdb)

In the near future where emotions have become a threat, Gabrielle finally decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her previous lives and rid her of any strong feelings. She then meets Louis and feels a powerful connection, as if she has known him forever. A melodrama crossed by the genre, which unfolds over three distinct periods, 1910, 2014 and 2044. (imdb)

Marguerite has been married to Paul for five years; miraculously the molecules in their pairing are still at work. Except for one thing: they live in Montreal, and molecules do not like the cold.