Pascal Bonitzer — Playwright (33)

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Hot House (2003)
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other title: Les parents terribles / Hothouse …
Michel, a young man idolized by his mother, falls in love with Madeleine. What he does not know is that the young woman is already the mistress of his father, Georges.

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Great life (2009)
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other title: La Grande vie / 高位人生 …
Philosophy teacher in the provincial city of Saint-Etienne, Gregoire is a discreet man of integrity. He strives to instill the fundamentals of wisdom in his lethargic high-school students. Circumstances lead him to Paris where he encounters a new student in the shape of Patrick, a star TV presenter. Patrick's career is on a high, but he's not happy. He wants to learn, he wants to change, he wants Gregoire to be his life-coach.

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Cheaters (1984)
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other title: Die Spieler / Tricheurs …
Swaying between pleasure and despair, Elric throws himself into his pathological passion for the casino. Meeting Suzie could have saved him, but the young woman also sinks into gambling hell. The couple then start getting involved in the fearsome world of professional cheaters.

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Maigret in Society (2026)
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帕斯卡尔·博尼策尔 actor: 更多...
other title: Maigret and the Dead Lover / Maigret et le mort amoureux …
Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence with a certain Princess of Vuynes, whose husband - by a strange coincidence - had died just a few days earlier. As he confronts the various members of the two families and the suspicious silence of Mademoiselle Larrieu, Maigret finds himself faced with surprise after surprise, watching his certainties crumble - until the solution to the mystery finally hits him in the face at the very last moment...

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The Spellbound (2019)
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other title: 意乱情迷 / Les envoûtés …
An uncanny triangle emerges in this update of Henry James’s short story “The Way It Came,” directed by Pascal Bonitzer (Right Here Right Now, Rendez-Vous 2017). Book critic Coline (Sara Giraudeau) is assigned a profile of a reclusive, brooding painter (Let the Sunshine In’s Nicolas Duvauchelle), who claims to have seen his mother’s spirit just before her death. Curiously, Coline’s close friend (Anabel Lopez), also an artist, says she witnessed an apparition of her father on the brink of his sudden passing, as well. An ethereal brew of lust, grief, and jealousy propels this transfixing story of invisible frequencies and mortal hungers.

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Window Shopping (1986)
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★ 8.0 17 ratings
香特尔·阿克曼 actor: 德菲因·塞里格 / 米丽娅姆·博耶 …
other title: 金色80年代 / Golden Eighties …
Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Although Robby is selfish and shallow, he's appealing to Lili, the salon's manager, who's trendy and also the salon-owner's moll; to Mado, who's innocent and sweet; and to Pascale, who's intelligent but passive and downcast. Robby's dad tells him to grow up and see beyond the mercurial Lili, so he proposes suddenly to Mado. She's delighted, but the day before the wedding, Lili returns to give Robby another look. In the background, a Yank who was a soldier in France in World War II returns to Paris and tries to recapture the love of his wartime sweetheart, Robby's mom.

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Night and Day (1991)
Nuit et jour
香特尔·阿克曼 actor: 吉莱纳·隆代 / 托马斯·朗曼 …
other title: 朝朝暮暮 / Nuit et jour …
Jack and Julie live in a bare flat in Paris. At night, Jack drives a taxi while Julie wanders around the city, and in the day they make love. One day Julie meets Joseph, the daytime driver of the taxi, and soon Julie is spending her nights with Joseph and her days with Jack.

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The Great Alibi (2008)
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other title: 大借口 / Le grand alibi …
皮埃尔(朗贝尔·维尔森 Lambert Wilson 饰)被发现死在了参议院亨利(皮埃尔·阿迪提 Pierre Arditi 饰)的度假小屋里,死因是谋杀。皮埃尔的妻子克莱尔(安妮·康斯金尼 Anne Consigny 饰)成为了案件最大嫌疑人,因为皮埃尔背叛了两人的婚姻,这让克莱尔一直怀恨在心。 警官格朗(莫里斯·本尼丘 Maurice Bénichou 饰)负责此案的调查,随着侦查的渐渐深入,刚开始确凿无误的杀人证据被一件一件的推翻了,克莱尔身上的嫌疑渐渐被洗清。与此同时,越来越多的人被卷入了案件之中,其中包括皮埃尔的情人伊斯特(瓦莱丽亚·布诺妮-泰特琪 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 饰)和一位名叫菲利普(马修·德米 Mathieu Demy 饰)的男子。一波未平一波又起,就在这宗案件悬而未决的节骨眼上,另一起谋杀案发生了。

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瓦伦汀 (2015)
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帕斯卡尔·托马斯 actor: 樊尚·罗蒂埃 / 玛丽露·贝里 …
other title: Valentin Valentin
Dans ce « fenêtres sur cour» qui se déroule dans un petit immeuble parisien, tout un monde hétéroclite gravite, s'aime, s'observe sans toujours se voir. C'est là que vit Valentin, jeune homme mélancolique, charmant, partagé entre sa maîtresse au tempérament insatiable, les trois jeunes filles du cinquième étage qui tournent autour de lui, une gardienne démonstrative et une belle chinoise dont la présence dans la maison d'en-face l'intrigue et le fait rêver. A quoi pense-t-il ? Que dissimule-t-il ? Que cherche-t-il ? Valentin invite tous ses voisins à sa pendaison de crémaillère, sans se douter qu'il déclenche ainsi une spirale de violences...

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Encore (1996)
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other title: 更多 / More
Abel Vichac, a renowned University professor, meets a student in a bar. She claims that her name is Aurore, and that she sent him a paper on his latest book. A few days later, Vichac, who has found Aurore's paper (and her address), turns up at her apartment. This is the start of a period of misunderstanding, romantic confusion and seductive schemes that ends in a major crisis for Vichac and his wife, Aliette. Written by L.H. Wong <[email protected]>

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Joan the Maid 1.: The Battles (1994)
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★ 8.6 5 ratings
other title: 圣女贞德:战争篇 / Jeanne la Pucelle I - Les batailles …
A part of Joan of Arc's life. At the beginning, Jeanne (Joan) has already left Domremy, she is trying to convince a captain to escort her to moxia.cc the Dauphin. It ends during Jeanne's first battle, at Orleans. Meanwhile, Jeanne is depicted more as a warrior than a saint (all cliches are avoided), with only her faith for strength.

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Hurlevent (1985)
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★ 7.6 5 ratings
雅克·里维特 actor: 法比恩·巴布 / 卢卡斯·贝尔沃克斯 …
other title: 呼啸山庄 / Wuthering Heights …
In 1930s south of France, young orphan Roch is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Lindon, a man of means who befits her stature. Roch vows to win her back.

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当机立断 (2016)
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other title: Tout de suite maintenant
Nora Sator, jeune trentenaire dynamique, commence sa carrière dans la haute finance. Quand elle apprend que son patron et sa femme ont fréquenté son père dans leur jeunesse, elle découvre qu’une mystérieuse rivalité les oppose encore. Ambitieuse, Nora gagne vite la confiance de ses supérieurs mais entretient des rapports compliqués avec son collègue Xavier, contrairement à sa sœur Maya qui succombe rapidement à ses charmes… Entre histoires de famille, de cœur et intrigues professionnelles, les destins s’entremêlent et les masques tombent.