Benoît Magimel
12 titles
Filmography
12 results

The Taste of Things
(2023)Peerless cook Eugenie has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin for the last 20 years. Bonding over a passion for gastronomy, their relationship develops into romance and gives rise to delicious dishes that impress even the world's most illustrious chefs. Starring Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things is a stunningly beautiful romance that simmers with emotion.

Life Is a Long Quiet River
(1988)An outrageously wicked comedy about two families from award winning debut filmmaker Étienne Chatiliez, this fast-paced satire became the most popular French comedy of the decade. The radiantly bourgeois Le Quesnoys with their immaculate children and perfect manners and the grubby, disreputable Groseilles are thrown together in absurd chaos by an act of revenge as they discover that twelve years prior their babies were switched at birth. A witty send up of class relations and family ties, 'Life Is a Long Quiet River' was celebrated with a host of trophies at France's César Awards ceremony winning for best screenplay, best debut work and acting prizes for Hélène Vincent and Catherine Jacob.

Pacifiction
(2022)Topping Cahiers du cinéma’s list of best films from 2022, Albert Serra’s mesmerizing epic conjures up the malaise and paranoia poisoning the Edenic calm of sun-soaked Tahiti. Steeped in moral ambiguity, Benoît Magimel’s stunning performance embodies the corruptive power of the imperial state.

Sky Fighters
(2005)When a French Mirage fighter jet is stolen during a UK airshow, the government recruits two pilots to participate in a race over hostile airspace.

Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
(2004)Chief Niemans and his officer Reda face the threat of an apocalypse while investigating a series of ritual murders connected to a mysterious group.

150 Milligrams
(2016)A pneumonologist working in a hospital in France notices a link between suspicious deaths and a state-approved medication used to treat diabetes. Fighting on her own against the system, Dr Franchon manages to break the scandal and reveal the truth.

Peaceful
(2021)A sick man, a worried mother, a determined doctor, and a hard-working nurse have one year and four seasons to learn what it means to die while living.

Lola and the Sea
(2019)Emboldened by her life changing transition, Lola faces her father as they are forced to journey to the sea to fulfil her mother's last wish.

The Piano Teacher
(2001)Erika is a music teacher in Vienna living a hermetic, love-hate existence with her overbearing mother, escaping only to visit porn cinemas and peepshows. When she meets clean-cut, charismatic student Walter, Erika’s carefully calibrated lifestyle is threatened. Control trades hands between student and teacher, as Erika’s masochistic tendencies are inflicted upon Walter during a torrid affair.

Standing Tall
(2015)Abandoned by his mother (Sara Forestier) at the age of 6, Malony (Rod Paradot) is constantly in and out of juvenile court. An adoptive family grows around this young delinquent: Florence (Catherine Deneuve), a children's magistrate nearing retirement, and Yann (Benoît Magimel), a caseworker and himself the survivor of a very difficult childhood. Together they follow the boy's journey and try unfailingly to save him. Then Malony is sent to a stricter educational center, where he meets Tess (Diane Rouxel), a very special young girl who will show him that there are reasons for hope.

Little White Lies 2
(2019)As his 60th birthday approaches, Max is alone and down, so he takes a trip to his house by the sea, where he soon gets a surprise visit from friends he hasn't seen in years.

Jack Mimoun & the Secrets of Val Verde
(2022)Two years after surviving Val Verde, Jack is now a celebrity. But a mysterious woman leads him back to the island in search of a pirate’s sword.