Benoît Magimel

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.

In this visually stunning war epic, set in Algeria in 1959, Terrien, an idealistic lieutenant in the French army, meets Dougnac, a cynical sergeant. Their differences and harsh realities drive the two men to breaking point and find that their worst enemy is really themselves.

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.

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.

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.

Frank Sinatra’s timeless hit My Way is one of the most famous and beloved songs of all time. Here’s the fascinating story of the artist behind this legendary tune, Claude François, a man whose ambition drove him straight to the top, but ultimately led him to a tragic end. The destiny of Claude François, who died at the age of 39, continues to fascinate fans more than 30 years later. He was a much-loved star and shrewd businessman, great showman and marketing magician, hit machine and magazine publisher, but also family man and ladies’ man.

A survivor of a mass shooting at a Paris bistro relives the worst night of her life through the eyes of the only people who can understand her trauma.

France, 1870. Rosalie is a young woman with a secret... She was born with a face and body covered in hair. A genuine bearded lady. She's kept her secret safe all her life, until Abel, an indebted bar owner, marries her for her dowry. Now, she no longer wishes to hide.

1944. In this adaptation of her autobiographical novel, Marguerite Duras shrewdly navigates German-occupied France to find her imprisoned husband.

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.

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.

War correspondent Elsa is taken hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan and faces execution. When government officials find out they send an elite force but their radio equipment is destroyed and they're stranded. Pursued by the Taliban their only hope of escape is a deadly trek across hostile mountains.

Five friends learn the most chaste of them is planning to tour the world in his boat.

Alain and Marie are a middle-aged bourgeois couple who move to their new house in a quiet suburb. A key feature of their new abode that the estate agent points out is a mysterious tunnel in the basement. Little do they realize that it will turn their lives upside down…

Magistrate Pierre Michel goes on a relentless crusade to dismantle the most notorious drug smuggling operation in history: the French Connection.

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.