Magimel, BenoîtOverview
Publication Timeline
Most widely held works by
Benoît Magimel
La pianiste The piano teacher
(
Visual
)
12 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in French and held by 623 libraries worldwide The story of Erika, a middle-aged classical piano instructor who is trapped between her rigid passion for music and her suffocating home life. She escapes her life with nightly voyeuristic wanderings and self-inflicted masochistic experiments.
La demoiselle d'honneur The bridesmaid
(
Visual
)
1 edition published in 2007 in French and held by 356 libraries worldwide It's love at first sight when bridesmaid Senta falls into the life of a handsome young Phillipe at the wedding of his younger sister. As passion for one another intensifies, Phillipe slowly discovers that Senta is shrouded in mystery. When one day she asks Phillipe to perform a terrible deed as proof of his love for her, Phillipe must come to terms with who his lover might really be.
La fleur du mal The flower of evil
(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in French and held by 251 libraries worldwide The story of a seemingly perfect family, whose distinguished facade starts to crack when the wife ventures into local politics. On the eve of the election, a corpse appears, and the long dormant seeds of past family crime begin to bloom.
Les enfants du siècle
(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 1999 and 2004 in French and held by 231 libraries worldwide A biographical history of the love affair between George Sand and Alfred de Musset that scandalized their families, friends and the salons of Paris in nineteenth century France.
La fille seule A single girl
(
Visual
)
3 editions published between 1997 and 2000 in French and held by 146 libraries worldwide Drama showing a day in the life of a young Parisian woman named Valerie who is beginning a new job and who reveals to her boyfriend that she is four weeks pregnant.
Les rivières pourpres. II, Les anges de l'apocalypse
(
Visual
)
2 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in French and held by 94 libraries worldwide Beginning with a ritual murder in a monastery in Lorraine, police chief Niemans teams up with young officer Reda to investigate a series of ritual murders in which the victims are crucified. Together with a specialist on Christian mythology they uncover a mysterious group called the Angels of the Apocalypse.
Le roi danse The King is dancing
(
Visual
)
10 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in French and held by 92 libraries worldwide Historical drama about Louis XIV of France, centering on his passion for dance and music. The shy heir to the throne has his destiny altered when musician Jean-Baptiste Lully and the famed playwright Molière enter his life. Recognizing the young king's talent for dance, they compose and stage ballets that glorify Louis' image. The film includes many recreations of dance, drama, and opera of the era.
The nest
(
Visual
)
2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 45 libraries worldwide Three gangs, on the run from their own respective demons, take refuge in the same massive warehouse. Everyone's armed, tense and ready to shoot the next person they see.
Sky fighters
(
Visual
)
2 editions published in 2006 in French and English and held by 41 libraries worldwide Jet aces must pursue a terrorist who has highjacked a Mirage 2000 fighter jet. During the engagement, one of the pilots shoots down the plane. He is dismissed from the service, and his friend resigns in solidarity. But the French government soon needs them back, to land a big airplane contract by winning a race over hostile airspace; a race that pits the Mirage against the American F-16. A tale of pilots, international terrorists and shady government officials, with an airborne finale taking place above the Champs-Élysées during the Bastille Day celebration.
Die Klavierspielerin
by Michael Haneke
(
Visual
)
18 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in German and French and held by 40 libraries worldwide The story of Erika, a middle-aged classical piano instructor who is trapped between her rigid passion for music and her suffocating home life. She escapes her life with nightly voyeuristic wanderings and self-inflicted masochistic experiments.
La demoiselle d'honneur The bridesmaid ; Merci pour le chocolat = [Thank you for the chocolate
(
Visual
)
in French and held by 39 libraries worldwide La demoiselle d'honneur (The Bridesmaid) : "A bridesmaid named Senta falls for the handsome Philippe at the wedding of his younger sister. As their passion intensifies, Philippe slowly discovers that Senta is shrouded in mystery. Then one day she asks Philippe to perform a terrible deed as proof of his love for her" -- container.
La pianiste
by Michael Haneke
(
Visual
)
18 editions published between 2001 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 36 libraries worldwide The story of Erika, a middle-aged classical piano instructor who is trapped between her rigid passion for music and her suffocating home life. She escapes her life with nightly voyeuristic wanderings and self-inflicted masochistic experiments.
Le roi danse
(
Visual
)
15 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 28 libraries worldwide De jonge koning Lodewijk XIV laat het weelderige paleis te Versailles aanleggen, Molière toneelstukken schrijven en componist Jean-Baptiste Lully balletten voor hem componeren.
La fleur du mal
by Claude Chabrol
(
Visual
)
10 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 25 libraries worldwide À la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, dans l'atmosphère des règlements de compte liés à la collaboration, une femme est acquittée d'un crime qu'elle aurait peut-être commis. Le film se déroule de nos jours, pendant les dernières élections municipales où un autre crime sera commis...
La fille coupée en deux
(
Visual
)
2 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in French and held by 25 libraries worldwide A black comedy centered around a TV weather girl in Lyon, France and the two very different men who pursue her -- one a famous author, the other a spoiled heir to a pharmaceutical fortune.
The bridesmaid
(
Visual
)
5 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in French and held by 19 libraries worldwide A man falls in love with a bridesmaid in his sister's wedding party and soon learns she is extremely mentally unstable.
La vie est un long fleuve tranquille Life is a long quiet river
(
Visual
)
5 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in French and No Linguistic content and held by 18 libraries worldwide A comedy about two families with opposing lifestyles, who discover their children were switched at birth.
La pianiste
by Michael Haneke
(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 2000 and 2004 in French and held by 15 libraries worldwide "Erica Kohut, la quarantaine, est un honorable professeur de piano au Conservatoire de Vienne. Menant une vie de célibataire endurcie chez sa vieille mère possessive, cette musicienne laisse libre cours à sa sexualité débridée en épiant les autres. Fréquentant secrètement les peep-shows et les cinémas pornos, elle plonge dans un voyeurisme morbide et s'inflige des mutilations par pur plaisir masochiste.
Die zweigeteilte Frau
(
Visual
)
6 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in German and French and held by 14 libraries worldwide A black comedy centered around a TV weather girl in Lyon, France and the two very different men who pursue her--one a famous author, the other a spoiled heir to a pharmaceutical fortune.
Intimate enemies
(
Visual
)
7 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in French and German and held by 12 libraries worldwide Intimate Enemies, gebaseerd op het gelijknamige bekroonde boek over de Algerijnse onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, volgt een Frans peloton onder leiding van Lieutenant Terrien op een missie om een rebellenleider uit te schakelen. Terrien walgt van de martelpraktijken van sommige Franse soldaten, maar zijn rechterhand Sergeant Dougnac is ervan overtuigd dat Terrien zijn idealisme zal laten varen zodra hij met eigen ogen heeft gezien tot welke gruweldaden de vijand in staat is. Na een aantal keiharde confrontaties met de vijand ontdekken Terrien en Dougnac dat idealisme noch realisme tegen de gruwel van oorlog is opgewassen. more
fewer
Audience Level
 Related Identities
Associated Subjects
Armstrong, Charlotte,--1905-1969 Austria--Vienna Authors, French Aviation films Biographical films Biographical films Bridesmaids Criminal behavior Detective and mystery films Drama Erotic films F-16 (Jet fighter plane) Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films Film sequels Foreign films France France--Paris French language Gangs Historical films Jet fighter planes Life change events Local government Louis--XIV,--King of France,--1638-1715 Lully, Jean-Baptiste,--1632-1687 Man-woman relationships Melodrama Mirage 2000 (Jet fighter plane) Molière,--1622-1673 Monasticism and religious orders Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Music teachers Musset, Alfred de,--1810-1857 Pregnancy Rendell, Ruth,--1930- Sadomasochism Sand, George,--1804-1876 Scandals Serial murder investigation Terrorists Thieves Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Voyeurism
|
Languages
French
(247)
German (68) Undetermined (18) Spanish (10) English (7) Multiple languages (5) No Linguistic content (3) Turkish (2) Chinese (1) Russian (1) Portuguese (1) Covers
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
