Pascal Bonitzer
Films in our catalogue
MAIGRET AND THE DEAD LOVER
Commissioner Maigret is urgently called to the Quai d’Orsay (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) after the murder of Monsieur Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador. He quickly discovers that Berthier-Lagès had been carrying on a fifty-year-long love (...)
Biography
Pascal Bonitzer has a reputation as one of the most prolific screenwriters of France. He was the editor of the film magazine Cahier du Cinema from 1969-1985 and began work on another film magazine, Traffic, in 1992. From 1986-1994, he worked as the director of the screenwriting department of the Paris film school FEMIS. He made his directorial debut with Encore in 1995; his second feature, Rien Sur Robert (1998), received attention both in France and at the 1999 International Berlin Film Festival. Small Cuts is his 3rd feature.