Benoît Jacquot
Born in 1947 in Paris. Assistant of Bernard Borderie and Marguerite Duras. 1975 first fiction feature L’assassin musicien. 1990 breakthrough with Die Entzauberte. Thereafter films with Virginie Ledoyen, Isabelle Huppert or Isabelle Adjani and participation in the most important festivals. Known as the women‘s director of France he shot films with talented actresses such as Judith Godrèche, Léa Seydoux, Sandrine Kiberlain, Diane Kruger, Isild Le Besco.
Filmography (Selection)
2014 3 Coeurs
2012 Les adieux à la reine
2010 Au fond des bois
2009 Villa Amalia
2004 À tout de suite
2000 Sade
1999 Pas de scandale
1998 L’école de la chair
A blessing in disguise ... One night in a French provincial town, after missing his train back to Paris, Marc (Benoît Poelvoorde) meets mysterious Sylvie (Charlotte Gainsbourg). The two strangers spend a sleepless night together full of allusions and romantic serendipities. They wander through the streets, talking about everything except themselves. Marc takes the first train back, and sets a date with Sylvie in Paris, a few days later. Sylvie keeps the date. Misfortune befalls Marc, and he cannot. He searches for her and ends up finding someone else: Sophie (Chiara Mastroianni). They fall in love with each other and want to get married. everthing seems fine ...
The dark and at the same time humorous ménage à trois, that fosters Benoît Jacquots reputation as a director of women, holds the tension until the very end.