The Film Society of Lincoln Center Presents: “I Put a Spell on You: The Films of Bertrand Bonello” April 29 – May 4, 2015

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28 April 2015—

The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC)’s Director of Programming Dennis Lim,: “Each new Bertrand Bonello film is an event in and of itself. Part of what makes Bonello’s work so thrilling is that, with some exceptions, world cinema has yet to catch up with his unique combination of artistic rigor and ability to distill emotion from the often extravagantly stylish, almost baroque figures, places, and events that he portrays. He already occupies a singular place in French cinema, and we’re excited that our audiences will now have the opportunity to discover a body of work that is unlike any other.” said, and FSLC announced the complete retrospective I Put a Spell on You: The Films of Bertrand Bonello (April 29 – May 4).

Bertrand Bonello and Denns Lim iat the FSLC

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FSLC Director of Programming Dennis Lim (left) and director Bertrand Bonello.

I Put a Spell on You: The Films of Bertrand Bonello series opens with a special sneak-preview presentation of the director’s latest film Saint Laurent (NYFF 2014), on Wednesday, April 29 with Bonello and the film’s star Gaspard Ulliel in person.

The series comprises all of Bonello’s feature films, including his directorial debut, Something Organic (1998), about a married couple struggling to navigate their relationship while also caring for his elderly father and their terminally ill son. The Pornographer (2001), about an aging filmmaker trying to reconnect with his estranged son while working to complete his erotic masterpiece; Tiresia (2003), which follows a Brazilian transsexual working in the red-light district of Paris who develops the gift of prophecy; On War (2008), which features an all-star cast (Mathieu Amalric, Asia Argento, Léa Seydoux, and Michel Piccoli) in a story about a film director whose career crisis leads him to join a cult; and House of Pleasures (2011), a look at life in a Parisian brothel at the turn of the century, and as a star in Portrait of the Artist (2014) by Antoine Barraud,

Screenings will take place at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center (144 West 65th Street).

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