Benoît Magimel

Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

Dir. Cédric Jimenez · With Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette

Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies they've been telling each other.

Dir. Guillaume Canet · With François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel

Lucien, 14, can’t understand why his father, a serious and respected teacher, makes a fool of himself by dressing up as a clown and giving a show. André, Lucien’s father’s best friend, feels for the teenager and decides to reveal something from their mutual past that will explain the reason for Lucien’s father’s strange behavior.

Dir. Jean Becker · With Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte

Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.

Dir. Trần Anh Hùng · With Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche, Patrick d'Assumçao

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Dir. Michael Haneke · With Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel

In danger of losing his business, Anthony Roca, an ordinary man, develops a scam that will become the heist of the century. Overtaken by the crime, he will have to deal with betrayal, murder and settling.

Dir. Olivier Marchal · With Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Gringe

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

Dir. Stéphane Rybojad · With Diane Kruger, Djimon Hounsou, Benoît Magimel

The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.

Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot · With Rod Paradot, Catherine Deneuve, Sara Forestier

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.

Dir. Étienne Chatiliez · With Benoît Magimel, Valérie Lalande, Catherine Hiegel

Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.

Dir. Alice Winocour · With Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin

A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.

Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot · With Catherine Deneuve, Benoît Magimel, Cécile de France

The sequel to Little White Lies ("Les petits mouchoirs"), set 7 years later. The group of friends, which had separated, reunites for the surprise birthday party organized for Max.

Dir. Guillaume Canet · With François Cluzet, Marion Cotillard, Gilles Lellouche

In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.

Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot · With Sidse Babett Knudsen, Benoît Magimel, Charlotte Laemmel

Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces. Her mission is to escort Abedin Nexhep, a godfather of the Albanian mafia. Charged with heading a wide-reaching prostitution network, this formidable criminal is due to stand trial before a European court. During the transfer, killers hired by Nexhep set up an ambush to free their boss but Laborie and her men manage to escape...

Dir. Florent-Emilio Siri · With Samy Naceri, Benoît Magimel, Nadia Farès

1759, Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean. The island is controlled by French settlers and the deported slave population live in fear while toiling in the sugar cane plantations. Unlike her disillusioned father Massamba, 16-year-old Mati refuses to keep her head down and accept her fate.

Dir. Simon Moutaïrou · With Ibrahima Mbaye, Anna Thiandoum, Camille Cottin

Two air force pilots prevent a terrorist attack on the Bastille Day celebrations in Paris.

Dir. Gérard Pirès · With Benoît Magimel, Clovis Cornillac, Géraldine Pailhas

No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.

Dir. Olivier Dahan · With Jean Reno, Benoît Magimel, Camille Natta

Omar, better known as Omar the Strawberry, is an old-fashioned bandit. Forced to flee to Algeria, he makes a living out of petty crime, accompanied by his famous sidekick Roger. After decades of ruling the French criminal underworld, they must come to terms with their new life together, which until now has been one of debauchery and violence.

Dir. Elias Belkeddar · With Reda Kateb, Benoît Magimel, Meriem Amiar

Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives forever.

Dir. Quentin Dupieux · With Alain Chabat, Léa Drucker, Anaïs Demoustier

A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

Dir. Florent-Emilio Siri · With Jérémie Renier, Benoît Magimel, Monica Scattini

Island of Tahiti. French government official De Roller is a calculating man with impeccable manners, capable of dealing with both high society and the locals he frequents in shady joints.

Dir. Albert Serra · With Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini

In the last days of the Nazi-occupied France, writer Marguerite Duras awaits the return of her husband, Robert Antelme, arrested for being a Resistance fighter and then deported, while she maintains a tense relationship with her ambiguous lover and a dangerous game with a French collaborationist. Even when the Liberation arrives, she must still endure the unbearable pain of waiting.

Dir. Emmanuel Finkiel · With Mélanie Thierry, Benoît Magimel, Benjamin Biolay

Naïma has just turned 16. This summer, she will have to decide what she wants from life if she doesn’t want to miss out. Then her cousin Sofia arrives, with an amazing body and a dangerously seductive lifestyle. Naïma desires only to follow her own path, so long as it leads upwards… Despite the warnings of her best friend Dodo, she and Sofia will live through unforgettable encounters during a long summer that will mark them forever.

Dir. Rebecca Zlotowski · With Mina Farid, Zahia Dehar, Benoît Magimel

Sarah tells Paul that she wants out of their marriage; the next day she disappears. A year later and Paul along with their children return to his childhood town to start anew after the loss of his wife and their mother.

Dir. Jalil Lespert · With Benoît Magimel, Isabelle Carré, Antoine Duléry

Two years after surviving alone on the hostile island of Val Verde, Jack Mimoun has become an adventure star. The book recounting his experience is a bestseller and his television show breaks audience records. He is then approached by the mysterious Aurélie Diaz who will bring Jack Mimoun back to Val Verde to train him in search of the legendary sword of the pirate La Buse. Accompanied by Bruno Quézac, the ambitious but reckless manager of Jack, and Jean-Marc Bastos, a mercenary as disturbed as he is unpredictable, our adventurers will embark on an incredible treasure hunt through the jungle of the island of thousand dangers.

Dir. Ludovic Colbeau-Justin, Malik Bentalha · With Malik Bentalha, Joséphine Japy, Jérôme Commandeur

Málaga, southern Spain. Seven men, divided into four cars, set off with a large drug shipment towards Creil, a city near Paris; a routine mission that will be complicated by a fatal sequence of events.

Dir. Frédéric Schoendoerffer · With Benoît Magimel, Reem Kherici, Tewfik Jallab

A bumbling Paris policeman is doggedly determined to capture the master thief that repeatedly eludes him, even when they're the last two men on Earth.

Dir. Éric Judor, Ramzy Bedia · With Ramzy Bedia, Éric Judor, Benoît Magimel

Set in Paris the story follows Lisa, who, while on vacation with her husband, rekindles a passionate affair with her ex-boyfriend. But that may lead to a murder.

Dir. Nicole Garcia · With Pierre Niney, Stacy Martin, Benoît Magimel