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Pascal Bonitzer

Pascal Bonitzer

Writer, actor and director · Born February 1, 1946 (80) · Paris, France

Pascal Bonitzer (born 1 February 1946) is a French screenwriter, film director, actor, and former film critic for Cahiers du cinéma. He has written for 48 films and has appeared in 30 films since 1967. He starred in Raúl Ruiz's 1978 film The Suspended Vocation. He has a daughter, actress Agathe Bonitzer, with filmmaker Sophie Fillières. Source: Article "Pascal Bonitzer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Born
February 1, 1946 (80)
From
Paris, France
Works as
Writer, actor and director
Titles
35 on MovieCove · 79 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 30% in 30 days

What are Pascal Bonitzer's films like?

Across their 34 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
25%
Self
23%
Morality
20%
Power
11%
Ideas
10%
Society
8%
Survival
3%
Romantic love11 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFaith4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 14 · Serious 9 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 18 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 14 · Charged 13 · Intense 7

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 21 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 11 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 23 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 19 · Full focus 8

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 14 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 10

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 14 · Ambiguous 10

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Contemplative
18
Melancholic
16
Warm
7
Cold
6
Other
22

How their films linger

Thought-provoking19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet18
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Pascal Bonitzer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Pascal Bonitzer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

79 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Hugo(2026)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Maigret in Society(2026)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • La Fille d'un grand amour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Professeur Femis

  • Auction(2024)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Last Summer(2023)

    Co-Writer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Benedetta(2021)

    Script Consultant

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Spellbound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • White as Snow(2019)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Young Karl Marx(2017)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Right Here Right Now(2016)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Innocents(2016)

    Adaptation · Dialogue

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Valentin Valentin(2014)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Gemma Bovery(2014)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Murder in Pacot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Screenplay

  • Looking for Hortense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Chantrapas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as producer

  • Great life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer

  • Around a Small Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Screenplay

  • The Great Alibi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director · Screenplay

  • The Key (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Jean

  • The Duchess of Langeais (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Writer

  • Je pense à vous(2006)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Changing Times(2004)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Sotto falso nome(2004)

    Thanks

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Hot House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Writer

  • The Story of Marie and Julien(2003)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Petites coupures(2003)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Va savoir+ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Writer

  • Who Knows?(2001)

    Dialogue · Scenario Writer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Alias Betty(2001)

    as Mr. Barsky

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Man of the Crowds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Writer

  • Lumumba(2000)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Augustin, King of Kung-Fu(1999)

    as The movie director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Les infortunes de la beauté(1999)

    as Le detective

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Nothing About Robert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Writer · as Man in bookstore

  • Secret Defense(1998)

    Scenario Writer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Genealogies of a Crime(1997)

    Writer · as Le directeur d'école

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Lambs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Screenplay

  • Encore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Director · as Bergère

  • Three Lives and Only One Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Writer · Actor

  • Don't Forget You're Going to Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Psychiatrist

  • Thieves(1996)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Up, Down, Fragile(1995)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Son of Gascogne(1995)

    as Hiblen

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Joan the Maid 1: The Battles(1994)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Joan the Maid 2: The Prisons(1994)

    Dialogue · Writer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • My Favorite Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Writer

  • Chasing Butterflies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • The Sky Above Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Man in front of the telephone booth

  • La Belle Noiseuse: Divertimento (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Dialogue

  • La belle noiseuse(1991)

    Dialogue · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Night and Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Writer

  • The Fate of Baron Leisenbohg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Writer

  • Un jeu d'enfant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Writer

  • Chillers(1990)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Dark Woods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Writer

  • Winter's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Un spectateur au théâtre

  • The Gang of Four(1989)

    Dialogue · Scenario Writer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Daniel Asleep (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Delmas

  • The Beggars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Screenplay

  • The Innocents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Adaptation · Screenplay

  • Golden Eighties(1986)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Scene of the Crime(1986)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Wuthering Heights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Screenplay

  • Robin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Salesman

  • Love on the Ground(1984)

    Writer · as Audience

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Cheaters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Writer

  • Liberty Belle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Screenplay · as Hotel client

  • Stray Bullets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Ernest

  • Cinématon XIV (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as N°138

  • The Red Shade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as The Dutch

  • Snakes and Ladders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • Simone Barbès or Virtue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Un client de la boîte de nuit

  • The One-Eyed Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Actor

  • The Brontë Sisters(1979)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Suspended Vocation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Jérôme 2

  • I, Pierre Rivière, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister and My Brother… (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Screenplay

  • Jean Renoir : Partie de campagne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Actor

  • Nagasaki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 77 titles, 76 of them dated from 1969 to 2026.

Biggest box office

The Innocents (2016)

$7.4M worldwide

Highest rated

La belle noiseuse (1991)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Last Summer (2023)

Film career

  • 1996Screen debut· Three Lives and Only One Death

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting26 of 77: 21 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thDirecting12 of 77: 1 only directing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score31stWriting53 of 77: 40 only writing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew1 of 77: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

77 titles, 14 with more than one role — writing and acting overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew1980s19 · 10 acting · 10 crew1990s22 · 10 acting · 16 crew2000s16 · 2 acting · 14 crew2010s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew2020s6 · 1 acting · 5 crew

Billing

usually 17th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Pascal Bonitzer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 34; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

64thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Les infortunes de la beauté (1999)

91st percentile spread · 52% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

La belle noiseuse (1991)

Midcredits 92nd · 77% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Pascal Bonitzer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles40–72 · median 54 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 25 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Pascal Bonitzer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Pascal Bonitzer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martine Marignac shares the most, 10.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles