Bruno Dumont was born on March 14, 1958 in Bayol. If we talk about his role in modern French cinema, he acts as an ambassador of absolute seriousness, loner and esoteric, who dreams of conveying to the viewer the simplicity of genre cinema. He did not immediately embark on the path of film director and screenwriter and at first taught philosophy. Since 1986, Dumont has been shooting commercials, while his debut was the short film Paris in 1993. To a greater extent, Bruno’s films involve non-professionals,
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Bruno Dumont was born on March 14, 1958 in Bayol. If we talk about his role in modern French cinema, he acts as an ambassador of absolute seriousness, loner and esoteric, who dreams of conveying to the viewer the simplicity of genre cinema.
He did not immediately embark on the path of film director and screenwriter and at first taught philosophy. Since 1986, Dumont has been shooting commercials, while his debut was the short film Paris in 1993. To a greater extent, Bruno’s films involve non-professionals, and among the directors who influenced him, he singles out Pasolini, Bresson, Kiarostami, Antonioni, Rossellini, Wenders and Bergman.
Bruno Dumont’s connection with the world is not only visual, but also symbolic. For example, without such an evangelical movie title.
The Life of Jesus It would have lost allusions to Christ, and so the audience in the unhappy life of the hero Freddie feel a kind of messianic meaning.
In the films of Dumont, there is a connection with nature, which is clearly expressed, for example, in the habits of the main character of the film.
Humanity" (1999) Pharaoh de Winter. Viewers can also see this kind of connection in the third Dumont film.
"29 palms" 2003, which can be attributed to his most bizarre creations.
In 2006, a film was released on screens.
Flanders It was named after the place where the action took place. And in 2009, a picture was presented to the audience.
"Hadweig" The main character appears as a person who is able to bear responsibility for the whole world on his shoulders. 2011 also did not pass without a premiere – the drama was released
Besogon .
Of course, all of Dumont’s paintings are about love and the awkwardness that accompanies it. He also talks about the manifestations of love, consisting in bliss and violence. As they say, an amateur, but, nevertheless, Dumont has already left his mark in the history of cinema.