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Xavier Beauvois is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter French born on 20 march 1967 at Auchel (France)

Xavier Beauvois

Xavier Beauvois
Xavier Beauvois participated to 46 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 4 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Director

Of Gods and Men, 2h
Directed by Xavier Beauvois
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion
Actors Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin, Philippe Laudenbach, Jacques Herlin, Goran Kostić
Rating71% 3.5937653.5937653.5937653.5937653.593765
The film opens with a quotation from the Book of Psalms, Psalm 82:6–7: "I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes." The monks' peaceful routine of prayer, medical assistance, and community interaction is soon interrupted by the threat of an Islamic fundamentalist group. When their elected leader, Christian (Lambert Wilson), declines the protection of the corrupt civil authority, the monks divide amongst themselves on the question of whether to stay or flee Algeria. Before a decision is reached, a group of fundamentalists, led by Ali Fayattia, enters the monks' compound in force on Christmas Eve and demands their doctor and his medical supplies. Christian refuses their requests and cites the Quran as proof of the monks' goodwill. With a mixture of surprise and respect, Fayattia leaves the compound and grants it his protection until his capture, torture and death at the hands of government forces. Despite the growing danger, the monks come to consensus on the moral importance of maintaining their committed lives with, and ministry to, the local population, even when faced with violence and death. Ultimately, the terrorists seize most of the monks during a nighttime raid and hold them hostage. As the captive monks trudge a snowy path towards a grim fate, the film concludes with the spiritual testament of prior Christian de Chergé, bravely written in the face of death.

Actor

Farewell, My Queen, 1h40
Directed by Benoît Jacquot
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, LGBT-related films, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty, LGBT-related film
Actors Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Virginie Ledoyen, Xavier Beauvois, Noémie Lvovsky, Lolita Chammah
Roles Le roi Louis XVI
Rating61% 3.0954653.0954653.0954653.0954653.095465
In 1789, on the eve of the French Revolution, the court at the Palace of Versailles still live their routines, relatively unconcerned by the increasing turmoil in Paris a mere twenty miles away. The routines are seen through the eyes of the young Sidonie Laborde, who serves Queen Marie Antoinette.
House of Pleasures, 2h5
Directed by Bertrand Bonello
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca, Adèle Haenel, Noémie Lvovsky, Xavier Beauvois
Roles Jacques
Rating66% 3.3470853.3470853.3470853.3470853.347085
The story is set in a luxurious Parisian brothel (a maison close, like Le Chabanais) in the dawning of the 20th century and follows the closeted life of a group of prostitutes: their rivalries, their hopes, their fears, their pleasures, and their pains.
A Castle in Italy, 1h44
Directed by Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Louis Garrel, Xavier Beauvois, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Filippo Timi, Silvio Orlando, André Wilms
Roles Serge
Rating56% 2.84552.84552.84552.84552.8455
An upper-middle-class family is selling their family home. Meanwhile, Louise meets Nathan while taking care of her brother Ludovic, who is ill.