Photo of Xavier Beauvois
Photo of Xavier Beauvois

Xavier Beauvois

“I’m really interested in the Normandy landings. If you look at a film like Saving Private Ryan and see veterans now in their 80s, they still get very emotional and tear up when they talk about the death of their comrades when they were only 20.”

Available to Watch

    LET THE SUNSHINE IN

    CLAIRE DENIS France, 2017

    A Claire Denis romcom? We’re sold! Subverting fairytale tropes with fine irony, this wonderfully unpredictable take on middle-age female desire and the volatility of emotions stars an exquisitely mercurial Juliette Binoche—searching for love, encountering mostly disappointment. Oh, and that ending!

    THE YOUNG LIEUTENANT

    XAVIER BEAUVOIS France, 2005

    Before he won acclaim for Of Gods and Men, French actor-turned-director Xavier Beauvois scored with this excellent, layered police drama, featuring an award-winning performance from Nathalie Baye.

Director

Actor

Show all (40)

Screenwriter

Self