Benoît Magimel
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Benoît Magimel is a French actor. He was 14 when he appeared in his first film, and has starred in a variety of roles in French cinema. At age 16, Magimel left school to pursue acting as a career. In 2001, he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher. He also starred in Claude Chabrol's La Demoiselle d'honneur.
Magimel (left) with director Simon Lelouch (centre) in the early 90s, at the Aubagne Ciné Passion festival (short film section)
Magimel at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, for the premiere of The Piano Teacher
Magimel at the 2012 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, which held a retrospective in honor of his career
The Bridesmaid (film)
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The Bridesmaid is a 2004 psychological thriller film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. Its title in French is La Demoiselle d'honneur. The film is based on the 1989 novel The Bridesmaid by Ruth Rendell.
