Benoît Ferreux
| Benoît Ferreux | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 September 1955 Bordeaux, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1971 - present |
Benoît Ferreux (French pronunciation: [bənwa fɛʁø]; 29 September 1955) is a French film and television actor who is possibly best recalled for his role in the 1971 film Murmur of the Heart.[1]
Career as a child actor
Benoît Ferreux was cast in early 1970, at the age of 14 to appear in director Louis Malle's 1971 coming-of-age drama Murmur of the Heart (French: Le souffle au cœur). Set in 1954, Ferreux played Laurent Chevalier, a boy coming to terms with his burgeoning sexuality and his close relationship (which ultimately leads to an incestuous liaison) with his mother Clara (portrayed by Italian actress Lea Massari) at a spa where he is being treated for a heart murmur.[1] The film was selected for competition at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
The same year, Benoît Ferreux appeared alongside actors Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni in the Nadine Trintignant directed drama It Only Happens to Others (French: Ça n'arrive qu'aux autres).[3]
Later career
Ferreux would go on to appear in a number of adult roles in his native France in film and television. In 1981 he appeared in the John Huston-directed English language drama Escape to Victory with actors Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow and Brazilian footballer Pelé.
In 2007 he appeared in the Alain Corneau-directed crime thriller The Second Wind (French: Le Deuxième souffle), starring Daniel Auteuil and Monica Bellucci. In 2010 he had a small role in the Alain Corneau-directed Crime d'amour (English: Love Crime).
Selected filmography
- Murmur of the Heart (1971) - Laurent Chevalier
- It Only Happens to Others (1971)
- The Guerrilla (1973)
- Le Maître-nageur (1979)
- Moonraker (1979) - Moonraker Pilot #2 (uncredited)
- Escape to Victory (1981) - Jean Paul - The French
- Five Days One Summer (1982)
- Until September (1984)
- Le Brasier (1991)
- Love Crime (2010) - Le cadre coléreux
- Fever (2014) - François