Years active 1971 - present | Name Benoit Ferreux Role Film actor | |
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Movies and TV shows Similar People Louis Malle, Raphael Neal, Alain Corneau, Olivier Assayas, Lewis Gilbert | ||
Benoît Ferreux ([bənwa fɛʁø]; 29 September 1955) is a French film and television actor who is possibly best recalled internationally for his role in the 1971 film Murmur of the Heart.
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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 sanatorium where he is being treated for a heart murmur. The film was selected for competition at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.
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).
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).