Coma
by Bertrand Bonello
FIPRESCI Prize · Berlinale 2022
Out of Competition 2022
Official synopsis
A teenager has a power: that of bringing us into her dreams. Locked up in her room, she maintains a relationship with the outside world only via the virtual sphere. She navigates between fiction and reality, guided by Patricia Coma, a disturbing and mysterious YouTuber.
The programmer’s eye
“Coma” has incredible elasticity, i.e. the improbable elasticity of marble bodies with chiseled muscles that look like they have been carved out of clay. The film is volcanic, free, funny, and at the same time scary and cloistered, as if Bertrand Bonello had been the first to find the form that best suited confined reality. The film "pimps" a solar apocalypse with a heap of digital extensions, until it impregnates the cosmic. “Coma” seems almost able to control celestial phenomena and navigates with the elegance of chaos. The pleasure is total.
Pierre Guidez
Biography and Filmography
Born in 1968 in Nice, Bertrand Bonello directed his first creative documentary, based on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s work, in 1996. His first fiction, “Something Organic” (1998), was presented in Berlin, then “The Pornographer” (2001), with Jean-Pierre Léaud, was screened at the Critics' Week. “House of Tolerance” (2011), in competition at Cannes, received praise from the press as well as eight César nominations. “Saint Laurent” (2014) represented France at the Oscars and obtains ten César nominations. The same year, Bertrand Bonello organized an exhibition at the Center Pompidou and released an album, “Accidents”. He still regularly directs make short or musical films. His latest features are “Nocturama” (2016), “Zombi Child” (2019), “Coma”(2022) and "The Beast" (2023).
2023 : THE BEAST - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2022 : COMA - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2020 : WHERE ARE YOU, BERTRAND BONELLO? #2 (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2019 : ZOMBI CHILD - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : NOCTURAMA - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : SARAH WINCHESTER, GHOST OPERA (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : SAINT LAURENT - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : WHERE ARE YOU, BERTRAND BONELLO? (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2012 : INGRID CAVEN : MUSIC AND VOICE - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2011 : HOUSE OF TOLERANCE - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : WHERE THE BOYS ARE (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2008 : ON WAR - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : MY NEW PICTURE (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2005 : CINDY : THE DOLL IS MINE (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2003 : TIRESIA - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2002 : THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES AND DAVID (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2001 : THE PORNOGRAPHER - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
1998 : SOMETHING ORGANIC - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
1996 : QUI JE SUIS (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
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Born in 1968 in Nice, Bertrand Bonello directed his first creative documentary, based on Pier Paolo Pasolini’s work, in 1996. His first fiction, “Something Organic” (1998), was presented in Berlin, then “The Pornographer” (2001), with Jean-Pierre Léaud, was screened at the Critics' Week. “House of Tolerance” (2011), in competition at Cannes, received praise from the press as well as eight César nominations. “Saint Laurent” (2014) represented France at the Oscars and obtains ten César nominations. The same year, Bertrand Bonello organized an exhibition at the Center Pompidou and released an album, “Accidents”. He still regularly directs make short or musical films. His latest features are “Nocturama” (2016), “Zombi Child” (2019), “Coma”(2022) and "The Beast" (2023).
2023 : THE BEAST - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2022 : COMA - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2020 : WHERE ARE YOU, BERTRAND BONELLO? #2 (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2019 : ZOMBI CHILD - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : NOCTURAMA - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2016 : SARAH WINCHESTER, GHOST OPERA (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : SAINT LAURENT - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2014 : WHERE ARE YOU, BERTRAND BONELLO? (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2012 : INGRID CAVEN : MUSIC AND VOICE - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2011 : HOUSE OF TOLERANCE - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2010 : WHERE THE BOYS ARE (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2008 : ON WAR - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2007 : MY NEW PICTURE (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2005 : CINDY : THE DOLL IS MINE (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2003 : TIRESIA - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2002 : THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES AND DAVID (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
2001 : THE PORNOGRAPHER - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
1998 : SOMETHING ORGANIC - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter
1996 : QUI JE SUIS (SHORT) - Bertrand Bonello - Director and Screenwriter