Bertrand Mandico

Based on the historical novel by Flaubert, "Salammbo" tells the story of the Mercenary War between Carthage and the Barbarians in the third century BC. (themoviedb)

Four arrogant boys are entrusted to a sea captain whom guarentees to turn them into men. But things don't go as planned.

Fièvre, an enigmatic woman, collects dead animals. She brings hem to life through animated films. One day, a man comes to see Fièvre: his wife is dead... (imdb)

Surreal homage to Walerian Borowczyk. (letterboxd.com)

An abandoned seaside resort. The shooting for a fantasy film about the end of an era wraps up. Two women, both members of the film crew, one an actress, the other a director, Apocalypse and Joy, are on the verge of concluding their love affair. (imdb)

Arnarstrapi, Iceland. In a Cabaret, a woman master of ceremonies performs an esoteric coloscopy act with a strange organic camera. (imdb)

Two actresses are rehearsing a play over a weekend in a country house. While walking in the woods, one unearths a strange thing, a creature without cavity, nor members, the size of a seal. The creatures becomes an object of desire for both women, desperate to own the thing. But what they don't know is that they just found 'Our lady of hormones'.

According to an English legend, Joan of Arc did not die at the stake. Her eyes were burned and she was deflowered by an English stallion. She was then condemned to wander on the battlefield, like a scavenger, on the lookout for life, in search of virgins still alive. (mubi)

A chimeric future on After Blue, a planet from another galaxy, a virgin planet where only women can survive in the midst of harmless flora and fauna. The story is of a punitive expedition.

A man tells us of his memories and his relationship with his own breasts and with those who watch him. (mubi)

On a Scottish island, a depressive police investigates the disappearance of a girl. The mournful mother is responsible for the disappearance of the inhabitants of the island. (mubi)

An actress is confronted with her inner demons. (mubi)

Two policemen interrupt a secret ceremony: a woman being disembowelled at the bottom of a garden to let out her inner beauty. This situation is presented in a variety of ways and all possibilities are explored. (mubi)

Part I of "Extazus" A heroic-fantasy musical collaboration between M83 and Bertrand Mandico.

Part 2 of 'Extazus' A heroic-fantasy musical collaboration between M83 and Bertrand Mandico.

Part 3 of 'Extazus' A heroic-fantasy musical collaboration between M83 and Bertrand Mandico.

Traveling through the abyss, underworld dog Rainer recounts the six lives of Conann, perpetually put to death by her own future, across eras, myths and ages. From her childhood, a slave of Sanja and her barbarian horde, to her accession to the summits of cruelty at the doors of our world. (Letterboxd)

In a living forest, an androgynous creature is pursued by beings seemingly sent by the god Pan.

The blue horseman, born in the kitchens of hell, escapes and sets off to discover, a strange, dreamlike world. Caught up in all kinds of manipulations, he ends up becoming a legend himself.

Henry Darger travels the icy roads of Iceland to find out how much time he has left to live. Two o’clock will tell him a clairvoyant with blue skin.

Hoisted by his rope, a hanged man is lifted up through the branches of a tree. While he is in the middle of his ascent toward the heavens and death, the woman who’d accused him of a crime clears him of it. He gently comes back to life, lying in a field, gazing at everything around him.

On the set of a film in the making, four actresses take turns guiding us. They unknowingly drag us into their damnation.

The end of the world of humanity as seen by Mandico.

Video made for "Niemand" single.

Short film about female ecstasy.

Andreï researches the sonic memory of plants. He has developed a technique for making sounds come back from the past. Andreï wants to keep a tight lid on his discoveries.

Autobiography fantasized around the manufacturing of a real movie.

At the edge of a lake, a couple makes love. A Peeping Tom spies on them.

Dragon Dilatation is the union of two filmic essays, Petrouchka and La Déviante Comédie. The first part is a rereading of Stravinsky’s ballet, while the second segment is made up of traces of an unpublished performance rehearsed at the Théâtre des Amandiers.