Benoît Ferreux

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

References

External links

• Benoît Ferreux at the Internet Movie Database