Bruno Dumont

Bruno Dumont (born 1958) is a French film director known for austere, provocative art-house films such as La Vie de Jésus (1997), L'Humanité (1999) and Twentynine Palms (2003).

Dumont is widely regarded as an auteur whose films emphasize minimalism, the materiality of cinema and stark examinations of human behavior. La Vie de Jésus (1997) was his breakthrough feature.

The single DeBaser review praises Dumont's austere, image-driven approach in Twentynine Palms while noting polarizing abruptness and opportunism. The film is read as an experiment in pure cinema that moves from relationship drama to sudden, unsettling violence. The reviewer ultimately finds the film memorable despite (or because of) its provocations.

For:Arthouse cinephiles, film students, critics and readers interested in provocative, image-driven cinema.