Julian Bonnin’s work moves between autofiction and philosophical tragedy. He holds a degree in Philosophy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), where he also attended postgraduate courses at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). He studied film at the Darcy Ribeiro Film School in Rio de Janeiro and earned a Master’s degree in Cinematic Project Development from the Lisbon Theatre and Film School.
His latest feature film, Many Die Too Late (Muitos Morrem Tarde Demais), is a raw and fragmented account of enamorment as the last impulse for life. Structured through texts by Nietzsche, Clarice Lispector, and Clément Rosset — each framing and synthesizing the narrative arc of a chapter — the film confronts the viewer with the urgency of existence. Shot in black and white with rare bursts of color, it embodies what Bonnin calls “brutalist cinema”: a concept made visible, stripped of adornment.
Also the author of A Origem da Primavera, Marvila 793, and La Mariée était à Rio, Bonnin maintains throughout his filmography a focus on characters in a state of loss, exploring silence, repetition, and failure as aesthetic material.