---
title: 'On War (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bertrand Bonello'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-war-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1064861/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# On War (2008)

2008 · 130 min · Drama, Comedy · France

Original title: De la guerre

## Synopsis

On War is a 2008 French comedy-drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello and starring Mathieu Amalric, Laurent Lucas, Guillaume Depardieu, Asia Argento, Michel Piccoli and Léa Seydoux. It follows a man in the middle of an existential crisis as he gets drawn into a strange pleasure-obsessed cult. The film's title loosely refers to the treatise On War, by Carl von Clausewitz.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bertrand Bonello](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertrand-bonello)
- **Director of Photography:** [Josée Deshaies](https://cinepixo.com/people/josee-deshaies)

## Cast

- [Aurore Clément](https://cinepixo.com/people/aurore-clement)
- [Audrey Bonnet](https://cinepixo.com/people/audrey-bonnet)
- [Asia Argento](https://cinepixo.com/people/asia-argento)
- [Elsa Amiel](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-amiel)
- [Laurent Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-lucas)
- [Michel Piccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-piccoli)
- [Léa Seydoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-seydoux)
- [Clotilde Hesme](https://cinepixo.com/people/clotilde-hesme)
- [Elina Löwensohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/elina-lowensohn)
- [Thierry de Peretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/thierry-de-peretti)
- [Vincent Macaigne](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-macaigne)
- [Marcelo Novais Teles](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcelo-novais-teles)
- [Laurent Delbecque](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-delbecque)
- [Guillaume Depardieu](https://cinepixo.com/people/guillaume-depardieu)
- [Mathieu Amalric](https://cinepixo.com/people/mathieu-amalric)

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