Denis Podalydès

Born: 1963-04-22

Denis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor and writer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Denis Podalydès, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Flight Controller
Released: 2006-05-17

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous...

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The President's Wife

as Bernard Niquet
Released: 2023-10-04

When she arrived at the Elysée Palace, Bernadette Chirac expected to finally get the place she...

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In All Innocence

as Martorel
Released: 1998-10-06

High-profile lawyer Michel takes on the defence of a young and pretty small-time thief, Cécile,...

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La Belle Verte

as Papapote
Released: 1996-09-18

As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message...

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To Each His Own Cinema

as The manager (segment "Cinéma de boulevard")
Released: 2007-10-31

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema"...

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Caché

as Yvon
Released: 2005-10-05

George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that...

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See You Up There

as The Minister (voice)
Released: 2017-10-25

In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless...

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All Your Faces

as Paul
Released: 2023-03-29

Since 2014, France's restorative justice programmes have offered a safe space for supervised...

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Fantasies

as Vincent Lebrun (sketch 'Ludophilie')
Released: 2021-08-18

Faced with their fantasies, six couples try to explore the hidden sides of their intimate life....

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Julia(s)

as Victor Massenet
Released: 2022-12-21

Paris 2052. Julia, 80 years old, had a fulfilled life. On her birthday, she reflects on the...

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An Officer and a Spy

as Maître Demange
Released: 2019-09-30

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life...

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La Belle Époque

as François
Released: 2019-11-06

Victor, a disillusioned 60-something whose marriage is on the rocks, opts to relive the week of...

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Chocolat

as Louis Lumière
Released: 2016-02-03

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after...

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Rise

as Henri Gautier
Released: 2022-03-30

Elise thought she had the perfect life: an ideal boyfriend and a promising career as a ballet...

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Sorry Angel

as Mathieu
Released: 2018-05-09

Jacques is a writer living in Paris. He hasn't turned 40 but already mistrusts that the best in...

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Nice and Easy

as Richard
Released: 2014-05-07

Sebastian has one ambition in life: to do nothing. His horizon is his couch. His life he does...

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Summer Things

as Jérôme
Released: 2002-03-04

Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie,...

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Mr & Mme Adelman

as Le Psy
Released: 2017-03-08

How did Sarah and Victor get along for more than 45 years? Who was this enigmatic woman living...

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Skirt Day

as Chief Brigadier Labouret, negotiator
Released: 2008-11-09

A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.

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The Most Precious of Cargoes

as Man with the Broken Face (voice)
Released: 2024-11-20

Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty...

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Presidents

as Le psy
Released: 2021-06-30

A former french President, Nicolas, decides to persuade another one, François, to campaign...

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Quiet Chaos

as Thierry
Released: 2008-02-08

Pietro is a successful businessman with a wife and a daughter. One day he helps his brother save...

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Anaïs in Love

as Daniel
Released: 2021-09-15

A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and...

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Camille Rewinds

as Alphonse Da Costa - le prof de physique
Released: 2012-09-12

Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another...

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Neuilly Yo Mama!

as Stanislas de Chazelle
Released: 2009-08-12

Samy moves from the underdeveloped crime-ridden French suburb to the riches of Neuilly.

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Neuilly sa mère, sa mère !

as Stanislas de Chazelle
Released: 2018-08-08

In 2008, Sami Benboudaoud discovered the hell of Neuilly-sur-Seine. Ten years later, now that...

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The Teacher

as François Foucault
Released: 2017-09-13

Teacher in the most prestigious highschool in the country, François enjoys the life he’s always...

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French Tech

as Alexandre Duveteux
Released: 2021-01-14

Down-on-his-luck, unemployed Alexandre has two months to prove to his wife he can take care of...

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Making Of

as Simon
Released: 2024-01-10

Simon, a well-known French filmmaker, starts shooting his next film. A story about workers...

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Deception

as Philip
Released: 2021-07-17

An American writer living in exile in London, Philip listens to women. His English mistress, who...

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The Children of the Century

as Sainte-Beuve
Released: 1999-09-12

True tale of the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th Century,...

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The Officers' Ward

as Henri
Released: 2001-09-26

The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of...

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The Great Magic

as Charles
Released: 2023-02-08

The 20s. In a seaside resort where everybody is bored, Albert Marvuglia, a slightly shabby...

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Omar Killed Me

as Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard
Released: 2011-06-21

In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of...

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The Jews

as Talmudiste #2
Released: 2016-06-01

Four separate stories deal with stereotypical ideas about Jews: their alleged influence on...

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Royal Palace

as Titi
Released: 2005-11-23

Eugenia is the queen of an imaginary European country. When her husband dies, quite...

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Marie-Francine

as Emmanuel Doublet
Released: 2017-05-31

A woman at the age of 50 moves back in with her parents after her husband leave her for a...

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Scribe

as Clément
Released: 2016-10-19

Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he...

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Delete History

as Bertrand
Released: 2020-08-26

In a provincial suburb, three neighbours come to terms with the consequences of the new world of...

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Mother

as Soghomon Tehlirian
Released: 1991-11-27

Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian of Armenian parentage on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto,...

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The Little Escapade

as Albin
Released: 2024-06-05

To overcome their financial problems, Justine, her husband and their whole group of friends...

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Park Benches

as Aimé Mermot
Released: 2009-07-08

As she does every morning, Lucie takes advantage of her journey to work to lose herself for a...

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The Dandelions

as Michel Gladstein
Released: 2012-08-22

A young girl is frustrated by her over-protective mom. At school, she meets another fearless...

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Eleanor's Secret

as Le Père - dad (voice)
Released: 2009-12-16

Natanaël, seven, still doesn't know how to read. His eccentric old aunt bequeaths her house to...

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Safe Conduct

as Jean Aurenche
Released: 2002-01-09

The film is about the French film industry from 1942 to 1944 during the Nazi occupation. The...

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Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

as Julien
Released: 1998-04-22

Jeanne, a receptionist at a travel agency, is looking for the love of her life. She thinks she...

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Love Is the Perfect Crime

as Richard
Released: 2013-09-27

Marc, in his 40s, is a professor of literature at the University of Lausanne. Still a bachelor —...

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Wow!

as Le client silencieux
Released: 2023-06-07

Catherine and Oracio are real estate advisors, and are visiting two properties in quick...

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The Conquest

as Nicolas Sarkozy
Released: 2011-05-18

A look at French president Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power.

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room

as Joseph Rouletabille
Released: 2003-06-11

Joseph Rouletabille, a reporter for a local newspaper, investigates the attempted killing of...

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Classico

as Le président de l’OM
Released: 2022-10-28

Sami works in a children's home which is set to be closed. The young man is an enthusiastic...

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The Big Bad Wolf

as Dr. Stanislas de Lastic
Released: 2013-06-27

Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So...

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Bloody Oranges

as Le ténor du barreau
Released: 2021-11-17

Simultaneously, a retired couple overwhelmed by debt tries to win a dance contest, as the...

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The World of Yesterday

as Franck L’Herbier
Released: 2022-03-30

A moral tale and a political thriller: a few days before the term of her mandate, the President...

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Coluche

as Jacques Attali
Released: 2008-10-15

French comedian Michel Colucci, better known as Coluche, announces - for laughs - his candidacy...

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You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet

as Antoine
Released: 2012-09-01

From beyond the grave, celebrated playwright Antoine d'Anthac gathers together all his friends...

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State Affairs

as Flandin
Released: 2009-11-25

A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park....

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Only God Sees Me

as Albert
Released: 1998-06-03

Albert, a sound engineer who is chronically hesitant successively meets three charming young...

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Sagan

as Guy Schoeller
Released: 2008-06-11

France, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes...

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Disclaimer

as Julien Demaistre
Released: 2019-11-27

Since his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG"...

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My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

as Jean-Jacques
Released: 1996-05-01

Paul Dedalus is at a crossroads in his life. He has to make several decisions; should he...

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The Sweet Escape

as Rémi
Released: 2015-06-10

Michel, a fifty year old man, graphic designer, decides to change the urban lifestyle and go on...

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Freedom-Oleron

as Jacques Monot
Released: 2001-06-20

39 years old Jacques Monot is tired from the same vacation he and his family have every year so...

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For a Woman

as Maurice
Released: 2013-07-03

After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on...

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A Village Almost Perfect!

as Henri
Released: 2014-11-15

"Saint-Loin-la-Mauderne", a tiny village hurt by the financial crisis and the desertification. ...

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Sigmund Freud: A Jew Without God

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2022-05-05

An account of the life and work of the influential Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud...

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De Gaulle, histoire d'un géant

as (voice)
Released: 2020-11-10

50 years after the death of General De Gaulle, this film retraces his life, from his birth in...

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Granny's Funeral

as Armand
Released: 2012-06-19

A provincial chemist in the throes of a mid-life crisis must choose between burying his dearly...

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An Ordinary Execution

as Le concierge
Released: 2010-02-03

During the last days of Stalin's reign, a doctor (Marina Hands) tries to go unnoticed in a...

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Mortal Transfer

as Inspector Chapireau
Released: 2001-01-10

Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a...

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A Year in My Life

as Falmin
Released: 2006-03-08

In 1950s France, a young boy is taken in by a couple after spending a few months in the care of...

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Meurtre en trois actes

as Philippe Laclanche
Released: 2013-06-29

With the ghost of Delphine, a sociétaire who committed suicide several months earlier, still...

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Grand amour

as uncredited
Released: 2020-07-04

In collaboration with AIDES, an association fighting against HIV, this feature film brings...

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Bécassine !

as M. Proey-Minans
Released: 2018-06-20

Born to a poor farming family in Brittany, Bécassine finds work as a nanny with the Marquise de...

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The Asembly Line

as Junot
Released: 2023-04-05

A few months after May '68, Robert, a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and a far-left...

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It's Easier for a Camel...

as Philippe
Released: 2003-04-16

As a little girl, Federica fantasized about having beautiful long hair that would grow back as...

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The Perfume of the Lady in Black

as Joseph "Rouletabille" Joséphin
Released: 2005-09-14

Newly married, Mathilde and Robert are honeymooning at a resort owned by their friends Edith and...

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Max & Co

as Martin (voice)
Released: 2007-09-08

15-year-old Max is in search of his father, the famous troubadour Johnny Bigoude, who...

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Sartre, Years of Passion

as Jean-Paul Sartre
Released: 2006-12-11

Biographical film about French writer Jean-Paul Sartre, concentrating on his passionate affairs...

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Le passe-muraille

as Émile Dutilleul
Released: 2016-12-14

Emile Dutilleul, 47 years old, lives a quiet and withdrawn life in Montmartre and works as an...

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Grey Souls

as Le policier
Released: 2005-09-28

In 1917, the old rivalry between a prosecutor and a judge resurfaces during a police...

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The Gods Must Be Daring

as Marc
Released: 1997-04-30

A priceless statuette "Dancing God" is transfered from Africa to France. Scoundrels of all...

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Homecoming

as Marc
Released: 2023-07-12

Kheìdidja, in her forties, works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to...

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Bienvenue en Suisse

as Thierry
Released: 2004-06-30

Thierry, ethnologue spécialiste des lapons, se rend dans sa Suisse natale avec sa compagne,...

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The Bridge of Arts

as Guigui, alias l'Innomable
Released: 2004-11-10

The film is a love story which tells the impossible tale of two youths who have never before...

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Robert De Niro: Hiding in the Spotlight

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2023-08-14

Robert De Niro is famous for his award-winning portrayals of gangsters, criminals and socially...

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Comedy of Innocence

as Pierre
Released: 2000-09-10

Today, Camille turns nine. He had sworn that on his 9th birthday he would show his parents the...

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Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2016-08-23

Summer 1936 - The Berlin Olympics, organized by the Nazi regime on the eve of World War II,...

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The Field of Enchantment

as Le narrateur (voice)
Released: 2011-12-19

A man remembers holidays at his uncle in a little village in the French countryside when he was...

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Nothing About Robert

as Martin
Released: 1999-02-24

Didier never knew that a wrong film review of a film which he did not bother to watch would land...

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Coupable

as Louis Berger
Released: 2008-02-27

When the dead body of Mr Kaplan is found, a kitchen knife in the back, all eyes turn to the...

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The Ordinary People

as Gilles Bergerat
Released: 2009-09-16

The Muller company organizes a reception to mark the launch of a new product. During the...

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8 Times Up

as Mathieu
Released: 2010-04-14

Elsa makes a living from little jobs, struggling to gain custody of his son. Mathieu, who lives...

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The First Man

as Professor Bernard
Released: 2011-09-09

Based on a novel that Albert Camus was working on when he died, we follow Jacques Comery as he...

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Almost Peaceful

as Charles
Released: 2002-12-18

Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a...

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Napoleon: Destiny and Death

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2021-04-24

May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to...

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The Conquerors

as Galaad
Released: 2013-09-25

Half-brothers Galaad and Noé first meet at their father's funeral. They have little in common,...

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Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance

as Thomas Meils
Released: 2001-03-22

Haunted by the mysterious death of her son, found drowned, Anna returns to the town where he lived.

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Conversation with Romy Schneider

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2018-09-16

During a night in Cologne in 1976, Romy Schneider opens up like she’d never done before. An...

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A Night in Versailles

as Arnaud
Released: 1992-06-17

A young man in Versailles invites a Parisian girl to his place for dinner. The evening is thrown...

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Marie Antoinette: The Trial of a Queen

as Narrator
Released: 2018-11-24

Chronicle of the last months of Marie-Antoinette.Accused of having conspired against the new...

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I Am Your Punishment

as The Failed Killer
Released: 1996-10-10

An avid moviegoer sees several films depicting grisly murderers and decides to commit a crime...

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Last Breath

as Fabrice Toussaint
Released: 2025-02-12

In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice...

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Charge!

as Yvan
Released: 2000-04-12

Two scriptwriter friends with opposing personalities fuss and fight as they cobble together a...

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Lolita : méprise sur un fantasme

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2021-09-29

A fresh new look at Lolita, the famous and controversial novel published in 1955 by Russian...

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Business is Booming

as Claude Carle
Released: 2002-07-03

Tired of being bossed around, Jean-Jacques, a talented cook quits his job to start up his own...

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The Soeur Brothers

as Jacques Sœur
Released: 2000-07-05

The Soeur brothers would like to work in the film making business. They wrote a complex story...

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La Vie d'artiste

as Bertrand
Released: 2007-09-05

A novelist, an actress, and a struggling young singer all attempt to make their mark in modern...

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Life and Fate by Vassili Grossman

as Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: 2018-01-24

The convoluted and moving story of Russian writer Vassili Grossman (1905-64) and his novel Life...

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Diary of a Seducer

as Accompanying Male Nurse
Released: 1996-02-28

Student Claire lives with her mother, Anne, and Sebastien — a young man Claire brought home out...

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Something Fishy

as Martin
Released: 1994-04-06

A private eye finds that her professional and personal lives are beginning to intertwine in this...

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The Black Book

as (voice)
Released: 2020-12-13

The Black Book, drafted during World War II, gathers numerous unique historical testimonies, in...

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Hécube, pas Hécube

as uncredited
Released: 2024-07-05

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Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français

as Édouard Drumont
Released: 2013-03-19

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Les Damnés de la Commune

as Georges Clemenceau (voice)
Released: 2021-03-16

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Le Tartuffe ou l'Hypocrite

as Orgon, mari d’Elmire
Released: 2022-02-06

On the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Molière’s birth on 15 January 2022, Ivo van Hove...

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Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2021-11-19

The crazy rise and fall of Jacques Tati, comedy genius, actor, director and athlete of laughter....

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Le 4ème Morceau de la femme coupée en 3

as Dominique, le professeur d'auto-école
Released: 2006-01-01

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The Forest

as Arkadi
Released: 2014-07-10

The Forest is both a vibrantly spontaneous and brutally funny family drama, and a glorious...

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Green Paradise

as Lucas
Released: 2004-02-25

Lucas, a young sociologist, finds in his home village two friends, Isabelle and Simon....

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The Unloved

as Le jeune père
Released: 1995-01-14

An idle teenager with a bad attitude kidnaps a neighbor's baby.

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Apollo 11 : Retour vers la lune

as Narrator
Released: 2019-07-22

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120 ans d'inventions au cinéma

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2016-11-04

One hundred and twenty years of film history in a warehouse in Paris. In the reserves of the...

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The Grapes of Wrath: The Ghost of Modern America

as Reciter (voice)
Released: 2019-10-02

In April 1939, "Grapes of Wrath" entered the pantheon of literature with a bang. Americans are...

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La Nuit des Rois ou Tout Ce Que Vous Voulez

as Orsino
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Survivor of a shipwreck, Viola arrives in Illyria and disguises herself as a man to protect herself.

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The Screen Illusion

as Matamore
Released: 2010-12-10

In this contemporary adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s brilliant, eponymous 17th century play,...

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Les Damnés

as uncredited
Released: 2016-07-06

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Candidature

as Jean Dupuis
Released: 2001-10-31

Jean, a young Parisian philosopher, travels to Angoulême to take part in a recruitment...

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La Mort du Chinois

as Gérard
Released: 1998-06-24

Michel, a children's book author, has always been successful in life until the day his wife...

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Les Fourberies de Scapin

as Octave
Released: 1998-06-07

Theater play "Les fourberies de Scapin" played by the "Comédie française" in 1998.

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La voleuse de Saint-Lubin

as L'avocat
Released: 2001-11-09

Françoise Barnier, the film's heroine, is a mother. One day, she stole something. She was in...

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George et Fanchette

as Agricol Thiercellin
Released: 2010-05-01

Writer George Sand (played by Ariane Ascaride) takes a young peasant girl under her wing.

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Ça ne peut pas continuer comme ça!

as Barry
Released: 2013-01-22

With the President of the Republic very ill, an advisor offers an unusual suggestion: hire a...

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Électre / Oreste

as Ménélas
Released: 2019-05-23

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L'Avare

as Harpagon
Released: 2009-12-26

A staging of Molière's play "The Miser" by Catherine Hiegel.

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Ξένια

as Matthieu
Released: 1989-10-01

A young French actor, Matthieu comes to Greece. He meets a pregnant Greek woman, Xenia, who...

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Marie Curie, une femme sur le front

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2014-02-03

A chronicle of Nobel Prize winning physicist Marie Curie's little known yet invaluable...

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Figaro

as Figaro
Released: 2008-02-07

Seville, 1766. Count Almaviva falls in love with a young woman called Rosina, who lives under...

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Céline : les derniers secrets

as Self
Released: 2021-11-19

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Un an

as Louis-Philippe
Released: 2006-06-28

Victoire wakes up one morning to find the body of her partner, Felix, lying on the floor of her...

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La Tragédie du roi Richard II

as Richard II
Released: 2015-01-01

A French adaptation of William Shakespeare's play "Richard II", staged by Jean-Baptiste Sastre.

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L'Échappée belle

as Sanchez
Released: 1996-03-27

An aviation magnate takes desperate measures to regain custody of his kids after he is granted...

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Architecture

as uncredited
Released: 2019-07-04

A staging of Pascal Rambert's play "Architecture" by himself.

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Intrusions

as Alexis Taget
Released: 2008-09-03

Pauline, une riche héritière, a été mariée contre son gré par son père à un de ses employés,...

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PSG : Ce club qui a failli ne pas exister !

as uncredited
Released: 2017-10-25

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Irma Vep

as Police Prefect
First aired: 2022-06-06

Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to...

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Les Misérables

as Scaufflaire
First aired: 2000-09-04

Set against the background of the French Revolution and based on Victor Hugo's classic novel...

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Chez Maupassant

as le comte de Sallure
First aired: 2007-03-06

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Casting(s)

as Denis Podalydès
First aired: 2013-09-07

Casting(s) was a French television shortcom created by Pierre Niney and Ali Marhyar, written by...

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Le Grand Charles

as Claude Mauriac
First aired: 2006-03-27

Le Grand Charles was a 2006 French TV-drama on the life of Charles de Gaulle from 1939 to 1959,...

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Cherchez la femme !

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2022-12-05

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Iris

as uncredited
First aired: 2024-11-25

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Élysée, la solitude du pouvoir

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2017-03-27

By making the Elysée Palace the most coveted, and also one of the most mysterious residences in...

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