Malik Zidi
Malik Zidi was born in Châtenay-Malabry to a Kabyle Algerian father and a Breton mother. He spent his formative years in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, a suburb of Paris. Zidi abandoned his conventional studies early to concentrate on a career in comedy. Following courses at the Théâtre Véronique Nordey, and the Théâtre de Proposition in Paris, he briefly studied acrobatics and mime at the Théâtre de la Piscine and cinema at the Studio Pygmalion. Zidi made his first film appearance in the 1998 Sébastien Lifshitz-directed Les Corps ouverts. In 2000, Zidi was chosen by director François Ozon to appear as the troubled, lovelorn, bisexual youth Franz in the Teddy Award-winning film Water Drops on Burning Rocks (French:Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes). The film was based on the play Tropfen auf heisse Steine by German film director and screenwriter Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film is a four-part comedy-drama shot entirely on one set and featuring only four actors: Zidi, Bernard Giraudeau, Ludivine Sagnier and American actress Anna Levine. Zidi's role in Water Drops on Burning Rocks garnered him his first of four César Award nominations. Malik Zidi followed up with roles in the 2002 Antoine Santana-directed Un moment de bonheur (English: One Moment of Happiness) opposite Isild Le Besco, earning his second César Award nomination for Most Promising Actor. In 2004, he appeared in the André Téchiné-directed romantic drama Les Temps qui changent (English release title: Changing Times) as Sami, the bisexual son of Cécile (portrayed by Catherine Deneuve), who visits his parents in Tangiers so that he may visit his Moroccan boyfriend. The film also starred actor Gérard Depardieu and was nominated for a Satellite Award. Zidi received his third César Award nomination. In 2006, Zidi appeared in the Emmanuel Bourdieu-drama Les Amitiés maléfiques (English release title: Poison Friends). The film was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival and Bourdieu received the Critics Week Grand Prize and the Grand Golden Rail. The film also won the SACD Screenwriting Award and Zidi was once again nominated for a César Award, winning the Award for Most Promising Actor 2007. In addition to film, Zidi has appeared in numerous television roles. In 2020, Zidi penned his first novel L'ombre du soir, which was published by Éditions Anne Carrière.
The Soul Eater
as Fabrice GonnetWhen the disappearance of children and bloody murders multiply in a small mountain village, an...
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Oxygen
as Léo FergusonA woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a...
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Water Drops on Burning Rocks
as FranzIn 1970s Germany, Léopold, a 50-year-old businessman, picks up and seduces 20-year-old Franz,...
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Jacquou the Rebel
as TouffuIn 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of...
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When Fall Is Coming
as LaurentThe film tells the story of Michelle, who is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a charming...
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Ex
as MarcSix people struggling with their relationship, or lack thereof, cross paths with their...
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Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti
as Henri VallinIn 1891, the French painter Paul Gauguin leaves Paris and travels to Tahiti to renew his art as...
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Marie Curie
as André-Louis DebierneThe most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Marie Curie...
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Rebellion
as JP PerrotApril 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak...
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Made in France
as SamSam, a freelance journalist, decides to investigate the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth...
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Mysteries of Lisbon
as Viscount of ArmagnacThe tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and...
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Changing Times
as SamiIn Tangiers where he traveled for his work, a man finds the woman he loved, and attempts to...
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Play
as MathiasIn 1993, Max was 13 when he was offered his first camera. For 25 years he will not stop filming....
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The Marchers
as Philippe, le RGIn 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the...
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What's Wrong with My Family?
as MathieuCéline and Mathieu, a couple in their thirties who are farmers, are fighting relentlessly to...
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Whatever Happened to My Revolution
as SaïdAngela was 8 years old when the first McDonald's opened in East Berlin - Since then, she has...
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Place Vendôme
as Sam's SonThe story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions...
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The Great Meaulnes
as FranzA coming-of-age story set in France in the years leading up to World War I. Two teenage boys...
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Lines of Wellington
as Octave SégurPassionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of...
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Old Goriot
as Eugène de RastignacA poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by...
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Towards the Battle
as LouisThe story unfolds around the year 1860. Louis, a photographer, convinces the general of the...
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Sons of Ramses
as MichaëlThirty-four year old Ramsès has established himself as a clairvoyant in La Goutte d’Or, Paris. A...
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The Gordji Affair
as Luc DelairWahid Gordji is an Iranian diplomat suspected of the attack at 'rue de Rennes'. Yet, he is...
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Looking for Cheyenne
as PierreCheyenne, a journalist, decides to leave Paris after being laid off and to settle down in the...
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Pardon My French
as AntoineNathalie is being stalked. By an interesting, intelligent young woman called Anaïs, who makes...
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Daguerrotype
as ThomasAn aging photographer's obsession with an early form of photography draws his assistant and...
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Clara
as Johannes BrahmsA look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.
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You, Me and Us
as VictorAya and Louis separated a long time ago. Their little girl, Lina, is now 7 years old. Today, Aya...
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Open Bodies
as ClassmateBorn to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi...
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Berthe Morisot
as Edouard ManetAt 25, Berthe dreams of making a living from her painting, never to marry, and to always stay...
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Poison Friends
as Eloi DuhautA group of college students are duped by a charming pathological liar.
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Un moment de bonheur
as PhilippePhilippe, 25 ans, débarque un matin à Arcachon, où vit sa soeur. C'est un jeune homme qui n'a...
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The Queen of Clubs
as AurélienAurélien and Argine have never been able to leave each other. Brother and sister, they have...
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The Assistant
as ThomasWith his wife in labor, father-to-be Thomas (Malik Zidi) speeds to the hospital, and in the...
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Almost Peaceful
as JosephSet during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a...
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Wolfy: The Incredible Secret
as LoulouLoulou is a wolf. Tom is a rabbit. As curious as it may seem, Loulou and Tom have been...
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My Children Are Different
as ThomasA classical musician demands that his beautiful daughter and his young son follow in his...
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Amaro amore
as AndrèLove is a bitter history of formation and growth. The discovery of the world. The...
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Her Mother, the Whore
as BimboAfter Coralie was found dead in a vacant lot, her mother Catherine - who thinks that her...
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Sissi, the Rebellious Empress
as RodolpheThe last three days in the life of Elizabeth of Austria before her assassination.
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Beyond the Ocean
as BrunoJourney of an african migrant through Europe.
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Le baiser
as BoyA man speaks to a woman who only wants one thing: to kiss him.
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The Color of Kings
as NadjiAdel is a young aircraft co-pilot. Following a assault he may lose is eye.
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The Sky of the Centaur
as uncreditedA french engineer travels in a ship that stops in Buenos Aires, where he must deliver a packet...
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Après moi
as HugoJeanne and Hugo are tango dancers. When Jeanne conceals the reality of her coming death, she...
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Miroir, mon beau miroir
as LepicMarie-Line, 60 years old, continuously strives to fend off the effects of aging and lives with...
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The Accursed Kings
as Philippe VI de ValoisA sequence of seven episodes detailing the French monarchy.
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Disturbing Disappearances
as Ludovic MinghettiA school excursion to Strasbourg Cathedral turns into a tragedy when a teacher is murdered in...
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Nox
as Raphaël BergerA mother, herself retired from the police, embarks on an underground exploration of Paris to...
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Gloria
as Denis GauvinIn a small Breton town, by the water, in a close-knit community where everyone knows each other,...
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Les Thibault
as Jacques ThibaultBetween 1905 and 1918, the opposing destinies of two brothers from a large Catholic bourgeois...
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