Patrick Chesnais

Born: 1947-03-18

Patrick Chesnais (born 18 March 1947) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the film La Lectrice directed by Michel Deville. In 1994, he starred in Harold Pinter's Le Retour, and in 1992, in La Belle Histoire by Claude Lelouch. He starred in Hany Tamba's Melodrama Habibi in 2008. He is married to fellow actor Josiane Stoléru. Source: Article "Patrick Chesnais" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.


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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

as Dr. Lepage
Released: 2007-05-23

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43,...

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Sweetheart

as Jules
Released: 2019-03-13

A working woman, mother a three children, realizes that, when her youngest one is about to go to...

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The Emperor of Paris

as Henry
Released: 2018-12-19

Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise...

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The Landlords

as Gérard
Released: 2002-08-07

Directed by Rémi Waterhouse, Mille Millièmes is centered around an eccentric ensemble of...

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Irène

as Gazet
Released: 2002-06-26

Irène is a beautiful girl working in Paris, she soon meets a manager and hopes a love story with...

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Demi-sœurs

as Le notaire
Released: 2018-05-30

Lauren, a lovely 29-year-old it-girl, tries to break into the world of fashion by skimming...

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The Roommates Party

as Le voisin excentrique
Released: 2015-12-23

An unusually cold winter forces the french government to push the best housed people to...

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Mixed Marriage

as Jean-Yves Dupreux, père de Jean-Christophe
Released: 2004-05-26

A woman seeks the blessing of her wealthy father when she becomes engaged.

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Change of Plans

as Erwann
Released: 2009-02-18

So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.

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Cap Canaille

as Wim
Released: 1983-02-23

Directors Jean-Henri Roger and Juliet Berto begin this thriller with sequences on the...

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Charming Fellow

as Octave
Released: 2001-01-24

Octave and his friends, Achille and Hector, wander around at night in the grocery stores, the...

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The Children of the Century

as Gustave Planche
Released: 1999-09-12

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

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Héros

as Clovis Costa
Released: 2007-06-20

A comedian kidnaps a singer and keeps him in his apartment.

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School Is Over

as Gilbert
Released: 2018-07-11

Agathe Langlois, Parisian until the end of the nails well varnishes, is delighted: she is going...

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Bright Days Ahead

as Philippe
Released: 2013-06-19

Bright days ahead? Caroline has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care...

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In Gold We Trust

as Georges
Released: 2010-08-25

A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in Guyana, but when their helicopter...

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The List of My Desires

as Le père de Jocelyne
Released: 2014-05-18

When the little haberdasher Arras discovers she's won 18 million in the lottery and can now...

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Hiver rouge

as Commissaire Rousseau
Released: 2011-09-08

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The Austrian

as Herman
Released: 1990-09-19

A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering...

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Him

as Priest
Released: 2021-10-27

Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in...

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Not Here to Be Loved

as Jean-Claude
Released: 2005-10-12

Jean-Claude Delsart, a 50 years-old bailiff, with his worn-out smile and heart, abandoned a long...

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Kennedy et moi

as Paul Gurney
Released: 1999-12-22

If he buys a gun, visits his wife's lover, and ends up savagely biting his dentist, Samuel...

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Dossier 51

as Hadès
Released: 1978-08-30

French diplomat Dominique Auphal is put under surveillance by an unnamed secret service. They...

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La Lectrice

as le P.D.G.
Released: 1988-08-17

Constance is a young lady who likes to read – and who likes to dream while reading - to imagine,...

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You Will Be My Son

as François Amelot
Released: 2011-08-23

Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in...

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Adopt a Daddy

as Vigo
Released: 2019-03-06

Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young...

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Tous Inconnus

as ("Cinéma Cinémas" segment)
Released: 2022-11-14

The three "Unknown" are back in this movie where they wake up in a world where they really are...

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The Summer of All My Parents

as Michel Lanoy
Released: 2016-07-13

After attempting to set a mailbox on fire, Pimpette, 14, and her elder sister, Joséphine, 18,...

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The Price to Pay

as Grégoire
Released: 2007-04-04

Jean-Pierre, a wealthy businessman, is lonely. He still desires his wife but she only seems...

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Noir Enigma

as Commissaire Rousseau
Released: 2017-10-20

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The Beautiful Story

as Pierre Lhermitte
Released: 1992-03-18

A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present...

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After Sex

as Philippe Clovier
Released: 1997-08-29

The end of an affair from the woman's point of view.

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The Exes

as Didier
Released: 2017-06-21

If Paris is the city of lovers, it is also that ... ex! Antoine does not dare to commit, Didier...

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There Were Days... and Moons

as Le docteur
Released: 1990-04-11

How can moon and time affect human mood and fate? In the manner of a Greek tragedy , this movie...

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Promotion canapé

as André
Released: 1990-10-10

Two women who want a raise, realize that they can easily get what they want, if they sleep with...

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Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste

as Lui-même
Released: 2023-04-01

Stage actress turned film actress and director, Nicole Garcia has worked with the greatest...

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Blanche and Marie

as Germinal
Released: 1985-04-03

A little town in the north of France, 1941. Blanche has three children. She worries about her...

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Another Alice

as La Chenille
Released: 2024-01-29

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Cheating Love

as le détective
Released: 2006-06-14

Laurent loves Camille but he can’t bring himself to marry her. Then he meets Elodie and...

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J'invente rien

as Armand
Released: 2006-08-16

Paul has no specific life goal, and Mathilde, who provides for their household, despairs that he...

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Blame It on Mum

as Henry Celliers
Released: 2009-05-27

Mady Celliers, an attractive housewife of 60, he spends his life speaking ill of her two...

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Vieilles canailles

as Martin
Released: 2010-05-22

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The Maiden and the Wolves

as Léon Amblard
Released: 2008-02-13

Not long before World War I, in a French Alpine town near the Italian border, a pack of...

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When Granny Meets Grandpa

as Papy
Released: 2021-08-11

Everyone's favorite fun-loving Granny Aurore goes overboard while partying and has a little...

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Cocktail Molotov

as Rucker
Released: 1980-02-06

"Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to...

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Snow

as First inspector
Released: 1981-05-20

Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and...

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Life's Little Treasures

as Bertrand
Released: 1994-01-12

This movie is about love affairs, simple pleasures of a few men and women who will gather for a...

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My Mother Is Crazy

as Alvaro
Released: 2018-12-05

A road trip comedy about a crazy mother who has a tense relationship with her son.

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Me and El Che

as Go
Released: 2018-07-11

GO is not just an aging college teacher. He still is the young 18 year-old idealist who dared...

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Nevermore

as Rousseau
Released: 2015-10-23

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60 Going On 12

as Pierrot
Released: 2013-06-25

Charles and Pierrot are inseparable. When Charles takes early retirement, it seems the world is...

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Welcome Aboard

as Taillendier
Released: 2012-06-13

Despite his fame, Taillandier has suddenly stopped painting. Deeply depressed, the...

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Home Sweet Home

as Gédéon
Released: 2008-11-19

A family’s secret, it’s a time bomb ! Despite their fundamentally opposite characters, Albert...

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Pas d'amour sans amour!

as Michel
Released: 1993-11-10

After her gynecologist tells her that her current involuntary celibacy could result in her being...

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La Pagaille

as Jean-Jacques
Released: 1991-04-24

To a non-French speaker, the word La Pagaille looks charming, elegant, even tidy. However, it...

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The Imprint of Giants

as Martial Dromner
Released: 1980-03-05

The life of workers and their families in a construction site of a highway in 1965.

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Te quiero

as Franck
Released: 2001-02-14

Jean and Sylvia left France with a stolen diamond to start a new life in South America. They...

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Les cigognes n'en font qu'à leur tête

as Jérémie
Released: 1989-01-25

Married to Jeremie, Marie wants desperately to have a child. She has a 20 year old daughter from...

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Sexes très opposés

as Fernand
Released: 2002-07-10

Ideally, a love story should last for life… But this is often not the case. Does this indicate...

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Make Room for Tomorrow

as Billy
Released: 1979-06-06

Four generations of Oppenheim men gather in Paris for Isaac's 90th birthday. He's "Romeo," still...

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Like Thunder in a Cloudless Sky

as Père de Paul
Released: 2021-11-01

Paul Vidal is a country doctor in a small town. A husband and father, he seems to have all he...

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Bleu Catacombes

as Commissaire Rousseau
Released: 2014-01-21

The head of a famous artist with a sordid past is found in the catacombs in Paris. In his...

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Où es-tu maintenant ?

as le commandant Brosky
Released: 2014-10-18

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First Voyage

as Yan Lambert
Released: 1980-03-19

When her mother dies, a teenage girl, together with her five-year-old brother, decides to find...

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Monsieur Albert

as François
Released: 1976-03-30

In this poetic slice-of-life film that reveals the problems and needs of a group of lowlife...

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Netchaïev est de retour

as Marc Leloy
Released: 1991-01-23

Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev, who was believed dead...

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Le Ventre de Juliette

as Abel
Released: 2002-08-28

The 20-year-old Juliette tries to come to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, despite a lack of...

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The Castaways of Turtle Island

as Gérard
Released: 1976-10-06

Jean-Arthur has been working as a clerk in a travel agency. One day, he, along with his...

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The Great Restaurant II

as The prostitute costumer
Released: 2011-04-30

The great restaurant reopens with new extravagent costumers and the same beloved manager.

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Climax

as Gérard
Released: 2009-11-16

A young director will make his first film, about the deportation of Jews during World War II....

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Out of Whack

as Jeffy / L'inspecteur Lujon / M. Poitronneau
Released: 1979-12-12

Rien ne va plus is a series of comedy sketches of disparate quality, on the social, cultural,...

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Tu vas rire, mais je te quitte

as Norbert
Released: 2005-01-05

The complicated life of a wannabe actress who meets an older writer in the midst of a crisis.

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Totally Nuts

as Lieutenant Lescaro
Released: 2004-01-28

Diane, a young woman in search of a child, is looking for money to go to the sperm bank. She...

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Laval, le collaborateur

as uncredited
Released: 2021-11-02

Several times president of the Council, at the end of the 1930s Pierre Laval became one of...

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All Girls Cry

as Bob
Released: 2010-03-29

Romantic drama in which a young woman must learn to live with her past in order to finally move...

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Fool's Game

as Commissaire Aguerre
Released: 2001-03-07

Mikael, Skip and P'tit Louis are planning a big job. In his car, Michael pulls out his hair by...

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Kiss Me

as Pierre - le père
Released: 1989-03-15

The life of a twelve-year-old living with her mother is disrupted by the arrival of a very young...

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Je vous ai compris : De Gaulle, 1958-1962

as Général de Gaulle
Released: 2010-11-02

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Les sacrifiés

as Gino
Released: 1983-03-23

In 1955, a year after the creation of the FLN, Mahmoud was expelled from colonial Algeria and...

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Sidecar

as Julien Dessales
Released: 1997-02-19

The gloomy life of a high school censor is turned upside down the day he meets an old classmate.

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La Braconne

as Danny
Released: 2014-04-02

Driss, carefree, smug and naive, lives off petty theft and minor racketeering. Until he meets...

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Chroma

as uncredited
Released: 2022-01-26

To avoid facing her heavy past, a young woman with a borderline personality tries to seduce her...

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Lost in Armenia

as Bolzec
Released: 2016-06-08

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Triplex

as uncredited
Released: 1991-04-17

A lawyer defending once successful computer programmer against her prosecuting lawyer boyfriend...

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Drôles d'oiseaux

as Commissaire Voitot
Released: 1993-03-10

The fire at the supermarket is a boon for a scrap dealer who has just killed his wife. According...

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Feu sur le candidat

as uncredited
Released: 1990-07-04

Robert Cavaillon is the king of the pet food industry. After he sold the factory to his workers,...

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Melodrama Habibi

as Bruno Caprice
Released: 2008-08-13

Dans les années 70 Bruno Caprice a connu un succès éphémère avec "Quand tu t'en vas", son...

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Thank You Satan

as Alain Monnier
Released: 1989-05-31

Nathalie Monnier is 14, her parents are splitting up, and what's worse, their apartment is going...

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Le Sixième Doigt

as Simon
Released: 1990-09-26

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Tant qu'il y a de l'amour

as Jean
Released: 2019-11-02

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J'irai cracher sur vos tongs

as uncredited
Released: 2005-03-02

Micha, 38 years old, Russian, spends his days in the Bois de Vincennes, talking to himself....

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We are Red Star

as Voiceover
Released: 2021-11-12

The filmmaker sheds light on the history of the Red Star Football Club, founded by Jules Rimet...

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Nulle part ailleurs

as Self
First aired: 1987-08-31

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Télématin

as Self
First aired: 1985-01-10

Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7,...

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1975-01-12

A talk show presented by Michel Drucker

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Scene of the Crime

as Anders Etchegoyen
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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La Parenthèse inattendue

as Self
First aired: 2012-10-31

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Vivement dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1998-09-20

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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HPI

as Serge Alvaro
First aired: 2021-04-29

Morgane is 38 years old. She raises her 3 children alone. She manages (or not) her 2 exes and...

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Regards d'enfance

as Le Père
First aired: 1993-05-05

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Chez Maupassant

as Ernest Dufour
First aired: 2007-03-06

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Le Grand Charles

as Général Giraud
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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Folie passagère

as Self
First aired: 2015-11-04

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Insoupçonnable

as Damien Moreau
First aired: 2018-08-31

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Duel

as Philippe Dellas
First aired: 2009-01-10

Mayor Dellas accidentally kills his mistress and Inspector Alexander Konygnski is determined to...

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Les Saisons meurtrières

as le commissaire Rousseau
First aired: 2012-12-06

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Le Génie du faux

as Johann Gelder
First aired: 1985-11-15

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La Guerre des insectes

as Michel Servin
First aired: 1981-03-20

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Missing Angel

as Paul Varan
First aired: 2022-01-06

Suzanne Brunet cannot resolve herself. Her daughter, Julie, disappeared eight years ago, but...

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Marjorie

as uncredited
First aired: 2014-03-26

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