Eric Savin

Eric Savin

Born: November 14, 1964
in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
Éric Savin (born Dijon, 14 November 1964) is a French film and TV actor.

Savin comes from a rugby family, which meant he was more interested in a sports career. But a strong conviction led him to Paris to try a career as an actor. He was a hospital agent at the Bichat hospital in Paris from 1985 to 1988, and then passed the (Drama school) Cours Florent free class competition. It was during an audition that he met Xavier Durringer (playwright , screenwriter and filmmaker) with whom he still works today.

He made his stage debut in 1989 in Lorenzaccio (written by Alfred de Musset) directed by Francis Huster. Bertrand Tavernier entrusted him with his first cinema role in 1992, as Inspector Lefort in L.627. He then alternated between theater, television and cinema. His first theatre successes came with Durringer's shows like La Petite Entaille in 1991, or Sureur in 1997, presented at the Avignon Festival.

In 1993, he starred with actress Karin Viard in La nage indienne (the Indian Swim), in the first feature film by Durringer. Then he had several supporting roles including Giordano in Emmène-moi (Take me) by Michel Spinosa, distinguished at the Berlin International Film Festival and Captain Conan again with Tavernier in 1996, followed by I Hate Love (J'ai horreur de l'amour) by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa in 1997 then in 1998 social film Une minute de silence ('One minute of silence') the first film of Florent Emilio Siri. He returned to work with Durringer on J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici (I'll go to heaven because hell is here) in 1997, film is about gangsters.

He gets a nomination to the Sept d'or for his portrayal of a divorced father who kidnaps his daughter in the TV movie Vacances volées (or Stolen Vacation), it was directed by Olivier Panchot. He also accompanies many filmmakers and directors from short to feature film, such as Laurent Firode (Les astres (The Stars) in 1998, Happenstance (The Butterfly's Wing Flapping) in 2000), with Pierre-Erwan Guillaume in Bonne résistance à la douleur, (Good resistance to pain) in 1999 and L'Ennemi naturel (The Natural Enemy) in 2004. Then with Lyčče Boukhitine for which he takes the character in her short film La Vielle barrière (The old barrier), which won a 'jury prize' at the festival of Clermont-Ferrand in 1998. Finally in 2002, he plays in the famous short film Squash directed by Lionel Bailliu, which was multi-award-winning in several festivals around the world, including the interpretation prize in Clermont-Ferrand. Lionel Bailliu won an Oscar nomination in 2004 for Best Live Action Short Film. This performance leads Éric Savin to take the leading role of the compulsive domineering boss in the feature film adaptation in 2006 entitled Fair Play where he shares the poster with Marion Cotillard and Benoît Magimel. ...

Source: Article "Éric Savin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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La Fulgurée
Title: La Fulgurée
Character: Félix Guyon
Released: May 14, 2024
Type: Movie
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Le Secret de la grotte
Title: Le Secret de la grotte
Character: Xavier Berg
Released: February 9, 2023
Type: Movie
On the banks of the Ardèche, near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, kayakers find the body of the museum president of a recently discovered Paleolithic cave. A 40,000-year-old carved stone was embedded in his neck. To investigate, Captain Manon Ferret-Duval of the research section teams up with her counterpart Riad Lekcir. They must overcome a shared past: she is convinced that her partner's older brother is responsible for the murder of her parents in 1994. Riad has no doubt that Kamel, now deceased, is innocent.
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Les Mystères de la duchesse
Title: Les Mystères de la duchesse
Character: Denis Perrac
Released: September 11, 2022
Type: Movie
Cyril is doing his Taï-Chi in a corner of the Domaine du Manoir. A golf club slams into the back of his neck, killing him with a deadly blow. The investigation is entrusted to Maud Arthuis, who is more than 8 months pregnant but widowed.
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Title: Face à face
Character: Cédric Rouget
Released: March 15, 2022
Type: TV
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Title: The Fear Index
Character: Maurice Genoud
Released: February 10, 2022
Type: TV
Dr. Alex Hoffman, an American ex-pat physicist, creates an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. But on the day of launch, Alex’s sanity is shaken after he is viciously attacked at his home by a man who knows all of his security codes. After more unexplained occurrences, Alex becomes convinced he’s being framed.
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Vicky and Her Mystery
Title: Vicky and Her Mystery
Character: Jean-Paul
Released: December 15, 2021
Type: Movie
Stéphane decides to move to the beautiful mountains of Cantal in order to reconnect with his 8-year-old daughter, Victoria, who has been silent since her mother's disappearance. During a walk in the forest, a shepherd gives Victoria a puppy named "Mystery" who will gradually give her a taste for life. But very quickly, Stéphane discovers that the animal is in reality a wolf… Despite the warnings and the danger of this situation, he cannot bring himself to separate his daughter from this seemingly harmless ball of hair.
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The Deep House
Title: The Deep House
Character: Pierre Montégnac
Released: June 30, 2021
Type: Movie
While diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare when they discover that the house was the scene of atrocious crimes. Trapped, with their oxygen reserves falling dangerously, they realise the worst is yet to come: they are not alone in the house.
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For My Son
Title: For My Son
Character: Colonel Gilles Dambreuse
Released: December 17, 2020
Type: Movie
Commander Paul Leclerc is determined to learn the truth behind his son's death on a mission in Africa.
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Crime dans le Larzac
Title: Crime dans le Larzac
Character: Richard Louvain
Released: October 13, 2020
Type: Movie
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The Other Side
Title: The Other Side
Character: Sébastien
Released: October 9, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: The Wagner Method
Character: Luc Thomassot
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: TV
Police Captain César Wagner is a compulsive hypochondriac, obsessed with his work. His singular, distinctive style unsettles not only his suspects but also the members of his squad.
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César Wagner
Title: César Wagner
Character: Luc Thomassot
Released: January 17, 2020
Type: Movie
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Charlotte Link - The Decision
Title: Charlotte Link - The Decision
Character: Boris Raikov
Released: January 9, 2020
Type: Movie
Simon's spontaneous decision to help a stranger embroils him in a murder plot.
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The Ideal Palace
Title: The Ideal Palace
Character: Joseph Cadier
Released: January 16, 2019
Type: Movie
Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.
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Title: La Faute
Character: Guy Riverti
Released: November 22, 2018
Type: TV
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Title: The Chalet
Character: Etienne Genesta
Released: March 26, 2018
Type: TV
Friends gathered at a remote chalet in the French Alps for a summer getaway are caught in a deadly trap as a dark secret from the past comes to light.
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By Blood
Title: By Blood
Character: Gerbert
Released: March 24, 2018
Type: Movie
Once a ruthless war lord who won his land by his sword, Mort-Lieu is now a sick old man. A mysterious knight appears ; Mort-Lieu believes the stranger is Death himself coming to get him. Facing his own end, Mort-Lieu has to confront his legacy.
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Do it Right
Title: Do it Right
Character: Un éducateur
Released: May 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Nassim, a 16-year-old boy, is placed with a family in the suburbs following the death of his drug addict mother. But he refuses to integrate into the social setting that surrounds him. He invents another life for himself, similar to that of his mates at the big Parisian high school he goes to. There’s no reason for that to change. His two lives, his home life and his school life, must be kept separate at all costs.
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Elle
Title: Elle
Character: Inspector
Released: May 25, 2016
Type: Movie
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse with her stalker.
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Title: Marseille
Character: Pharamond
Released: May 5, 2016
Type: TV
The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.
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Underground Time
Title: Underground Time
Character: Jacques Pelletier
Released: November 6, 2015
Type: Movie
After eight years of close collaboration with her supervisor, Mathilde suddenly finds herself inexplicably victim of moral harassment by him. In parallel, Thibault has just split up with his girlfriend after a frustrating two-year relationship where they exchanged very little. Mathilde and Thibault have never met, they are just two figures among millions of others. Two people who may bump into each other or who may merely pass each other by. But one day in September, their paths meet.
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Title: Nina
Character: Thierry
Released: June 17, 2015
Type: TV
At the age of 39, Nina finds herself a trainee nurse under the orders of Léo, a 15-year-younger "girl" with a difficult temperament, and Dr. Proust, who likes to scare her ... Not easy ! Especially for all, Nina is the wife of the boss, Costa Antonakis, his ex with whom nothing is really settled despite their divorce. But after healing Lily, their daughter, for ten years, nothing scares Nina! With years spent in hospitals in contact with doctors such as nurses and health-care aides, Nina, the daughter of a great internist and a renowned obstetrician, runs the risk of disappointing them to trace her own path in the hospital universe to which she can not really escape ... Listening and care as a profession of faith, the desire to live and love as a prescription ...
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A Perfect Man
Title: A Perfect Man
Character: Police officer
Released: March 18, 2015
Type: Movie
A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.
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Title: Accusé
Character: Fred
Released: January 14, 2015
Type: TV
Six stories about six people facing accusations in court.
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Mon cher petit village
Title: Mon cher petit village
Character: Florian
Released: January 9, 2015
Type: Movie
Nuclear engineer Antoine Degas must convince the small town of Saint-Lassou to host a storage site for radioactive waste. But the town's German mayor, a fierce ecologist and organic farmer, is steadfastly opposed to the idea.
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Blood Red
Title: Blood Red
Character: Robic
Released: November 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Brest, the end of the world. A young woman's foot is found near the sea. Alma Schneider, a cop fresh from Paris, leads the investigation. She can only count on the support of César Istria, forensic pathologist and passionate archaeologist. Together, they find the site where the victim is believed to have been buried. But the body they exhume is not that of a woman! It's that of a man, probably a sailor. Not one murder to solve, but two... And the mystery thickens still further when they realize that the young woman was in fact a transsexual named Diana, a veritable icon and influential figure in the whole town. Alma and César join forces to solve this enigma, which takes them deep into the bowels of Brest.
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Les Baumettes
Title: Les Baumettes
Character: Patrick Guillemin
Released: October 29, 2014
Type: Movie
Chronicles the true story of Jean-Louis Raphel’s attempted escape from Les Baumettes prison in Marseille, France in June 1999.
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Title: Murders in...
Character: Jean-Guy Doumenc
Released: April 23, 2013
Type: TV
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.
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Title: Candice Renoir
Character: Philippe Grangier
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: TV
Candice Renoir had put her career on standby for 10 years. When she returns from Singapore to resume service in a port town in the south of France, she feels a bit “rusty”. Despite the obvious defiance of her unit and a cynical superior who doesn’t make her job any easier, she is determined to turn her so-called weaknesses into strengths, solving the most complex cases with her common sense, her acute observation and her practical nature seasoned by a busy daily routine. Only Candice can catch a killer because she knows the chemical composition of a window-cleaning product or determine the hour of a murder from the cooking-time of kebabs… Candice is only naive on the outside, and nobody can resist her!
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My Way
Title: My Way
Character: Jean-Jacques Tilche
Released: March 14, 2012
Type: Movie
A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
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The Adventures of Philibert, Captain Virgin
Title: The Adventures of Philibert, Captain Virgin
Character: Le gratteur/Comédon
Released: April 6, 2011
Type: Movie
Philibert, a robust lad and eldest son of an artichoke farmer, stands out from the other boys in the village. Idealistic and ingenuous, he foresees for himself a glorious future in artichokes and is saving his virginity for an as-yet-unknown woman chosen for him by God. Before he dies, his father tells him that he isn't his real parent. Philibert's real father was a gentleman murdered in the most cowardly way by a man from Burgundy who is recognisable by a rose-shaped strawberry birthmark on his neck. With a pouch full of ideals and artichokes, Philibert leaves his village and gallops towards Burgundy, accompanied by Martin, his rather deceitful manservant. Philibert's courage, kindness, physical and moral purity will thus be severely tested when faced with the baseness and venality of villains and the temptation of women each more lustful than the last.
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Le Temps du silence
Title: Le Temps du silence
Character: Jean-Marie
Released: February 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Manuel passes 18 months at Buchenwald before his return to Paris. He wonders even before his arrival who will have the patience and passion to listen to his narrative. He chooses silence.
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Mirages
Title: Mirages
Character: Alexandre German
Released: January 27, 2011
Type: Movie
Five people with contrasting profiles compete for a position within Matsuika, a multinational corporation recently set up in Morocco. Following an interview with the C.E.O., they are advised to undertake a mysterious test in a secret location. It will determine who will hold the position. All five applicants accept and are led into a distressing bus with no windows. After endless driving, an accident occurs with the candidates trapped in the wreck. Thanks to a joint effort, they manage to evacuate the bus only to find themselves lost in the desert with their driver nowhere to be found. They start to wander, questioning the nature of the accident. Is it part of the test? Despite their will to survive and an urge to find clues, mirages of their most intimate fears begin to haunt them.
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Title: Dead Beautiful
Character: Hofman
Released: January 14, 2011
Type: TV
As group leader of the Judicial Police in Paris, Martin is responsible for investigating the most atrocious and misogynistic crimes committed against society. Distrustful of everyone, he bears the marks of both his past successes and failures. Luckily, the ladies in his life are on hand to assist him.
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Title: Les Edelweiss
Character: Léopold
Released: January 3, 2011
Type: TV
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Bloody Christmas 2 : La révolte des sapins
Title: Bloody Christmas 2 : La révolte des sapins
Released: December 22, 2010
Type: Movie
While going to a New Year's Eve party with friends, Isabelle is assaulted by ... a Christmas tree in search of freedom. She manages to escape and is admitted to hospital. She is taken for a madwoman, until the tree finds her, determined to take revenge...
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Caged
Title: Caged
Character: Mathias
Released: October 6, 2010
Type: Movie
Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached the end of its mission. But just then, the young woman and her two colleagues are kidnapped by strangers for mysterious reasons. Held captive, cared for and kept alive in an oppressive and sinister setting, the three prisoners soon discover with horror what their kidnappers truly have in store for them.
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Lundi CDI
Title: Lundi CDI
Character: José
Released: July 9, 2010
Type: Movie
Eric has finally got a job as a security guard at a supermarket. But it turns out to be more complicated than expected.
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The Wedding Cake
Title: The Wedding Cake
Character: Damien
Released: March 10, 2010
Type: Movie
The wedding of Vincent and Berenger does not begin well. For starters, the fabulous cake for the reception falls apart as the butler of the château, and one of the caterers is taking down a flight of stairs falls. The cream puffs are carefully picked up from the floor an arranged as though nothing happened. The bride comes from a bourgeois family, presided by Maddie, an old lady with a secret in her heart. The wedding, to be performed at the local church, by father Victor, proves to be not the classic marriage that has been planned...
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State Affairs
Title: State Affairs
Character: Maurizio
Released: November 25, 2009
Type: Movie
A plane explodes above the Gulf of Guinea. An escort girl is murdered in a Parisian park. Thousands of miles separate these two events, and yet Nora Chahyd, believes there's a connection between them, much to his superiors chagrin. As Nora investigates, getting dangerously close to the powers that be, the murders and betrayals accumulate, and signs point to a state affair at the heart of it all.
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Lady Bar 2
Title: Lady Bar 2
Character: Jean
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
The sequel of Lady Bar follows Jean and Pat opening a match-making resort on a beautiful Thai island while Jean's friend Polo finds himself soul-searching in a buddhist monastry.
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La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil
Title: La différence, c'est que c'est pas pareil
Character: Pierre
Released: May 20, 2009
Type: Movie
After several years in the United States, Sylvain heads back to France to attend his grandson’s christening. He wastes no time trying to catch up with his ex-wife and their children, but not everyone is pleased by his unexpected return...
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Sans mentir
Title: Sans mentir
Released: August 1, 2008
Type: Movie
"To invent a wife when you're single, and you want to seduce a young woman who claims to be attracted only to married men, you still have to lie. To make your new conquest believe that you live in the superb duplex that you keep during the holidays, you must always lie. For Serge, this cascade of lies will lead to new catastrophic fabrications, but also reveal astonishing truths. His professional and sentimental life will be turned upside down, dragging his best friends into its whirlwind. The only certainty of this story, is that WITHOUT LIE, nothing would have happened. "
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Title: Scalp
Character: Raphaël
Released: January 14, 2008
Type: TV
Pierre, Raphael and Jules are golden boys and longtime friends. Pierre, the most flamboyant of them, is in great financial difficulty. He hid all his problems from his wife Alex. Soon Alex will, to repay the debts inherited from her husband, return to the palace Brongniart by the door, in the midst of stock market turmoil in the 90s. Flames, friendships, betrayals, insider trading, tax havens, money laundering, in a macho environment devoted to the cult of secrecy ...
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Lady Bar
Title: Lady Bar
Character: Jean
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: Movie
Jean and Polo are two old friends who decide to go to Thailand to change their minds.
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Intimate Enemies
Title: Intimate Enemies
Character: Le sergent tortionnaire
Released: October 3, 2007
Type: Movie
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
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I Hate My Best Friends' Kids
Title: I Hate My Best Friends' Kids
Character: Vincent
Released: July 4, 2007
Type: Movie
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Anna M.
Title: Anna M.
Released: February 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Anna, a somewhat introverted woman, becomes obsessed with the orthopedic surgeon who helped with her recuperation following a car accident. Incorrectly believing the love to be reciprocated, she embarks on several attempts to try and stay in touch with him but, after several rejections, finds herself descending into despair and, ultimately, hatred.
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Tell No One
Title: Tell No One
Character: Le procureur
Released: November 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
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Fair Play
Title: Fair Play
Character: Charles
Released: September 6, 2006
Type: Movie
A company, where manipulation and harassment is a problem between colleagues, decides to organize a canyoning trip for its employees. The building tensions between co-workers might actually explode during this trip.
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Les Volets
Title: Les Volets
Character: Jean-Noël
Released: January 28, 2006
Type: Movie
A César award nominated short drama.
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Edy
Title: Edy
Character: Jean
Released: November 2, 2005
Type: Movie
Edy, an insurer with questionable morals, knows his business inside and out, so much so that he is not stingy with all kinds of schemes to help some of his privileged clients collect their spouse's life insurance. However, Edy is tired of this life, which does not really bring him satisfaction anymore. So he decides to end his life. As he tries to do so, he finds himself involved in a dark story.
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Alex
Title: Alex
Character: Alex's lover
Released: September 15, 2005
Type: Movie
Alex is a liberated, apparently sturdy yet vulnerable woman in her thirties. She earns her living as a market trader and with building work - she has no trouble matching up to the men. She works on renovating an old dilapidated house, high up and lonely in the mountains of the Ardèche, in the hope that her teenage son Xavier, who was not brought up by her, will move in. The walls she is restoring are like her life, which she wants to build up bit by bit. Because it's clear that she has just lived through some difficult years - in her own defensive words, she says to her son: 'I was unstable.' She is still easily upset and can become angry and aggressive.
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Quartier V.I.P.
Title: Quartier V.I.P.
Character: Tony
Released: May 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Gardien à la Santé, Alex mène une petite vie tranquille aux côtés de son épouse Louisette et de son collègue et copain René. Muté au quartier des V.I.P., il se voit proposer par l'un des détenus, Bertrand, un businessman condamné pour affaires frauduleuses, un étrange marché : Claire, l'épouse de Bertrand, a décidé de se séparer d'un mari devenu encombrant tout en profitant de sa fortune. Alex est alors chargé de lui proposer une affaire financière alléchante mais bidon qui pourrait permettre à Bertrand de récupérer son argent. Désireux de mettre un peu de piment dans sa vie, Alex accepte de jouer le jeu et de se comporter pendant ses soirées en homme d'affaires suisse et discret ! Claire est séduite. Très vite, Bertrand réalise qu'Alex s'intéresse vraiment à sa femme, Claire découvre la supercherie financière et Louisette la trahison conjugale...
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Before You Leave
Title: Before You Leave
Character: Vincent
Released: May 2, 2005
Type: Movie
A group of friends in their thirties meet for a weekend in a mountain chalet for what will be a sort of review of an era in their lives and their relationships.
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Le bal des célibataires
Title: Le bal des célibataires
Character: Armand
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1919 in Corrèze, in the small village of Saint-Roch, women are fighting against the desertification of the countryside and the lack of men during and after World War I.
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Natural Enemy
Title: Natural Enemy
Character: Brigadier Beaupré
Released: December 8, 2004
Type: Movie
Set in Brittany, a detective called Nicolas Luhel is asked to unravel the circumstances of a teenage boy's death. The main suspect is the boy's father. Shattered by the suicide of the main witness, Nicolas lets himself get snared by the strange and fascinating influence that the father exerts on everyone around him. Eventually, Luhel discovers the truth about the murder and feels that the law is inadequate to deal with it. As a consequence, he decides to destroy the evidence and keep it a secret.
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Par accident
Title: Par accident
Character: Olivier
Released: November 17, 2004
Type: Movie
Isabelle Blanc, a 30 years old biologist who works at the university, awakes in an hospital and doesn't remember why she is in the hospital.Little by little the doctor explains her that she had an accident driving by night under the rain and that accident provoked the death of a person.After her work Isabelle met her companion Vincent and then went alone by car: Vincent called her by cell phone, they spoke about their future and Vincent wanted that Isabelle listens to to a song; then came the crash.After going with Vincent to the place of the accident (where she saw a bouquet of flowers for the dead person) Isabelle reads in the newspaper the death notice of Marie Delhomme.
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Secret Agents
Title: Secret Agents
Character: Tony
Released: March 3, 2004
Type: Movie
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...
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Totally Nuts
Title: Totally Nuts
Released: January 28, 2004
Type: Movie
Diane, a young woman in search of a child, is looking for money to go to the sperm bank. She crosses paths with Arthur, a bank robber.
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Life After All
Title: Life After All
Character: Uncle Georges
Released: March 5, 2003
Type: Movie
La vie quand même (LIFE AFTER ALL) is another film in a series collectively called 'Tales from the Orphanage'. The story is simple on the surface (children coping with the sudden loss of parents), but in the hands of writer Sophie Tasma and director Olivier Péray this storyline unfolds a tale of brotherly love that is well worth watching.
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L'enfant éternel
Title: L'enfant éternel
Character: Vincent
Released: December 12, 2002
Type: Movie
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Bâtards
Title: Bâtards
Character: Gilles, le premier gendarme
Released: November 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Returning from a vacation in Spain in September, Agathe, a dental technician, and her husband Alexandre, a salesman, break down on a deserted stretch of freeway. They are then forced to follow a mechanic who appears out of nowhere. Towed to an isolated camp in the middle of nowhere, the couple discovers a family composed of six adopted children, all approximately 25 years old and of different origins. Forced to wait for the car's engine to be repaired, the vacationers participate in spite of themselves and for a few hours in their community life.
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Les oreilles sur le dos
Title: Les oreilles sur le dos
Released: November 8, 2002
Type: Movie
A Latin American country on the Pacific seaboard. A coup d'état fails. Jacques and his fellow mercenaries must get out of there as fast as they can. He takes with him Monica, a beautiful prostitute with a taste for adventure. Having cheated their shady paymasters out of some valuable paintings, their only possible means of escape is by hijacking a bus, fleeing across desert and jungle, and rafting down the river to the Atlantic. Nature is hostile, but much wilder opponents await them!
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Squash
Title: Squash
Character: Charles
Released: August 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Squash is a 2002 French short film directed by Lionel Bailliu, with Malcolm Conrath and Eric Savin. Two businessmen, Alexandre and his boss, play a game of squash. The game escalates from "fun" to fairly high stakes, as both players demonstrate that squash is a mental game, not just a physical game. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not
Title: He Loves Me… He Loves Me Not
Character: Julien
Released: March 27, 2002
Type: Movie
A talented art student named Angélique is passionately in love with Dr. Loïc Le Garrec, a handsome married man whom she believes will leave his wife. When he eventually decides to stay in his marriage, it causes Angélique to spiral. However, as the story shifts from Angélique's perspective to Loïc's, the surprising truth about their relationship is revealed.
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Teacher in a Bikini
Title: Teacher in a Bikini
Character: Eric
Released: January 2, 2002
Type: Movie
Old buddies Eric, Jean and Karim have never really grown up. Spending their listless days and nights in the same Lyon suburb where they were raised, the men are always looking for distractions. So when Jean steals a television camera one afternoon, the trio decide to head into the city in the hopes of pawning it. But their funny idea of an adventure turns out to be a ticket into trouble.
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Les p'tits gars Ladouceur
Title: Les p'tits gars Ladouceur
Character: Francis
Released: February 10, 2001
Type: Movie
When their behavior and brushes with the law drive their mother to abandon them, Jonathan and Vivi hire a private detective to find her.
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Title: Ladies of the Law
Character: Yves Nicosserian
Released: June 22, 2000
Type: TV
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Happenstance
Title: Happenstance
Character: Richard
Released: June 12, 2000
Type: Movie
How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet?
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Come Undone
Title: Come Undone
Character: Annick's Boyfriend
Released: June 7, 2000
Type: Movie
Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy 18-year-old Mathieu is on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning himself at the beach, until he spies the handsome Cédric and falls in love.
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The Libertine
Title: The Libertine
Character: Chef de la police
Released: March 15, 2000
Type: Movie
French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.
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Cold Lands
Title: Cold Lands
Character: Marc
Released: December 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A young Frenchman of Arab descent, Djamel, becomes convinced that his long-lost father is a rich factory owner in Grenoble. When the man coldly rejects him, Djamel plots a revenge that will implicate the man's closeted gay son.
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High Pain Management
Title: High Pain Management
Character: Thierry
Released: February 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Laurent, twenty, found, thanks to his father, a first job: security agent in a sports shop. The arrival of the young man disrupts his superior, Thierry, who immediately takes aversion.
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The Color of Lies
Title: The Color of Lies
Character: Christian (uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1999
Type: Movie
In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the investigation immediately questions him. In this small provincial town where people all know each other and regularly meet at the Bar des Amis, René is increasingly unsettled by the other inhabitants' suspicions and by the inspector's investigation. Children stop coming to him for lessons. His wife, Viviane, a district nurse, protects him and supports him with her love. However, a self-centred media-star writer adds to René's confusion...
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Fausses alertes
Title: Fausses alertes
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
A young man in light clothing is arrested in the street by two police officers on patrol. He is not in his normal state. He claims that he has just escaped from a dangerous maniac and leads the police to the home of his alleged attacker.
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A Minute of Silence
Title: A Minute of Silence
Character: Tony
Released: November 25, 1998
Type: Movie
In a dying French mining town near the German border, the last miners are preparing to strike. Marek and Mimmo, two young miners and friends, have different views on the impending strike.
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Sitting on the Fence
Title: Sitting on the Fence
Character: Eric
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Beatrice Rosen's acting debut.
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I Hate Love
Title: I Hate Love
Character: Alex
Released: June 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Independent Parisian doctor Annie finds herself in an emotional tangle when she tries to help single-minded HIV-positive patient Laurent and embarks on a brief affair with conceited actor Richard.
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When the Cat's Away
Title: When the Cat's Away
Character: le militant onze de pique
Released: April 3, 1996
Type: Movie
When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.
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Emmène-moi
Title: Emmène-moi
Character: Giordano
Released: March 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Authentically painful study of an ill-matched couple's forlorn attempts to revive their relationship after a two-year break.
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Sidestroke
Title: Sidestroke
Character: Pilou
Released: December 22, 1993
Type: Movie
Clara (Karin Viard) is a stripper with a high-strung, jealous boyfriend with the curious name of Loockeed (Antoine Chappey). The couple are friends with the even-temperred, almost saintly Max (Gerald Laroche), an auto mechanic. The three of them set out from their home in the north to journey to the Alpine mountains near Switzerland and Italy, where they will help a fourth friend take care of his pleasure boat business at Lake Annecy while he is in military service. As the trio attempt to establish some sort of equilibrium in their new lives, Max must constantly deal with Loockeed's testy, jealous barbs. Despite this, the three of them remain friends.
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L.627
Title: L.627
Character: Lefort
Released: September 9, 1992
Type: Movie
In Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the worst of the human condition.