Isild Le Besco

Isild Le Besco

Born: November 22, 1982
in Paris, France
Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker. She has starred in many films, including Sade (2000), a French film starring Daniel Auteuil, and in The Good Heart, directed by Dagur Kari. She is the sister of actress and film director Maiwenn, and the daughter of actress Catherine Belkhodja.

Movies for Isild Le Besco...

Girl for a Day
Title: Girl for a Day
Character: Éloïse Grandjean
Released: May 8, 2024
Type: Movie
18th century. Anne, grown up, has to "change her clothes" because of her attraction to women. Now a man, he marries and has a great love affair with his new wife, until his past catches up with him. The shocking true story of Anne Grandjean, born intersex, and their resounding trial, which still questions all our certainties today.
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The Beautiful Occasion
Title: The Beautiful Occasion
Character: Sarena
Released: April 12, 2017
Type: Movie
A fun fair, on a wasteland, on the outskirts of a small provincial town in the south of France.
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My King
Title: My King
Character: Babeth
Released: October 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.
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Rouge
Title: Rouge
Character: Renée, dans «Madeleine d'entre les morts»
Released: June 11, 2015
Type: Movie
A companion to the director's Le Dos Rouge/Portrait of the Artist. A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the power and beauty of monsters.
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Portrait of the Artist
Title: Portrait of the Artist
Character: Renée
Released: March 15, 2015
Type: Movie
A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of finding a painting that will be central to the film and will crystallize all the power and beauty of monsters. But what he doesn't show to anyone, not even his wife, is the mark on his back that keeps getting bigger. This red mark worries him, upsets him, and seems to want to tell him something...
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Les brigands
Title: Les brigands
Character: Amalia
Released: February 26, 2015
Type: Movie
Karl Escher, the son of a prominent banker, was accused of embezzlement and forgery at the bank and went to prison for three years. After his release, he seeks revenge against his brother Franz, whom he believes to be the real culprit.
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The New Girlfriend
Title: The New Girlfriend
Character: Laura
Released: October 11, 2014
Type: Movie
A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.
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Madeleine d’entre les Morts
Title: Madeleine d’entre les Morts
Released: October 3, 2014
Type: Movie
In Madeleine Among the Dead, Bonello wanted to tell Hitchcock’s Vertigo from the perspective of Madeleine (played by Kim Novak), not Scottie (James Stewart). He only filmed a scene of this project as part of another film by Antoine Barraud, Le Dos Rouge, in which Bonello plays the role of a director by the same name; a director whose films are all either invented or his “ghost-movies.”
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Manhattan Romance
Title: Manhattan Romance
Released: October 15, 2013
Type: Movie
Annette is a young French actress. During her stay in New York to promote her latest film, she meets up with Alex, an Armenian photographer and long time friend. As the week progresses, they become inseparable and spend all of their time with together. They meet different people in New York and draw comparisons and differences with their own views and ideas of love, marriage, friendship and life. They have a special connection, but there is something unspoken between them. They begin to reveal themselves only when Alex photographs Annette throughout New York City. From friends to lovers there is only one step. Their relationship is about to unravel, but is it?
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Deep in the Woods
Title: Deep in the Woods
Character: Joséphine
Released: October 13, 2010
Type: Movie
A wanderer named Timothee arrives in a French village in 1865 pretending to be deaf and mute. He uses tricks to hypnotize a beautiful young woman named Josephine and takes advantage of her until he is arrested and tried for his crimes.
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Two in the Wave
Title: Two in the Wave
Character: Self
Released: May 19, 2010
Type: Movie
An in-depth analysis of the relationship between New Wave pioneers François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, as seen through rare archival footage, interviews, and film excerpts — written and narrated by former Cahiers du Cinéma editor Antoine de Baecque.
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The Good Heart
Title: The Good Heart
Character: April
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.
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You Will Be Mine
Title: You Will Be Mine
Character: Emma
Released: March 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Marie leaves home to study the piano at the conservatory in Lyons. Through lack of money, she is obliged to share an apartment with Emma, a friend of the family who has lived alone since the death of her father. The two young women develop a strange fascination for one another, which soon develops into an intense mutual need...
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A Parting Shot
Title: A Parting Shot
Character: Fred
Released: May 30, 2007
Type: Movie
A rebellious teenager and a "border-line" young nurse will learn to tame each other and get a fresh start in life...
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The Untouchable
Title: The Untouchable
Character: Jeanne
Released: December 6, 2006
Type: Movie
After learning from her mother that her father lives in India, a young woman goes there to meet him for the first time.
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U
Title: U
Character: Mona
Released: October 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Since her parents passed away, Princess Mona lives by herself in a castle with two hideous, ghastly characters, Goomi and His Lordship. One day her sobs draw the attention of a unicorn, called U, who wants to comfort and protect Mona for as long as she needs. U becomes Mona's companion, her confidant and her inseparable friend. While Mona grows into a beautiful princess, a group of charming, peaceful and fanciful Yeah-Yeah’s settles in the neighboring forest. They have no particular special powers, yet they soon bring about major changes in everyone's lives, especially in Kulka, the dreamy musician.
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Backstage
Title: Backstage
Character: Lucie
Released: November 16, 2005
Type: Movie
An adolescent groupie zeroes in on her Blondie-like idol after the singer chances to cross her orbit on a publicity tour. Gradually their lives intertwine as, with near-operatic intensity, the film delves into the emotional dependency on both sides of celebrity culture.
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Wild Camp
Title: Wild Camp
Character: Camille
Released: October 13, 2005
Type: Movie
A tranquil campground in rural France is the backdrop for this erotic sizzler between beautiful teenager Camille and down on his luck ex con, Blaise. Fresh out of prison, Blaise accepts a job as sailing instructor at the camp. Haunted by violent nightmares and reminded daily of his estranged wife and children, Blaise tries mightily to resist Camille’s charms. But the girl’s spontaneity and nubile sexuality awaken Blaise’s own repressed capacity for life.
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A Song of Innocence
Title: A Song of Innocence
Character: Angèle-Marie
Released: August 31, 2005
Type: Movie
Antoine Santana - Issues of class, gender roles and parenting bubble to the surface in this 19th-century tale about a shepherd girl (Isild Le Besco) who farms off her own newborn to a wet nurse in the countryside so that she can earn high wages nursing the infant of a wealthy couple. The two young mothers soon become friends, but trouble arises when the bourgeois hubby takes issue with his wife fraternizing with the help. Émilie Dequenne and Grégoire Colin star. - Isild Le Besco, Émilie Dequenne, Grégoire Colin
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À tout de suite
Title: À tout de suite
Character: Lili
Released: September 9, 2004
Type: Movie
A girl from bourgeoisie discovers the pleasures of banditism, following her lover in his lifestyle.
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Princesse Marie
Title: Princesse Marie
Character: Eugénie de Grèce
Released: March 4, 2004
Type: Movie
The story of Napoleon Bonaparte's grandniece, the famous Princess Marie, her friendship and her work with Sigmund Freud.
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The Cost of Living
Title: The Cost of Living
Character: Laurence
Released: July 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Une héritière qui n'arrive pas à hériter, un radin qui ne peut rien dépenser, un petit garçon qui trouve un billet dans la rue, un restaurateur prodigue qui ne fait que donner... Tels sont, entre autres, les personnages de ce film "choral". Pourquoi certains dépensent-ils de manière convulsive là où d'autres retiennent l'argent comme la partie la plus vitale de leur être ? On croit parler d'argent, mais c'est d'amour dont il s'agit.
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The House by the Canal
Title: The House by the Canal
Character: Edmée
Released: February 13, 2003
Type: Movie
After her parents' death, a young woman moves in with her unsophisticated country relatives with unfortunate results.
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Adolphe
Title: Adolphe
Character: La lingère
Released: October 30, 2002
Type: Movie
In the nineteenth century, Adolphe, a young man of twenty four carefree years, plans to obtain favors Ellenore, a beautiful woman of thirty years, much more vulnerable. This yields to his advances and he disclaims all. But already, Adolphe loves less. Yet the idea of ​​the pain is unbearable.
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The Repentant
Title: The Repentant
Character: Junge Prostituierte
Released: April 17, 2002
Type: Movie
A mysterious woman, dressed in black and carrying a small suitcase, arrives in Nice and tries in vain to get a job in a luxury goods shop. She ends up in a plush hotel where a solitary middle-aged man, engages her to be his companion. They introduce themselves - she is Charlotte, he is Paul. Both are reluctant to talk about their past; both need someone to make their present predicament more tolerable. Unbeknownst to either of them, Charlotte is being followed by another man, who seems intent on revenge...
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Un moment de bonheur
Title: Un moment de bonheur
Character: Betty
Released: March 6, 2002
Type: Movie
Philippe, 25 ans, débarque un matin à Arcachon, où vit sa soeur. C'est un jeune homme qui n'a pas d'attache et à qui on se confie facilement. Il est saisonnier et travaille dans la restauration. Betty, 20 ans, est une jeune mère pleine de vie et de tendresse pour son fils, Damien, 5 ans. Ils vivent encore dans la cellule familiale et les relations entre Betty et son père sont conflictuelles. Damien est perturbé par cette ambiance. Sa mère trouve du travail, quitte le foyer familial et acquiert de l'indépendance. Betty et Philippe se croiseront...
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Roberto Succo
Title: Roberto Succo
Character: Léa
Released: May 14, 2001
Type: Movie
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.
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Adieu, Babylone
Title: Adieu, Babylone
Character: Anouk
Released: February 21, 2001
Type: Movie
A teenage girl from Paris decides to complete the aborted journey of a young man whom she secretly has a crush on.
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Girls Can't Swim
Title: Girls Can't Swim
Character: Gwen
Released: October 18, 2000
Type: Movie
Gwen is a teenager living in a small coastal town. Lise is her best friend, a city girl who comes every year with her family to spend the summer. This year things are different though; at first Lise might not come at all, and when she does it is obvious that Gwen grew up faster than she did.
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Sade
Title: Sade
Character: Emilie de Lancris
Released: August 23, 2000
Type: Movie
A man prepares himself to be transferred to a detention center and rest home where he will relive one more time the highlights of his youth.
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La puce
Title: La puce
Character: Marion
Released: November 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Marion, 14 years old, spends her holidays in Normandy. She meets a man. They see each other again in Paris. Marion makes love, for the first time, with him.
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Le Choix d'Elodie
Title: Le Choix d'Elodie
Character: Elodie
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
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Les Amis de Ninon
Title: Les Amis de Ninon
Character: Fifi
Released: March 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Ninon, an overwhelmed wife and mother, decides to invite some of her former lovers to her birthday.
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Les Vacances
Title: Les Vacances
Character: Mélody
Released: May 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Anne doesn't have enough money to take her daughter, Mélody, away from the small provincial town where they live for a few days during the summer holidays. In the face of her daughter's disappointment and incomprehension, she does all she can to find the money.
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Connemara
Title: Connemara
Character: Manon
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A famous retired opera singer reunites with her children.