Christophe Malavoy

Christophe Malavoy

Born: March 21, 1952
in Reutlingen, Germany

Movies for Christophe Malavoy...

Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
Title: Nicole Garcia, actrice-cinéaste
Character: Lui-même
Released: April 1, 2023
Type: Movie
Stage actress turned film actress and director, Nicole Garcia has worked with the greatest French directors. Mysterious, singular, elegant, she has become a major figure in French cinema, but in her forties, she wanted to tell her own stories. She took a big risk when she was being offered fewer roles as an actress and became a film director.
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Robert Le Vigan, la cavale d'un maudit
Title: Robert Le Vigan, la cavale d'un maudit
Character: lui-même
Released: November 21, 2021
Type: Movie
From Quai des brumes to Goupi Mains Rouges through La Bandera or L'Assassinat du Père Noël, Robert Le Vigan was one of the mythical supporting characters of French cinema. Best friend of the writer Louis- Ferdinand Céline, he was involved in the collaboration during the Second World War. Sentenced to ten years in prison upon liberation, he ended his days in exile in Tandil, South America.
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Le Mystère de la mort d'Hitler
Title: Le Mystère de la mort d'Hitler
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: March 20, 2018
Type: Movie
On May 2, 1945, Soviets take control over the Fuhrerbunker. On May 5th, they find bodies of Hitler and Eva Braun buried in the garden near the bunker. Investigation of Hitler's death was kept secret until now.
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Murders in Savoie
Title: Murders in Savoie
Character: Georges
Released: April 7, 2017
Type: Movie
The peaceful resort of Meribel is about to open for the ski season when a man's body is discovered at the top of a chairlift, covered in wolf skin. Clara and George Kessler, the father-and-daughter detective team leading the inquiry, are certain the crime is connected to the war being waged between livestock farmers and environmentalists ever since wolves were reintroduced into the valley. Among locals, far-fetched theories are stirring panic-could a werewolf be terrorizing the valley? For the Kesslers, the murder will uncover a secret that may not be supernatural, but is just as shocking.
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Rose and the Soldier
Title: Rose and the Soldier
Character: Amiral Robert
Released: April 2, 2015
Type: Movie
Martinique, 1942. Rose, a young teacher, is fired from her job by the Vichy regime of Admiral Robert. Rose seeks to leave the island by boat with a group of fellow dissidents. Her plans are thwarted by the landing on the island of a German officer, and her meeting with Jacques Meyer, the captain of the local navy. A strange confrontation between the German officer, Captain Meyer and rebellious Rose then begins.
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The Adulteen
Title: The Adulteen
Character: Dominique Mustier
Released: December 18, 2013
Type: Movie
Arnaud Mustier, lawyer and brilliant philosopher, arouses the annoyance of his younger brother Jules, age sixteen. One day, Arnaud is a victim of a late adolescent crisis. Helped by Jules, he is going to catch up this phase of the life which he did not live.
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Title: La Croisière
Character: Le Commandant
Released: February 28, 2013
Type: TV
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Ludwig II
Title: Ludwig II
Character: Kaiser Napoleon III.
Released: December 25, 2012
Type: Movie
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political commitment to his obsessive construction of extravagant palaces and to his gradual withdrawal into a lonely dream world, an epic narrative of breathtaking grandeur.
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Delicacy
Title: Delicacy
Character: Nathalie's father
Released: December 20, 2011
Type: Movie
A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.
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Mission sacrée
Title: Mission sacrée
Character: Le préfet Caillonce
Released: September 27, 2011
Type: Movie
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Monte Carlo
Title: Monte Carlo
Character: Bernard Marchand
Released: July 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.
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Title: Mystère à Paris
Character: César Ritz
Released: June 10, 2011
Type: TV
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The shadow of Mont st. Michel
Title: The shadow of Mont st. Michel
Character: Dominique Vernon
Released: September 11, 2010
Type: Movie
After the death of his mother, Elisa (Claire Borotra) is responsible for custody of her sister Audrey (Penelope Leveque), a troubled teen and something he hardly knows. Following the last will of her mother, both go to Mont Saint Michel, where the two grew up, to spread his ashes. The second night of stay, and after a flood, Audrey disappears while the mayor's daughter, which suggests a voluntary escape, but Elisa does not think so, so it will not stop until its trace sister.
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Kennedy's Brain
Title: Kennedy's Brain
Character: Aron Cantor
Released: April 3, 2010
Type: Movie
A young Swedish freelance investigative journalist dies under mysterious circumstances in South Africa, and his mother sets off in a relentless pursuit of the truth behind his death.
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12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval
Title: 12 balles dans la peau pour Pierre Laval
Character: Pierre Laval
Released: October 27, 2009
Type: Movie
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De feu et de glace
Title: De feu et de glace
Character: Jacques Rocaille
Released: November 8, 2008
Type: Movie
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Dombey and Son
Title: Dombey and Son
Character: Charles Dombais
Released: June 7, 2007
Type: Movie
The dream of Charles Dombais, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, his wife dies shortly after giving birth to their son.
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Title: Laura
Character: Max Fontane
Released: June 7, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Clara Sheller
Character: Bertrand
Released: May 18, 2005
Type: TV
Clara Sheller is a French television series created by Nicolas Mercier after the idea of Stéphanie Tchou-Cotta that was aired from 18 May 2005 to 3 December 2008 on France 2. The casting was completely changed between the first and second season, but the characters remained the same. The theme song was written by Mirwais and was called "Naive Song". In the US, Clara Sheller aired on Eurochannel in 2009. and on TV5Monde.
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The Last Day
Title: The Last Day
Character: Jean-Louis
Released: November 3, 2004
Type: Movie
At Christmas time, 19 year old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine his feelings when Louise develop a liaison of her own with his childhood friend Mathieu.
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Ceux qui aiment ne meurent jamais
Title: Ceux qui aiment ne meurent jamais
Character: André
Released: February 6, 2004
Type: Movie
During WW-I Odette gets to know that her husband André has fallen. Her littler son never saw him. He tries to recapitulate his last hours.
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La vie au grand air
Title: La vie au grand air
Character: Bernard Kérouac
Released: February 4, 2002
Type: Movie
Juliette has fought to keep her family's oyster business, called La Claire, afloat. She is ready to fight even harder, now that her heritage is threatened. On her Breton island, Juliette has to face developers who want to occupy her production site at any price to build a thalassotherapy center. Despite their tempting offers, Juliette refuses to sell and inevitably attracts the enmity of the industrialists who only think in terms of profitability and easy money. The conflict becomes more and more radical, each side sticks to its position and the confrontation risks going beyond the legal framework.
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Title: Ladies of the Law
Character: Marc Vandermans
Released: June 22, 2000
Type: TV
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Jésus
Title: Jésus
Character: Caïphe
Released: December 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Evocation of the life of Jesus Christ.
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Voleur de coeur
Title: Voleur de coeur
Released: December 8, 1999
Type: Movie
On the platform of a train station, the pretty Laurence is waiting for her fiancé. They have planned to go to Venice, but the young woman waits for hours for Prince Charming, who never comes. Meanwhile, Bruno Lombart, who lives on petty theft, has decided to lock his son Timothée in Laurence's apartment. The little boy's mission is to steal as many objects as possible. When the young woman returns home, disappointed, she is surprised to find little Timothy! He explains to her that if he doesn't bring back any booty from his expedition, he will be beaten. Out of pity, Laurence gives him a few trinkets, then drops him off in the street after having given him her coordinates...
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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The Cloud
Title: The Cloud
Released: September 3, 1998
Type: Movie
A black cloud brings 1600 days of rain to Buenos Aires, while traffic and pedestrians move backwards. Aging actor Max (Eduardo Pavlovsky) runs the Mirror Theater in a former fish market, but lack of funding means a possible demolition. Max is attracted to Brazilian dancer Fulo (Angela Correa), who worries about her daughter back home. Amid political corruption and police brutality, Max's elderly colleague Enrique leads a protest for unpaid old-age pensions. The pensioners succeed in their demands, only to learn from a government official that no money is available to pay them.
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L'Enfant Et Les Loups
Title: L'Enfant Et Les Loups
Character: Antoine
Released: August 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Othilie spends her vacations with her uncle Antoine, an old lonesome bear. In charge of a regional park, Antoine lives a long way from Paris, in company of the shepherd Tambourin, whose frightening face hides the innocence of a new-born child. Since the arrival of Othilie, odd things happen. A slaughtered sheep is found and weird howls are sounding through the night. The wolves are not far away.
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Les Grands Enfants
Title: Les Grands Enfants
Character: Julien
Released: August 3, 1998
Type: Movie
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The Fire That Burns
Title: The Fire That Burns
Character: L'abbé de Pradts
Released: October 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship which is troubled by an abbot who is obsessed with the younger of the students.
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The Ideal Man
Title: The Ideal Man
Character: Fabrice
Released: September 17, 1997
Type: Movie
A volleyball professional has a hard time choosing between three different men in her life.
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Love, Math and Sex
Title: Love, Math and Sex
Character: Le père de Sabine
Released: August 5, 1997
Type: Movie
A highly intelligent teenage girl has an affair with a 40-year-old man.
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Une fille à papas
Title: Une fille à papas
Character: Bertrand
Released: July 19, 1996
Type: Movie
An energetic teenager gives a hard time to her father, an artist, and her stepfather, an unemployed executive not very comfortable with young people.
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L'île aux mômes
Title: L'île aux mômes
Released: December 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Three runaway children end up on an island where a lonely sculptor lives.
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Poorly Extinguished Fires
Title: Poorly Extinguished Fires
Character: Captain Vergèze
Released: January 12, 1994
Type: Movie
A French army journalist bears witness to the atrocities of the Algerian war in 1962 in this gripping French war movie. It is based on the 1967 novel by Philippe Labro. The film begins in Paris as Jerome Carier, ready to embark to Algiers, is beaten and questioned about the politically sensitive photographs he has. The photos were sent to him by Francois, a friend stationed in Algiers. Francoise is trying to get the French and the Algerians to reconcile. Jerome arrives in the war-torn country and finds himself faced with unbelievable carnage. The French are behind most of it. Because he took the pictures, Francois life is in jeopardy. He is murdered and Jerome finds himself attracted to his girl friend, a radio station announcer. The film contains graphic pictures of the slaughter.
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Le paradis absolument
Title: Le paradis absolument
Released: January 8, 1994
Type: Movie
Gerard has just lost his job and his marital life is falling apart. He accidentally falls off a bridge and meets Sarah who believes he wanted to commit suicide.
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Title: Colpo di coda
Character: Artaud
Released: April 13, 1993
Type: TV
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Title: Zone interdite
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1993
Type: TV
The zone interdite refers to two distinct territories established in German-occupied France during the Second World War after the signature of the Second Armistice at Compiègne.
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Just Before the Storm
Title: Just Before the Storm
Released: February 10, 1993
Type: Movie
In this somewhat literary exploration of the meaning of romance, loosely based on the works of Henry James, five modern-day couples gather at a country estate to mark the anniversary of their long friendship. Their romantic maneuverings, past and present, are too complex to summarize here. However, it is clear that they love to talk about love, and will do so endlessly, given the slightest opportunity.
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L'Affaire Seznec
Title: L'Affaire Seznec
Character: Guillaume Seznec
Released: January 7, 1993
Type: Movie
Guillaume Seznec and Pierre Quéméneur join forces to sell cars to the Soviets. It was then that the latter suddenly disappeared, while driving with the former about 30 kilometers from Paris. The body will never be found. Seznec quickly became the main suspect and was sent to prison for life, even though nothing clearly indicated that he was the culprit.
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Madame Bovary
Title: Madame Bovary
Character: Rodolphe Boulanger
Released: April 3, 1991
Type: Movie
Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.
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The Amusements of Private Life
Title: The Amusements of Private Life
Character: Honoré de Dumont
Released: November 9, 1990
Type: Movie
Italian-French costume dramedy that takes place in France in the end of 18th Century during the French Revolution. It is "The Marriage of Figaro" meets "The Dangerous Liaisons" and it tells the story of two women, Mathilde Seurat, the actress and Julie Renard, the aristocratic wife and a mother (Delphine Forest plays both) with the same face who came from the different parts of society and at one point exchanged their identities and their lives. The movie also features Giancarlo Giannini and great Vittorio Gassman.
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Jean Galmot, aventurier
Title: Jean Galmot, aventurier
Character: Jean Galmot
Released: October 24, 1990
Type: Movie
Evocation of the life of the journalist Jean Galmot, adventurer, who established himself as a gold digger in Guyana in 1906. Madly in love with this country, he will die for having wanted to give dignity and freedom to the Guyanese people.
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Title: Les Nuls, l'émission
Character: Self - Guest
Released: October 13, 1990
Type: TV
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Affairs
Title: Affairs
Character: Carabas
Released: February 16, 1989
Type: Movie
What is the shady affair in which the woman is involved, and what is her role? Is or isn't the man a marquis? Who is the young man played by Fabrizio Bentivoglio, and why does he own that car? Does Basque nationalism have to do anything with the story? Everybody has something to hide, everybody seems guilty.
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La soule
Title: La soule
Released: February 8, 1989
Type: Movie
In the debacle of the battle of Vitoria in Spain in 1813, Pierre Cursey was robbed of the horses of his unit by a fugitive. He is taken prisoner and sent to a floating pontoon. He managed to survive but vowed to find the traitor who had put him through hell. He finds him two years later in a village in the Dordogne. Francois Lemercier is the town's shoemaker and above all the captain and hero of the local soule team, a ball game that dates back to the Middle Ages. Cursey will discover in Lemercier a man of chivalrous honor.
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The Nightmare of Méliès
Title: The Nightmare of Méliès
Character: Georges Méliès
Released: August 12, 1988
Type: Movie
An international homage to Méliès in 1988.
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Deux minutes de soleil en plus
Title: Deux minutes de soleil en plus
Character: Vic
Released: March 16, 1988
Type: Movie
A small town in the south of France. Sun, deserted streets. Unshaven, wearing poorly, Vic came, driving his 4x4, his wife has been released from the psychiatric hospital where she was serving a sentence of 5 years for killing their child. But is she really healed ?
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Engagements of the Heart
Title: Engagements of the Heart
Character: Charles Sambrat
Released: December 16, 1987
Type: Movie
Alice is the widow of a Jewish surgeon who helps the former diplomat Jerome smuggle Jews out of Austria to save them from the Nazis. The duo recruits Charles, a shoe manufacturer whose uncle is a Nazi sympathizer in the Vichy government. Charles and Alice become lovers when they are picked up in Paris by Nazi soldiers on a curfew violation.
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The Cry of the Owl
Title: The Cry of the Owl
Character: Robert
Released: October 28, 1987
Type: Movie
Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in...
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Title: Nulle part ailleurs
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 1987
Type: TV
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Top Managers
Title: Top Managers
Character: Gérard Gallois
Released: February 11, 1987
Type: Movie
While his three former college friends - Thierry, Gérard and Francis have made successful careers for themselves in business, Daniel has yet to make the grade. Tired of Daniel's frequent attempts to drag them into ill-considered ventures, Thierry and Gérard decide to play a cruel trick on him by making him think he has won the national lottery.
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The Woman of My Life
Title: The Woman of My Life
Character: Simon
Released: October 8, 1986
Type: Movie
Simon, a famous violinist, sinks into alcoholism. He finds support from his lover, who is also the manager of the orchestra in which he plays. But is she really helping him or is she exploiting his dependence on her? A man who has been through the same experience as Simon, offers to help him...
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Bras de fer
Title: Bras de fer
Character: Pierre Wagnies, alias Augustin
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: Movie
Complex and more cerebral than a wartime action-thriller, this espionage drama focuses on the relationship of two former buddies who were fencing masters before the war and in love with the same woman. Now Delancourt (Bernard Giraudeau) is apparently living a good life managing a gym in a Paris hotel under Nazi control, where he meets his former friend Pierre (Christophe Malavoy), who is on a secret assignment to mislead the Nazis on the date of the Normandie invasion. Pierre, alias Augustin, cannot figure out if Delancourt is a real resistance fighter or if he is a double agent. Circumstances create a larger and larger gap between the former friends while the plot goes through several twists and turns before Pierre's doubts are resolved.
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Death in a French Garden
Title: Death in a French Garden
Character: David Aurphet
Released: February 13, 1985
Type: Movie
The wealthy Tombsthays hire a guitar tutor, David Aurphet, for their daughter Vivian. The wife, Julia, begins a passionate affair with David. Edwige, Julia's new neighbour, also takes an interest in David. David is attacked one night on returning home but saved by a mysterious stranger Daniel who reveals himself to be a hired killer. David begins to suspect that his affair is no longer secret.
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L'arbre sous la mer
Title: L'arbre sous la mer
Character: Mathieu
Released: January 16, 1985
Type: Movie
Based on a book by Nikos Athenassiadis titled A Naked Young Girl, this slight, uneven fantasy-romance takes place on an isolated Greek island with a unique, petrified tree -- a part of the reason why Mathieu, a geologist (Christophe Malavoy) has arrived to do some research there. Other than the boatman who ferries back and forth to the mainland, the island's only inhabitants are a fisherman and his very pretty daughter Eleni (Eleni Drogoumi). Eleni seems a bit different right from the beginning; on the one hand, she likes wandering around dressed only in a long shirt, and on the other, she has a penchant for swimming all night with the dolphins. When the usually arrogant geologist starts transferring some of his interest from rocks to Eleni's comings-and-goings, he wonders if there is not something fishy about her parentage.
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Souvenirs souvenirs
Title: Souvenirs souvenirs
Character: Rego Boccara / John B. Cutton
Released: September 19, 1984
Type: Movie
A former singer, who was drafted and fought in the Algeria war, is demobilized and wants to make a come back, which is not easy when you've been gone for twenty-seven months; meanwhile, his kid brother falls in love with his music teacher and is involved in very bad things .Arrested, he is released thanks to the teacher's evidence who provides him with an alibi before leaving him for good.
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Le voyage
Title: Le voyage
Character: Thomas
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: Movie
The emotional interplay between an arguing couple, in love but not happy with their relationship, is meant to be the sustaining force in this crime drama with little other action. Thomas (Christophe Malavoy) has been blackmailed into carrying a shipment of explosives in his Peugeot to Egypt, where the devices will be forwarded to guerrillas on Cyprus. He brings his lover Veronique (Victoria Abril) along for the dangerous ride from Switzerland to the south, knowing the explosives can be easily detonated by accident and enemy agents as well as government agents are out to capture him. Both protagonists have a short fuse themselves, and as they separate and then come back together, their final destination looms ever closer in more ways than one.
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Scarlet Fever
Title: Scarlet Fever
Character: Jacques
Released: August 8, 1983
Type: Movie
In a building on the Boulevard Haussmann in Paris lives ten-year-old Roger, who is surrounded by women - his great-grandmother, his grandmother, and his mother Nicole. Living in an exclusively feminine environment, the boy wishes more than anything else to have a masculine presence around. His dream comes true when he meets Jacques, who's madly in love with Nicole and who is about to completely turn the boy's life upside down.
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A Captain's Honor
Title: A Captain's Honor
Character: Automarchi
Released: December 29, 1982
Type: Movie
During a televised debate on the Algerian war in the early 1980s, Professor Paulet denounced the methods of Captain Caron, killed in action in 1957. The widow of the captain, Patricia, decided to file a defamation suit.
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La Balance
Title: La Balance
Character: Tintin
Released: November 10, 1982
Type: Movie
A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.
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Family Rock
Title: Family Rock
Character: Christophe
Released: August 4, 1982
Type: Movie
A young, loving couple and their two children travel around the French countryside with an old-fashioned carousel in tow, setting it up in small towns and fairgrounds to earn a living. They are happy, supportive, and free-spirited, yet as time goes by, life on the road becomes more difficult -- it can be boring, and the family is sometimes eyed with distrust by the more conservative provincials and by the police. As the family begins to feel the effects of these aloof attitudes, their solidity is invaded by cracks and chinks until they are well on their way to losing their once-happy union. At that point, one of the children has a bad accident, causing the family members intense anxiety, and as a result, the perspective on their differences starts to change.
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Singles
Title: Singles
Character: Terry
Released: January 27, 1982
Type: Movie
Abandoned by his wife, Bernard struggles to overcome his grief and settles in a residence for singles. Employed by "SOS Doctors", he provides night guards to occupy his insomnia. That's how he is brought one night to help a neighbor, Nadine Foulon, victim of discomfort in the elevator. It turns out that Nadine is also going through a difficult time, since her companion, Terry, a singer-guitarist, has left her. A professional photographer, she can not forget it and has since oscillated between depression and bulimia. Gathered by their pains of heart, these two beings will, with the wire of the confidences, become more intimate ...
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: L'Ennemi de la mort
Character: M. de Bretout
Released: August 28, 1981
Type: TV
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A Sweet Journey
Title: A Sweet Journey
Character: L'homme du train
Released: January 4, 1980
Type: Movie
Lucia and Elena are best friends since childhood. They take a car trip from Paris to the country. Their conversations are overtly intimate, but more revealing is their tacit understanding of each others' personality and desires.
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Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
Title: Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears
Character: Le conducteur de la Renault 5 Alpine
Released: January 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Two brothers are fighting for a one girl attention...
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Dossier 51
Title: Dossier 51
Character: Agent 8956
Released: August 30, 1978
Type: Movie
French diplomat Dominique Auphal is put under surveillance by an unnamed secret service. They wish to find a weakness in his life in order to control him politically. Auphal becomes "File no. 51": his private life is spied, analysed and commented.
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The Dangerous Mission
Title: The Dangerous Mission
Character: Un soldat
Released: April 22, 1975
Type: Movie
1944. A young French soldier is involved, without really wanting it, into American operations for Liberation.