Jean Benguigui

Jean Benguigui

Born: April 8, 1944
in Oran, Algérie
Jean Benguigui (born 8 April 1944 in Oran) is a French actor. He is of Jewish-Algerian descent. In 2006 and 2007 he played the role of impresario Cartoni in a new adaptation of the operetta Le Chanteur de Mexico at the Théâtre du Châtelet.

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Movies for Jean Benguigui...

Once Upon a Time in Algeria
Title: Once Upon a Time in Algeria
Character: Lisa
Released: November 15, 2023
Type: Movie
The childhood of the movie director Antoine Lisner, who left Algeria in 1962. In order to present his new movie, he comes back to Algiers with his son.
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The canapé
Title: The canapé
Character: Edouard Le Tellier, producer
Released: April 23, 2022
Type: Movie
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Title: Lupin
Character: Alberto
Released: January 8, 2021
Type: TV
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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La Moustache
Title: La Moustache
Character: The father
Released: December 29, 2020
Type: Movie
Today is a big day for Sylvain Sabourdin: he has to meet his future father-in-law, go through a job interview and make big decisions. But while he is getting ready, a power outage prevents him from shaving completely and leaves him with a moustache: Hitler's moustache.
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Title: Les Copains d'abord
Character: Bernard
Released: July 30, 2020
Type: TV
Faced with eviction, two neighboring families will risk everything to continue living together — even if it’s the worst idea they’ve ever had.
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Conviction
Title: Conviction
Character: Maître Francis Szpiner
Released: February 6, 2019
Type: Movie
Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office, and fearing a miscarriage of justice, she convinces a leading lawyer to defend him during his second trial, on appeal. Together, they will put up a tenacious fight against injustice.
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Like Me : La Fête Interdite
Title: Like Me : La Fête Interdite
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2018
Type: Movie
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Lili Within the Clouds
Title: Lili Within the Clouds
Character: Grandpa
Released: March 21, 2018
Type: Movie
While on vacation with Meï at her grandfather's place, Lili decides to build a plane to go and visit the person she misses.
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Brillantissime
Title: Brillantissime
Character: Le boucher
Released: January 17, 2018
Type: Movie
After getting dumped on Christmas Eve, Angela must rebuild her life surrounded by her rebellious teenager, her tyrannical mother, her hysterical best friend, and a weird psychologist.
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Title: Amanda
Character: Self
Released: September 5, 2016
Type: TV
The program combines comedy, celebrity, musical guests, and human-interest stories.
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Un homme d'État
Title: Un homme d'État
Character: Michel Tourande
Released: June 15, 2016
Type: Movie
Just a few weeks before elections, the outgoing President of Republic, Jean François Vanier (Patrick Braoudé), is at the lowest in the polls, leader of the most powerful right wing party he is trying to find a mainstay.
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Les Gorilles
Title: Les Gorilles
Character: Vargas
Released: April 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Alfonso, brutal agent of the Department of Protection of High Personalities, is forced to team up with young inexperienced recruit Walter, fascinated by the world of show biz. This improbable duo is in charge of the protection of Jal-Y, a young R'n'B star threatened by his ex, a criminal on the run.
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Laurent Ruquier, on ne demande qu'à le connaître
Title: Laurent Ruquier, on ne demande qu'à le connaître
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 2012
Type: Movie
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Bay of Algiers
Title: Bay of Algiers
Character: Steiger
Released: June 26, 2012
Type: Movie
The writer Louis Gardel remembers his youth in Algeria. In 1955, Louis is 15 years old and lives with his grandmother Zoé. Zoé is friend with president Steiger, leader of the French settlers but also with the old Arab Bouarab. One night looking at the Bay of Algiers, Louis is convinced that the world in which he has grown will disappear. The first events of the War of Independence have begun. The young boys and young girls have a good time at the seaside: swimming, dancing, flirting. But, little by little, the war becomes part of their daily life.
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Title: Our dear neighbors
Character: Kévin
Released: June 4, 2012
Type: TV
Large family or recomposed, teenagers tortured by their hormones, mothers overwhelmed family, students and party rascals, pretty sexy neighbor, retired always on the lookout for a gossip ... Life and relations - sometimes friendly, sometimes tense , but always funny of a band of neighbors who cross every day, like millions of French ... In front of the landing, in the elevator, while leaving the garbage cans or leaving to work ...
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Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
Title: Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder
Character: Joseph Sercia
Released: April 16, 2012
Type: Movie
February 25, 1994, Yann Piat is executed at point blank range by two gunmen on a motorcycle. Its first victories for the FN in 1986 to his ambition in 1994 to take the town hall of Hyères under the banner of the UDF, Yann Piat methods and a speech that upset both policies, businessmen, and middle.
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La Croisière
Title: La Croisière
Character: Le commandant
Released: August 17, 2011
Type: Movie
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A Cat in Paris
Title: A Cat in Paris
Character: Victor Costa (voice)
Released: December 15, 2010
Type: Movie
A thrilling mystery that unfurls in the alleys and on the rooftops of the French capital, Paris, over the course of one adventurous evening.
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Fatal
Title: Fatal
Character: Tony Tarba
Released: June 16, 2010
Type: Movie
Fatal... a diminutive for Fatal Bazooka, a bling-bling and hardcore rapper. A huge music star. Millions of fans, tens of hits, 4 « Artist of the year » Music Awards of Music, a range of fashion, a magazine, and soon his own amusement park : Fataland. He is the undisputed number one, until...
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Title: Scènes de ménages
Character: Norbert, le voisin de Raymond et Huguette à Plestin-les-Grèves
Released: November 9, 2009
Type: TV
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Title: Scènes de ménages
Character: Norbert, mari de Martine et voisin de camping
Released: November 9, 2009
Type: TV
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Coco
Title: Coco
Character: Zerbib
Released: July 21, 2009
Type: Movie
Coco is a French comedy released in 2009 and produced by Gad Elmaleh. This is the first embodiment of the actor, adapted from a sketch in the show La Vie Normale. Coco talks about organizing a Bar Mitzvah.
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So Happy Together
Title: So Happy Together
Character: Le père d'Alain
Released: June 17, 2009
Type: Movie
Famille : Groupe de personnes réunies par des liens de parenté et un fort sentiment de solidarité morale et matérielle. Quand Alain a épousé Nathalie, il ne savait pas qu'il épouserait aussi sa famille. Ce samedi, comme toutes les semaines, ils sont invités à dîner chez son beau-frère, Jean-Pierre à Créteil. C'est vrai, Alain en a marre de ces dîners familiaux, mais il ne sait pas encore ce qui l'attend véritablement ce soir-là... Ni les jours qui suivent
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Chat en Poche
Title: Chat en Poche
Character: Pacarel
Released: February 7, 2009
Type: Movie
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Hello Goodbye
Title: Hello Goodbye
Character: Simon Gash
Released: November 26, 2008
Type: Movie
French film icons Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant star in this romantic comedy about a Parisian couple in their fifties who share a comfortable life, a beautiful home, a posh country club and a midlife crisis. Following a dream vacation to Israel where Alain (Depardieu) explores his Jewish roots, Gisèle (Ardant) insists they change their life and move to Tel Aviv. While Gisèle, a Jewish convert, finds her new life inspiring; Alain fights to embrace Hebrew, Jewish tradition and a new circumcision. Will Alain and Gisèle learn whether Shalom represents Hello or Goodbye?
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Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Title: Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
Character: Cassim
Released: November 10, 2007
Type: Movie
The story of Ali Baba, who takes on forty thieves to save the Caliph of Baghdad and prevent a war between the Orient and the Occident.
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Title: Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Character: Kassim
Released: October 29, 2007
Type: TV
Set in and around Bagdad of the old times ALI BABA AND THE 40 THIEVES is the highly entertaining tale of kind but luckless Ali, played by French superstar Gérard Jugnor who finds himself unwilling in the centre of multiple difficult situations.
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Gomez vs Tavarès
Title: Gomez vs Tavarès
Character: Jacques
Released: June 13, 2007
Type: Movie
Two crooked lawmen (Stomy Bugsy, Titoff) search for a precious stone to collect an inheritance.
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Those Happy Days
Title: Those Happy Days
Character: Mimoun
Released: June 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, various problems linked to children about the rooms, trips, their belongings...
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La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
Title: La vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre
Character: Jean Benguigui
Released: January 25, 2005
Type: Movie
A documentary crew follow a minor TV star with a giant ego in is everyday life.
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Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Title: Lucky Luke and the Daltons
Character: Le Chef de Village
Released: November 8, 2004
Type: Movie
Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history...
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Qui mange quand ?
Title: Qui mange quand ?
Character: M. Arnaud
Released: October 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Two young parents are desperate to regain more defined roles when they realize that their son does not know his father from his mother.
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Grosse chaleur
Title: Grosse chaleur
Character: Paul
Released: September 29, 2004
Type: Movie
On vacation in the Luberon, a high ranking civil servant, in love with the good old fashioned thinking, has to put up with a bunch of troublemakers in his haven of tranquillity and prevent them from watering in circles. Wife, child and mother-in-law in the front row, brother-in-law and sister-in-law as bonus gifts. Add to that a terrible heat wave and a mother left alone in her apartment in Paris... The cocktail is boiling, even explosive... with this heat it will be hard to keep it cool.
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Le prix
Title: Le prix
Character: Biscuter
Released: July 23, 2004
Type: Movie
A Pepe Carvalho story.
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Les mers du sud
Title: Les mers du sud
Character: Biscuter
Released: July 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Long ago, the architect Stuart Pedrell told his family that he was going to the South Seas. However, his daughter Yes has recently received a postcard from her father that comes from a far less exotic place: L'Hospitalet. Carvalho goes to Bellvitge in order to find Yes' father and to discover why he lied to his family. Pedrell never went indeed to the South Seas. He took refuge in Bellvitge where he was murdered.
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La rose d'Alexandrie
Title: La rose d'Alexandrie
Character: Biscuter
Released: June 16, 2004
Type: Movie
When the corpse of Encarna Abellan appears destroyed on a beach in Barcelona, the detective Pepe Carvalho begins the research and travels to A Coruña. She was married to a wealthy owner belonging to a well-known A Coruña family and had traveled to Barcelona to undergo a fertility treatment, but had previously had relations with Ginés Larios, a merchant navy officer and ex-boyfriend, whom he had left to marry the rich heir The suicide of the latter seems to be the case by closed, however Carvalho decides to try to clarify everything.
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Turn Left at the End of the World
Title: Turn Left at the End of the World
Character: Isaac Shushan
Released: June 6, 2004
Type: Movie
The year is 1968. To a small town in the south of Israel, mostly inhabited by Moroccan immigrants, a few families from India arrive, searching for a better life in the west. The instinct driven Moroccans patronize the "black" Indians, while the quiet Indians see the Moroccans as Ignorant and coarse. In this cultural war two girls, Moroccan and Indian, discover the sexual revolution of the 60's.
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Mixed Marriage
Title: Mixed Marriage
Character: Maurice Abecassis, ami de Max
Released: May 26, 2004
Type: Movie
A woman seeks the blessing of her wealthy father when she becomes engaged.
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Cita mortal a l'Up & Down
Title: Cita mortal a l'Up & Down
Character: Biscuter
Released: July 16, 2003
Type: Movie
Carvalho is investigating the murder of a prison officer. The police suspect a young delinquent who had threatened to kill the officer. But Carvalho and Biscuter are on the trail of a friend and ex-cell partner of the defendant called "el Navajas" ("the penknife"). He is a pusher in the discotheque Up & Down. Things get worse when "el Navajas" turns out to be the main suspect of the murder in cold blood of a boy from a good family in the discotheque. Carvalho must find the pusher before the police in order to avoid that his client is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Title: L'Adieu
Character: Lucien
Released: April 28, 2003
Type: TV
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I, Cesar
Title: I, Cesar
Character: Papy
Released: April 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Cesar is a young schoolboy living in Paris with his family. Their life is ordinary, but Cesar wants more excitement (which he creates, in one instance, by claiming to his teachers that his father has been arrested). During the school holidays, Cesar and his friend Sarah decide to help their mutual friend, Morgan, find his father who supposedly lives in London. Each one tells their parents that they're staying with the other two, and together they sneak out to begin their search.
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The Young Casanova
Title: The Young Casanova
Character: Silhouette
Released: May 5, 2002
Type: Movie
Dashing through the streets of Venice, slipping from the clutches of the law, darting across Europe in search of new challenges, Giacomo Casanova races through life with irrepressible energy. Violinist, writer, soldier, spy, gambler, adventurer - it is as a lover that he unbridles the full force of his energy. A charmer and seducer, he, too, is charmed by the beauty of women, seduced by their passion, intrigued by their mystery.
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Dead Weight
Title: Dead Weight
Character: Saddam
Released: April 10, 2002
Type: Movie
Prison guard Reggio lets Moltes have a weekly lottery ticket in exchange for his suave relationship advice. When Moltes learns that he has a winning lottery ticket, he breaks out of jail to claim his money. However, Reggio's girlfriend, Pauline , has the ticket with her in Africa. The action involves the odd couple teaming up to find the ticket while being chased by Det. Youssouf , along with the vengeful Turk and the Giant.
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Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Title: Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Character: Malococsis
Released: January 30, 2002
Type: Movie
The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bets against the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, that her people are still great, even if the times of the Pharaohs has long passed. She vows (against all logic) to build a new palace for Caesar within three months. Since all her architects are either busy otherwise or too conservative in style, this ambivalent honor falls to Edifis. He is to build the palace and be covered in gold or, if not, his fate is to be eaten by crocodiles. Edifis calls upon an old friend to help him out: The fabulous Druid Getafix from Gaul, who brews a fantastic potion that gives supernatural strength. In order to help and protect the old Druid, Asterix and Obelix accompany him on his journey to Egypt. When Julius Caesar gets wind of the project succeeding, he has the building site attacked by his troops in order to win the bet and not lose face. But just like the local pirates, he hasn't counted on Asterix and Obelix.
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La juge Beaulieu
Title: La juge Beaulieu
Character: Commandent Etcheverry
Released: November 21, 2001
Type: Movie
Sophie Beaulieu, examining magistrate, cannot manage to find the limits between her work and her family life. The boundaries are further blurred when, following the violent death of her son, the judge finds herself involved in the investigation. Beaulieu thinks he knows who the murderer is, but he manages to escape justice.
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One Way Ticket
Title: One Way Ticket
Character: 'Place Vendôme'
Released: May 30, 2001
Type: Movie
Jean-Pierre (Jacques Villeret), un attaché humanitaire qui travaille au ministère des Affaires Etrangères, accepte de reconduire un jeune clandestin (Lorant Deutsch) dans son pays d'origine. Celui-ci appartient à la tribu des Hommes Gris d'Irghiz, réfugiés depuis la préhistoire dans une cité interdite du Haut Atlas.
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Across the Road
Title: Across the Road
Character: Henri de Villard
Released: February 9, 2000
Type: Movie
Author Jean Dorset has suffered from a bad case of writer's block since his first novel became a bestseller. He lives in a small apartment in Paris with his wife Michelle and, in spite of their ostensible success, the couple are having trouble making ends meet. One day they receive the utterly unexpected news that they are the sole inheritors of a wealthy neighbor, M. Guillemet, whom they have never met. Guillemet has left them his old townhouse along with all of his belongings, but with two conditions -- the first is that the dead man's papers be left untouched, and the second is that his live-in maid Clemence Richbourg remain employed at the estate. The Dorsets soon learn why they were the recipients of such strange generosity. Guillemet had set up a camera with a massive zoom lens pointing to their bedroom window. The couple is shocked and disgusted, but not enough to give up their new tony digs.
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Tal como éramos
Title: Tal como éramos
Character: Biscuter
Released: October 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Carvalho is hired to investigate the alleged threats to the daughter of the civil governor of Barcelona. Step by step, Carvalho realizes that there is something hidden in core of the mystery that goes back to something that happened in the past and that is related to the governor himself.
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Buscando a Sherezade
Title: Buscando a Sherezade
Character: Biscuter
Released: October 8, 1999
Type: Movie
Carvalho becomes involved in the search for a missing young dancer, daughter of a famous artist. The search for the dancer's last steps in Barcelona leads him to Italy, where she is supposed to have taken a cruise on the Mediterranean.
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La soledad del manager
Title: La soledad del manager
Character: Biscuter
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Carvalho is investigating the murder of a man by a prostitute, according to the job the man's wife has given him. But he cannot imagine that the issue goes far beyond and is at a much bigger scale than anyone may think. There is a large multinational behind all the deaths that happen while the investigation is taking place, and economic interests will put Carvalho and his friends in danger.
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Padre, patrón
Title: Padre, patrón
Character: Biscuter
Released: September 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Mister Joaquim Pelletier and his wife request the services of the private detective Pepe Carvalho to find the murderer of their only son, Mariano. As the investigations progress, Pepe finds out that Mariano was not such a model son as his father thought. He had a double life: a banker at daytime, a thug at night; he was cooperating with Jesús Arquimedes, the boss of the underworld, by doing illegal works for him. But Mariano had decided to betray Arquímedes, embezzling $500 000 of the money he was laundering in Bank Pelletier, to start a new life in the USA. Arquímedes puts pressure on Carvalho to find his money. Surprisingly enough for the detective, the guilty one is not Arquímedes, but the father of Mariano. Mister Jaoquim had a passionate relationship with his son since childhood, he wanted to mold his son as he had always dreamed, and never admitted that Mariano was someone different and a rebel who wanted to run away from Barcelona for ever.
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Title: Pepe Carvalho
Character: Biscuter
Released: September 10, 1999
Type: TV
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El hermano pequeño
Title: El hermano pequeño
Character: Biscuter
Released: June 28, 1999
Type: Movie
Leo Minués, who used to be a classmate of Carvalho, is found dead the same day he had to testify in a case of corruption and someone asks Carvalho to investigate it. He accepts the case and finds out that Leo was collecting illegal funds for his political party. From that moment, a number of signs appear. This allows Carvalho to discover that Mínguez had made a list of the people involved in the case of corruption. Some videotapes appear, which makes things even more complicated, and Carvalho finds himself walking on shifting land, surrounded by celebrities in the highest spheres. Why did Mínguez die? Who has got the list?
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El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer
Title: El delantero centro fue asesinado al atardecer
Character: Biscuter
Released: May 27, 1999
Type: Movie
To revive its sagging fortunes, Barcelona FC has bought the services of Jack Mortimer, European Footballer of the Year. No sooner has Mortimer taken possession of his company Porsche than death threats start arriving. Are they a hoax, the work of a loner or are they connected to the awesome real estate speculation that is tearing Barcelona apart? While Catalan pimps and racketeers are being hustled off the streets by crime syndicates from the Middle East, Pepe Carvalho is thinking of retirement, but the need to save the soul of his beloved Barcelona forces him to take on a case that can only end in disaster.
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Man's Best Friend
Title: Man's Best Friend
Character: Ralph
Released: April 28, 1999
Type: Movie
This is a light comedy about Amir, a young Pakistani who has been working for Jo for six years. Jo has a ready-to-wear clothes shop in the Sentier area and his business is prospering. He promised Amir that he would help him get his legal papers, but he has never kept his promise. Now he is sending Amir to his colleague Ralph in exchange for an unpaid debt from a card game. He thinks that this is a good opportunity to get rid of the illegal worker. Ralph is a fifty-year-old baby who keeps forgetting his appointments, his bank balance, and everything else that he should remember to run his life smoothly. His business is a complete disaster. A year later, Ralph's business has picked up, but Joe's is going down the drain. Thanks to whom? It is easy to answer this question if one follows Amir during his daily chores in the shop. But neither Jo nor Ralph's bother to take the time off to notice the hard work of this poor employee.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Bingo!
Title: Bingo!
Character: Tikossian
Released: June 24, 1998
Type: Movie
Vincent, a great connoisseur of racing and poker, and therefore in debt, lives in a hotel, as does André who is writing his first novel. Vincent's lenders are getting more and more urgent. To repay he must participate in a big game.
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The Swindle
Title: The Swindle
Character: Guadeloupe Gangster
Released: October 15, 1997
Type: Movie
Betty and Victor are a pair of scam artists. One day Betty brings in Maurice, a treasurer of a multinational company. Maurice is due to transfer 5 millions francs out of Switzerland, and Betty is convinced he plans to steal that money.
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Over the Rainbow
Title: Over the Rainbow
Character: Guardian
Released: May 7, 1997
Type: Movie
An apartment building caretaker with cannibalistic tendencies indulges in his passionate love for Lisa, one of the tenants.
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Salut cousin !
Title: Salut cousin !
Character: Maurice
Released: November 15, 1996
Type: Movie
The comedy in this lively film barely conceals its darker, more serious undertones as it chronicles a young Algerian's eye-opening introduction to the joys and travails of being an immigrant in Paris. Alilo has left his home to pick up an important suitcase for his employer. Unfortunately, he has lost the Parisian address. Fortunately, his cousin Mok, emigrated there several years before with his middle-class family before and is able to act as a guide. Mok, an aspiring rap singer, comes from a middle-class family, but chooses to live on his own in the dilapidated deteriorating 18th district, known as 'Moskova.' Mok characterizes the place as a haven for artists and intellectuals, but it is plainly just a Third World slum filled with tightly knit and colorful neighbors. Mok and Alilo have many interesting, some tragedy-tinged adventures over the five days it takes them to find the suitcase.
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Still Waters Run Deep
Title: Still Waters Run Deep
Character: Monsieur Salmain
Released: November 13, 1996
Type: Movie
Despite his lifelong efforts, Jean is one of those unfortunate men who can never understand women. This arty, metaphorical French film presents three examples of Jean's difficulties over the course of his long life. Each of the three episodes takes place beside the same river. He is first seen as a small boy playing on the river banks with the teenage girl he secretly loves. She mischievously promises to tell him her darkest secret if only he will perform a certain task for her. The story then takes a more surreal turn as a now-grown Jean, once again beside the river, toys with a beautiful woman at a picnic. She wants a commitment from him, but wily Jean is unwilling to satisfy her. In the final segment, Jean has become an old man and is once again deeply in love.
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Son of Gascogne
Title: Son of Gascogne
Character: Self
Released: February 18, 1995
Type: Movie
You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars, famous directors and sexy women are doting on you because they all think you're the son of their long-dead legendary friend. You never knew your dad, but the facts of this famous guy's life suggest that he might have fathered you. Your mom tells you nothing. All the fuss makes you uncomfortable at first but soon you find it's rather fun to be the son of the famous Gascogne. And in the midst of it all you fall in love. It is, after all, springtime in Paris.
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Tango
Title: Tango
Character: Lefort
Released: February 3, 1993
Type: Movie
Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L'Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge's nephew, Paul, is having trouble with his wife and they demand that Vincent kill her. The Judge, a confirmed bachelor, takes Paul and Vincent on the road to search for Paul's wife Marie. The three men get on well together, and spend their time discussing their relationship with women.
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The Big Pardon 2
Title: The Big Pardon 2
Character: Albert Zecri
Released: December 9, 1992
Type: Movie
The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he falls into a trap and a war begins in which Raymond will fight a last battle to try to save his son and what remains of his family.
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Loulou Graffiti
Title: Loulou Graffiti
Character: Commissioner Bloc
Released: April 8, 1992
Type: Movie
A little suburban troublemaker, Loulou Graffiti tries to bring together a man and a woman who aren't cut out for each other at all. She discovers, he steals.
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The Beautiful Story
Title: The Beautiful Story
Character: Doga
Released: March 18, 1992
Type: Movie
A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.
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My Life Is Hell
Title: My Life Is Hell
Character: Monsieur Chpil
Released: December 4, 1991
Type: Movie
The naive and self-conscious Leah mistakenly signs a pact with the devil Abargadon. But she's on Heaven's hit list, so the Archangel Gabriel intervenes to bring about the demon's demise. But Leah begins to find Abargadon attractive and not so bad. She decides to save his soul.
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A Day to Remember
Title: A Day to Remember
Character: Marcel
Released: March 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Bertille is an old woman who lives in the countryside. Her relatives reunite there with her as she is about selling the property. They don't take long to out their true intentions which are merely material on her estate. Also, Bertille is afflicted by her youngest son who has been in prison for a decade. Decades of fighting over Einstein's stick of truth has made Bertille very frail and easy to come down on.
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Le cri des hommes
Title: Le cri des hommes
Character: Fuentès
Released: February 1, 1991
Type: Movie
1957, the town of Mostaganem, Algeria: the country is still under French occupation, and repression of the National Liberation Front is at its height. The authorities indulge in torture, intimidation and public executions.
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Title: Le Gorille
Released: April 29, 1990
Type: TV
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My New Partner II
Title: My New Partner II
Character: Cesarini
Released: February 7, 1990
Type: Movie
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
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Plato's Banquet
Title: Plato's Banquet
Character: Apollodore
Released: July 27, 1989
Type: Movie
At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss the theme of love and sex: each of them intervenes to support its argument dialogical rules, within the context symposial.
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Title: Imogène
Character: Adjudant-chef Trouillet
Released: January 9, 1989
Type: TV
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Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Title: Une nuit à l'Assemblée Nationale
Character: Marcel
Released: June 8, 1988
Type: Movie
The leader of a nudist colony enlists the help of left-wing militant when he mistakenly believes he should receive the Legion of Honor.
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La Culotte
Title: La Culotte
Character: (Mandelstam
Released: August 12, 1987
Type: Movie
At Théobald, it’s not Louise who wears the pants. And for good reason: she just lost hers in public! The court official already feels shamed and does not hesitate to blame his half. However, this little female neglect will bring him much more than he thinks.
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Lorfou
Title: Lorfou
Character: Massin
Released: March 28, 1987
Type: Movie
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Control
Title: Control
Character: Max Bloch
Released: February 14, 1987
Type: Movie
An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with the outside, things work out fine.
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Milan noir
Title: Milan noir
Character: Di Giorgi
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
The story of a woman whose past comes back to haunt her after a former lover re-enters her life.
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The Fugitives
Title: The Fugitives
Character: Labib, bar boss
Released: December 17, 1986
Type: Movie
Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.
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The Flight of the Phoenix
Title: The Flight of the Phoenix
Character: Mendel
Released: September 26, 1984
Type: Movie
Staubli is happy. He has just concluded a considerable deal with El Farik, one of his biggest successes as an arms dealer. To sign his final contract, Staubli takes the plane with Loussif, Serge Tournier and his wife Laura. During a stopover, a mechanical incident immobilizes the group for a few days in the Moroccan desert. Then Tom arrives, a pilot who trades with his old plane, the Sphinx. A small business that works well. But among these particular customers, Laura strangely reminds him of the one who left him and because of whom he left everything before...
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Souvenirs souvenirs
Title: Souvenirs souvenirs
Character: Samuel
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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The Bitch
Title: The Bitch
Character: Rony
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: Movie
After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.
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The Judge
Title: The Judge
Character: Maître Donati
Released: April 11, 1984
Type: Movie
A courageous judge tries to dismantle a drug traffickers ring.
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Le Grand Carnaval
Title: Le Grand Carnaval
Character: Benjamin Fitoussi, alias "Johnny"
Released: December 7, 1983
Type: Movie
The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.
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The African
Title: The African
Character: Aristote Poulakis
Released: October 22, 1983
Type: Movie
Charlotte flies to East Africa to build a tourist center near Lake Williams where the pygmies live. Here she meets her husband Victor, a devoted conservationist who left her three years ago to live in the jungle. Can you imagine his enthusiasm when she arrives at the conclusion that the ideal place to build this holiday resort is his kitchen garden?
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Le Jeune Marié
Title: Le Jeune Marié
Character: Pierrot
Released: May 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Billy falls in love with another woman after his wedding party.
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Maman que man
Title: Maman que man
Released: October 15, 1982
Type: Movie
Several guests who are lesbian or gay go to a home for Christmas.
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The Big Pardon
Title: The Big Pardon
Character: Albert Zecri
Released: January 27, 1982
Type: Movie
The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their activities include running casinos, organizing underground boxing matches, illegal gambling, pimping, racketeering and bloody settlements of scores against other Arab and French clans. But in the shadows, Pascal Villars has sworn the loss of the Bettoun. He will succeed in setting the Arab clan against the Jewish clan, for the great benefit of the police commissioner Duché, who has been trying in vain for ten years to bring down the Bettouns.
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Title: La Traque
Character: Guérin (SRPJ Lyon)
Released: November 28, 1980
Type: TV
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Buffet Froid
Title: Buffet Froid
Character: Le tueur à gages
Released: December 19, 1979
Type: Movie
An absurd black comedy that cunningly reverses the conventions of the crime thriller to comment on the alienating and dehumanizing effects of contemporary urban life. Alphonse Tram is unwittingly involved in several murders despite having no memory of committing the crimes. His confusion lead him to confess to his neighbour, Inspector Morvandieu. Alphonse and Morvandieu become the axis around which murders occur.
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Memoirs of a French Whore
Title: Memoirs of a French Whore
Character: Jean-Jean
Released: October 17, 1979
Type: Movie
Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. But Gerard is a pimp, who soon forces her into prostitution. From within homes to out on the streets, the young woman gradually discovers a world of decay and violence.
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The Red Sweater
Title: The Red Sweater
Character: Charlie, le journaliste
Released: October 7, 1979
Type: Movie
A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Southern France. The publicity the book and film helped abolish capital punishment in France in 1981.
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The Bit Between the Teeth
Title: The Bit Between the Teeth
Character: Bosc
Released: September 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Three men with a penchant for gambling on the horses soon find themselves in trouble because of their addiction. Pierre (Michel Piccoli) is the math whiz who uses his talent for picking the winners. Charles (Michel Galabru) is the wealthy scrap-iron magnate who has embarrassing evidence on many prominent political figures. Loic (Jacques Dutronc) is the aspiring politico who seeks to further his career by any means possible. Charles approaches Loic and asks his political party for a loan in hopes of fixing an upcoming race....
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No Trifling with Love
Title: No Trifling with Love
Character: Bridaine
Released: December 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Perdican, his studies completed, returns to his family castle at the same time as Camille, returning from the convent where she was raised. The two young people are promised to each other, but the young girl appears distant. Out of spite, Perdican courts Rosette, a peasant girl, Camille's foster sister who, for her part, announces her plan to take the veil. Perdican announces his marriage to Rosette. On the eve of the wedding, Camille and Perdican finally confess their love to each other. But Rosette, who heard everything, commits suicide, which separates the two lovers forever.
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The Question
Title: The Question
Character: Claude
Released: May 4, 1977
Type: Movie
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belonging to the FLN, he is actively sought by paratroopers.
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Title: Police Commissioner Moulin
Character: Max
Released: August 4, 1976
Type: TV
The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.
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Little Marcel
Title: Little Marcel
Released: April 6, 1976
Type: Movie
A homeless young man, living in his delivery truck, is simultaneously adopted by a pranksome group of youngsters and made into a police informer. Believing that he is doing something good both for the other kids and for himself, he has no qualms.
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The Story of Paul
Title: The Story of Paul
Character: L'Italien
Released: October 15, 1975
Type: Movie
A young man is checked into a mental hospital for unexplained reasons.
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The French Calvinists
Title: The French Calvinists
Released: February 22, 1972
Type: Movie
A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed groups following Gédéon Laporte and fought Louis XIV's dragoons.