Med Hondo

Med Hondo

Born: May 4, 1935
Died: March 2, 2019
in Ain Beni Mathar, Maroc
Med Hondo was a Mauritanian film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and voice actor. He emigrated to France in 1959 and began to work in film during the 1960s. He received critical acclaim for his 1967 directorial début Soleil O. Son vrai nom est Mohamed Abid né le samedi 4 mai 1935, à Ain Beni Mathar au Maroc et décédé le samedi 2 mars 2019 à l'âge de 83 ans au 14ème arrondissement de Paris.

Movies for Med Hondo...

Med Hondo – Rebel African Film-maker
Title: Med Hondo – Rebel African Film-maker
Character: Self
Released: June 1, 2022
Type: Movie
The story of Mohamed "Med" Hondo, from his humble beginnings in Mauritania, to smuggling himself on board a ship to France, to finding recognition as a modern African cinema director and actor.
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Spike
Title: Spike
Character: Raymon (voice)
Released: December 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Festive children's animation following the adventures of a young elf who graduates to Santa's workshop. Unfortunately, as hard as Spike tries, he struggles to adapt to life in the workshop and cause no end of trouble. From the award winning producer of Jungle Bunch, Spike is the amazing story of how a little elf save Christmas.
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Asterix and the Vikings
Title: Asterix and the Vikings
Character: Baba, la vigie des pirates (voice)
Released: April 5, 2006
Type: Movie
Asterix and Obelix have been given a tough mission: Transform the chief's lazy nephew Justforkix into a warrior. When the Vikings abduct him and bring him back to their homeland, Asterix and Obelix must travel to Norway to rescue Justforkix.
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Incontrôlable
Title: Incontrôlable
Character: Rex (voice)
Released: February 8, 2006
Type: Movie
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
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Title: Funky Cops
Character: Ace Anderson
Released: May 4, 2002
Type: TV
Ace Anderson and Dick Kowalski are two semi-competent cops in San Francisco during the late 1970s. They show more attention towards appearing cool and disco dancing, but finish the cases by the end of the day. They are assisted by their disgruntled police chief Captain Dobbs, plucky reporter Miss Lee, and fellow disco lover Boogaloo.
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Antilles sur Seine
Title: Antilles sur Seine
Character: Horace
Released: December 13, 2000
Type: Movie
Corruption threatens to move into a heretofore idyllic village in this comedy-drama. Hector St. Rose is the mayor of a seaside community in the Antilles Islands, a French-controlled territory in the West Indies. Hector has long been determined not to sacrifice the well-being of his constituents in order to make the village more attractive to tourists, which has made him popular with his citizens, but not so much so with outside developers.
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The Gods Must Be Daring
Title: The Gods Must Be Daring
Character: Le pilote
Released: April 30, 1997
Type: Movie
A priceless statuette "Dancing God" is transfered from Africa to France. Scoundrels of all stripes are dreaming of steeling it. The most clever of them are trying to replace the original with the copy. Chases, adventures, breathtaking stunts, shootouts - life is not worth a penny, when the priceless treasure is on stake.
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L'Année des Guignols - J'y arrive pas
Title: L'Année des Guignols - J'y arrive pas
Character: Pierre Diouf (voice)
Released: February 28, 1997
Type: Movie
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1871
Title: 1871
Character: Karl Marx
Released: September 9, 1990
Type: Movie
A young actress becomes politically aware within the Paris Commune of 1871.
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Ouaga
Title: Ouaga
Released: December 4, 1988
Type: Movie
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The Making of West Indies
Title: The Making of West Indies
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Taken during the filming of "West Indies," this film shows the making of the monumental set in the middle of the former Citroën factory, as well as backstage activity and rehearsals on the set.
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Safrana or Freedom of Speech
Title: Safrana or Freedom of Speech
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: Movie
Four young African workers attempt to break the spell of their poverty-stricken lives in Paris by looking to small farmers on the Gold Coast for information adaptable to their own country.
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Title: Police Commissioner Moulin
Character: Max, le joueur de saxo
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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The Spiral
Title: The Spiral
Character: Narrator (French version) (voice)
Released: April 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Documentary on the events provoked by the systematic attack of imperialism on the Popular Unity government in Chile, presided by Salvador Allende.
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The Ambassadors
Title: The Ambassadors
Character: Med
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: Movie
"Ambassadors" is a euphemistic name given by the French to Arab "guest-workers," or imported laborers. In this film, the Arab workers are shown enduring the difficulties of life in a racist society, as well as the hardships they impose on one another.
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A Walk with Love and Death
Title: A Walk with Love and Death
Character: Entertainer
Released: October 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Attempting to evade the turmoil of France's Hundred Years' War, Parisian student Heron of Foix decides to journey to the sea. En route, he meets the pretty aristocrat Lady Claudia, and the couple begin a romance amid the intense conflict. As the struggle between peasants and noblemen rages on, Heron and Claudia take shelter at a monastery -- but even their newfound love can't completely keep the horrors of war at bay.
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Zita
Title: Zita
Character: James
Released: January 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Because "Tante Zita" main theme is death: a twenty-year old girl, Annie (Shimkus) lives with her mother and her aunt (both played by first-class actresses Suzanne Flon and Katina Paxinou). The auntie is dying, and for the first time in her life, Annie has to cope with death. One night, she finds it too hard to bear, and leaving home where the old woman is suffering, she begins to hang around in Paris. She will meet people, and, from dusk to dawn, she will learn to leave her childhood behind and to grow into a woman.
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Shock Troops
Title: Shock Troops
Character: Florent
Released: April 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A French resistance group frees twelve captured soldiers from a German prison camp, but apparently there is an additional prisoner among them who is suspected of being an enemy spy.
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Masculin Féminin
Title: Masculin Féminin
Character: Man in the Subway (uncredited)
Released: March 22, 1966
Type: Movie
Paul, a young idealist trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life, takes a job interviewing people for a marketing research firm. He moves in with aspiring pop singer Madeleine. Paul, however, is disillusioned by the growing commercialism in society, while Madeleine just wants to be successful. The story is told in a series of 15 unrelated vignettes.
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Môl
Title: Môl
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 1966
Type: Movie
A young fisherman dreams of motorizing his boat to make his work easier. His dream becomes reality, thanks to his courage and his determination but causes conflict between traditional values and the modern notion of progress.
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La Tragédie du Roi Christophe
Title: La Tragédie du Roi Christophe
Character: Magny
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Les verts pâturages
Title: Les verts pâturages
Character: St Pierre
Released: December 31, 1964
Type: Movie
A French TV movie directed by Jean-Christophe Averty , broadcast on December 24, 1964 . The Old Testament set in Louisiana with an all black cast.