12 Movies Starring Albert Dupontel

Bernie

Bernie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-27

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2537 Reviews)

Director:

Albert Dupontel

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Albert Dupontel (dialogue)

Albert Dupontel (screenplay)

Gilles Laurent

Fullplot:

Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation, he meets Marion, a young heroin addict and falls in love with her. He believes that his family was victim of a plot and this is why they deserted him.

La maladie de Sachs

La maladie de Sachs

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-09-22

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (613 Reviews)

Director:

Michel Deville

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Michel Deville

Rosalinde Deville

Martin Winckler (novel)

Fullplot:

Irreversible

Irreversible

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-05-22

Languages:

French, Spanish, Italian, English

Countries:

France

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (78256 Reviews)

Director:

Gaspar Noè

Fullplot:

Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass. Her boyfriend and ex-lover take matters into their own hands by hiring two criminals to help them find the rapist so that they can exact revenge. A simultaneously beautiful and terrible examination of the destructive nature of cause and effect, and how time destroys everything.

Locked Out

Locked Out

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-04-05

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1508 Reviews)

Director:

Albert Dupontel

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Albert Dupontel

Guillaume Laurant (collaborating writer)

Fullplot:

The story of a glue-sniffing homeless person who stumbles upon a policeman committing suicide and decides to put his abandoned uniform to good use. Initially this means using it to steal food from the police canteen but soon Roland discovers that wearing the uniform gives him certain powers and responsibilities, particularly tracking down the kidnapped child of a former porn star whose picture he had fallen in love with.

Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-27

Languages:

French, English, Japanese

Countries:

France

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (3577 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Danièle Thompson (screenplay)

Christopher Thompson (screenplay)

Danièle Thompson (dialogue)

Fullplot:

Jessica, raised by her grandmother, comes to Paris and gets a job at a bar across from a performance complex where a play, a concert, and an art auction will occur the same evening. It's a world in flux: the play's star wants off a popular TV soap that's made her rich, and she covets the lead in a film about de Beauvoir and Sartre; the pianist hates the concert circuit, but his wife who's his manager may leave him if he quits; a self-made widower with a girlfriend less than half his age is selling his collection of modern art - his son, a professor, objects to his father's love life. The stage manager at the complex is resigning after 30 years. Jessica sets the tone for how all plays out.

Odette Toulemonde

Odette Toulemonde

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-02-07

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1689 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The wealthy and seductive writer is going to land in her life in a totally unexpected way. The story of a meeting between two unusual castaways who have nothing in common...

L'ennemi intime

L'ennemi intime

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-10-02

Languages:

French, Arabic, Kabyle

Countries:

France, Morocco

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (2687 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Patrick Rotman (screenplay)

Florent-Emilio Siri (adaptation)

Patrick Rotman (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.

Love Me No More

Love Me No More

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-04-30

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

85 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2059 Reviews)

Director:

Jean Becker

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Franèois d'èpenoux (novel)

Eric Assous (adaptation)

Franèois d'èpenoux (adaptation)

Jean Becker (adaptation)

Jèrème Beaujour

Fullplot:

Antoine Mèliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and money. But one day he decides to ruin everything in one weekend.

Louise-Michel

Louise-Michel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-12-24

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1927 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Benoèt Delèpine (screenplay)

Gustave Kervern (screenplay)

Fullplot:

What to do when the workers of a factory have been laid off overnight? Louise has an original idea: why not pool the compensation money to ... hire a hit man and to liquidate the boss? Motion accepted so Louise goes in search of the gem they need and unfortunately comes across Michel, a stinky security specialist. Michel, who is busted, gladly accepts the deal but proves so inept that he sub-contracts the job to improbable novices. Moreover, as the factory was a mere branch of a multinational company, it is no bed of roses to find the one who actually made the decision to outsource its activities. But Louise will not give up so easily.

The Clink of Ice

The Clink of Ice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-25

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

87 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1619 Reviews)

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

An alcoholic writer is visited by an incarnation of his cancer.

Le grand soir

Le grand soir

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-06-06

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Belgium, Germany

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1388 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

The film tells the story of 2 brothers. One punk, one salesman. The salesman get laid off, and slowly becomes a punk like his brother.

9-Month Stretch

9-Month Stretch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-10-16

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

82 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (2886 Reviews)

Director:

Albert Dupontel

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Hèctor Cabello Reyes (collaboration)

Olivier Demangel (collaboration)

Albert Dupontel (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ariane Felder, a judge of strict morals discovers she's pregnant by Bob Nolan, a criminal wanted for murder.

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