11 Movies Starring Franèois Damiens

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-09

Languages:

French, Arabic, German

Countries:

France

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (12642 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Franèois Halin (scenario)

Jean Bruce (novel)

Jean-Franèois Halin (adaptation)

Michel Hazanavicius (adaptation)

Fullplot:

An homage to classic spy films. It's 1955 and after a fellow agent and close friend disappears, secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, a.k.a. OSS 117, is ordered to take his place at the head of a poultry firm in Cairo. This is to be his cover while he is busy investigating, foiling Nazi holdouts, quelling a fundamentalist rebellion, and bedding local beauties.

The Rabbi's Cat

The Rabbi's Cat

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1997 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Sandrina Jardel (screenplay)

Joann Sfar (comic book series)

Joann Sfar (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Algiers, 1920s. Rabbi Sfar has more than one problem. His beautiful daughter Zlabya is becoming a teenager and above all, his parrot-killing cat has just started talking. The delivery of a box from Russia further complicates things when a painter is discovered inside, more dead than alive. He is on a quest for a hidden tribe and its mythical city in Africa. Convinced that the city exists, he sets off on an incredible adventure, taking with him the Rabbi, his cat, a wise old Arab Sheikh and an eccentric Russian millionaire.

Heartbreaker

Heartbreaker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-17

Languages:

French, English, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Mandarin

Countries:

France, Monaco

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (19641 Reviews)

Director:

Pascal Chaumeil

Cast:

Writer:

Laurent Zeitoun (scenario)

Jeremy Doner (scenario)

Yoann Gromb (scenario)

Laurent Zeitoun (original idea)

Fullplot:

You could say Alex Lippi is a ladies' man but it is not true. Of course he has already wooed and charmed armies of women, young and less young, French and foreign. But Alex does it only on active service. Indeed he is appointed to break up undesired couplings. This time he must prevent a rich young lady from marrying an English millionaire. The girl is beautiful and the future husband a perfect match. Will he manage to accomplish this difficult mission?

Holidays by the Sea

Holidays by the Sea

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-06-29

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

77 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (258 Reviews)

Director:

Pascal Rabatè

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Delicacy

Delicacy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-21

Languages:

French, Swedish

Countries:

France

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (9245 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

David Foenkinos (scenario)

David Foenkinos (novel)

Fullplot:

A French woman mourning over the death of her husband three years prior is courted by a Swedish co-worker.

Suzanne

Suzanne

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-18

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (771 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Mariette Dèsert

Katell Quillèvèrè

Fullplot:

The story of a family and a love affair told through the journey of a young woman called Suzanne.

Tip Top

Tip Top

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-11

Languages:

Arabic, French

Countries:

France, Luxembourg, Belgium

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

4.7 (301 Reviews)

Director:

Serge Bozon

Cast:

Writer:

Axelle Ropert (scenario)

Serge Bozon (scenario)

Odile Barski (collaboration)

James Tucker (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

Je fais le mort

Je fais le mort

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-11

Languages:

French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (504 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Paul Salomè

Cècile Telerman (collaboration)

Jèrème Tonnerre (collaboration)

Fullplot:

A has-been actor takes a job playing the victims in a homicide reenactment, where he sparks with the civil officer investigating the real-life crime.

The Bèlier Family

The Bèlier Family

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-12-17

Languages:

French, Sign Languages, Spanish

Countries:

France, Belgium

Runtime:

106 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (8880 Reviews)

Director:

Eric Lartigau

Cast:

Writer:

Victoria Bedos (original idea)

Thomas Bidegain (adaptation)

Stanislas Carrè de Malberg (screenplay)

Eric Lartigau (adaptation)

Fullplot:

The Bèliers are ordinary people: Rodolphe and Gigi are married, have two children and run their farm for a living. Ordinary people? Well, almost... since three of them, Dad, Mum and their son Quentin, are deaf. Which is not the case of the boy's big sister, Paula. And not only can she speak but her music teacher scouts her beautiful voice as well. He offers her to sit for the entrance exam of the Maètrise de Radio France, a vocal elite choir in Paris. Her parents, who rely on her as their ears and mouth in the outside world, take the news badly. Paula, who hates the idea of betraying her parents and her brother, goes through a painful dilemma...

The Brand New Testament

The Brand New Testament

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-09-01

Languages:

French

Countries:

Belgium, France, Luxembourg

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (575 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?

Les cowboys

Les cowboys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-11-25

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

114 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (39 Reviews)

Director:

Thomas Bidegain

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A father sets out to find his missing daughter with the help of his son.

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