Melvil Poupaud — Actor (25)
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Towards Zero (2007)
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Pascal Thomas actor: François Morel / Danielle Darrieux …
other title: Die Stunde Null / L'Heure zéro …
Inviting the ex-wife to a family reunion when the none-too-secure new wife will be there hardly seems to be a recipe for success, and true to form, bodies have begun to stack up by the end of this cinematic update of a classic Agatha Christie tale. Luckily for the extended clan gathered at a sumptuous waterfront estate in Northern France, Inspector Martin Bataille is on hand to find out not only "who done it" but why.
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Fado, Major and Minor (1995)
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Raúl Ruiz actor: Jean-Luc Bideau / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: Fado majeur et mineur
Pierre, a middle-aged tourist guide, is the victim of a sudden failure : he does not recognize anything about him any longer. He goes back home and in his apartment he finds a mysterious young man who tells him he is here to avenge a young woman who has taken her own life. What share of responsibility does Pierre hold in this situation?
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Innocent Lies (1995)
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Patrick Dewolf actor: Gabrielle Anwar / Stephen Dorff …
other title: Intrigo perverso / Unschuldige Lügen …
In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague. Prime suspects are the members of English aristocratic family with plenty of skeletons in the closet. This is a loose adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Towards Zero.
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A Christmas Tale (2008)
Un conte de Noël
Arnaud Desplechin actor: Catherine Deneuve / Jean-Paul Roussillon …
other title: Racconto di Natale / Um Conto de Natal …
When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in many years, their intricate, long denied resentments and yearnings emerge again.
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The Heart's Root (2000)
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Paulo Rocha actor: Luis Miguel Cintra / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: A Raiz do Coração / La Racine du cœur …
Set in the Lisbon during the festivities of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of lovers and the old town. The story is about Cato, a nationalist politician who is charismatic and unscrupulous. He obsessively pursues Silvia, a mystical and mysterious young transvestite whom he meets at the festival. When Silvia runs into Vicente, a policeman who arrests transvestites and threatens them, Silvia must look towards blackmail to save herself. Compromising photos of Cato start to emerge among opposition parties and he must do all in his power to save his political career.
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Souvenir (1996)
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Michael H. Shamberg actor: D. Stanton Miranda / Melvil Poupaud …
An elliptical, poetic film about an American woman sportswriter who wanders around Paris remembering traumatic experiences in her life.
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The Insomniac on the Bridge (1985)
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Raúl Ruiz actor: Michael Lonsdale / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: L'Éveillé du pont de l'Alma / L'éveillé du pont de l'Alma
This quickly-filmed avant-garde farce by prolific director Raul Ruiz features an insomniac (Michel Lonsdale) whose main preoccupation is surreptitiously watching private matters -- he is a voyeur. He and an equally disreputable acquaintance rape a woman alongside the Seine, a crime made all the worse because she is pregnant. The rest of this slow-paced film deals with the consequences of that action.
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Love Torn in a Dream (2000)
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Raúl Ruiz actor: Melvil Poupaud / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: Pugna d’amore in sogno / Combate de Amor em Sonho …
A serious young man of free spirit is forced by his surroundings to become rich at all costs. A group of blind children tries to open the eyes of the unbelievers to the Christian faith. Retired nuns who open a brothel, to pay the running costs of the convent. These rather ironic paradoxes turn this fairytale into a philosophical fable.
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Heads or Fails (2025)
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Lenny Guit / Harpo Guit actor: Maria Cavalier-Bazan / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: Aimer perdre
Armande Pigeon, a queen of shenanigans in Brussels struggles to make ends meet because she can’t stop gambling on everything, always ending up on the wrong side of luck. When she teams up with Ronnie one night, everything changes — they win it all. And when you hit a winning streak, you have to know when to stop.
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By the Grace of God (2019)
Grâce à Dieu
François Ozon actor: Melvil Poupaud / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: Grazie a Dio / Gud være lovet …
Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.
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By the Grace of God (2019)
Grâce à Dieu
François Ozon actor: Melvil Poupaud / Melvil Poupaud …
other title: Grazie a Dio / Gud være lovet …
Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.
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Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)
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Raúl Ruiz actor: Adriano Luz / Maria João Bastos …
other title: Mistérios de Lisboa / Misterios de Lisboa …
The tragic story of the many lives of Father Dinis, his dark origins and his pious works, and the different fates of all those who, trapped in a sinister web of love, hate and crime, cross paths with him through years of adventure.
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Summer of 85 (2020)
Été 85
François Ozon actor: Melvil Poupaud / Félix Lefebvre …
other title: Estate '85 / Verão de 85 …
What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.