Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948, ) is a French actor. He has won a number of honors including a nomination for an
Academy AwardThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
for the title role in
Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
and the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in
Green CardGreen Card is a 1990 American/Australian/French romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Weir. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United States.-Plot:Brontë...
.
Gérard Depardieu was born in
ChâteaurouxChâteauroux is the capital of the Indre department in central France and the second-largest town in Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called Castelroussines or Castelroussins....
,
IndreIndre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.-History:Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, France. He is one of six children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe "la Liette" (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel "le Dédé" Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman.
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948, ) is a French actor. He has won a number of honors including a nomination for an
Academy AwardThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
for the title role in
Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
and the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in
Green CardGreen Card is a 1990 American/Australian/French romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Weir. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United States.-Plot:Brontë...
.
Biography
Gérard Depardieu was born in
ChâteaurouxChâteauroux is the capital of the Indre department in central France and the second-largest town in Berry, after Bourges. Its residents are called Castelroussines or Castelroussins....
,
IndreIndre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River. The inhabitants of the department are called Indriens.-History:Indre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
, France. He is one of six children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe "la Liette" (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel "le Dédé" Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman. Depardieu spent more time in the street than in the classroom and left school at 13. At the age of 16, Depardieu left Châteauroux for Paris. There, he studied dancing under Jean-Laurent Cochet, and went on to become one of France's most renowned actors. In 1986, his fame grew as a result of his performance as a doomed, hunchbacked farmer in the film
Jean de FloretteJean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is part of a duology, and is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited...
. Five years later he won a
CésarCesar may refer to:-People:*César, an alias for Gerardo Aguilar Ramírez, Colombian guerrillero*César Baldaccini, French sculptor*César Castro, Brazilian diver...
for his starring role in
Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
. More recently, he has played Obélix in the three
AstérixThe Adventures of Asterix is a series of French comic strips written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo . The series first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959...
movies.
In 1970 Depardieu married
Élisabeth GuignotÉlisabeth Depardieu , born Élisabeth Dominique Lucie Guignot, is a French actress. She married Gérard Depardieu on 19 February 1971. They had two children together, Guillaume Depardieu and Julie Depardieu...
with whom he had two children, actor
GuillaumeGuillaume Depardieu was a French actor.-Biography:Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and actress Élisabeth Depardieu. He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu...
(1971–2008) and actress
JulieJulie Marion Depardieu is a French actress who has appeared in a number of successful movies.She is the daughter of Gérard Depardieu and Élisabeth Depardieu, and the sister of the late Guillaume Depardieu—all of whom are also film actors...
(1973). In 1992, while separated from Élisabeth, he had a daughter, Roxane, with the model Karine Sylla. In 1996 he divorced Élisabeth and began a relationship with actress
Carole BouquetCarole Bouquet is a French actress and fashion model, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1977. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France....
, with whom he was married from 1997 to 2005. On 14 July 2006, he had a son, Jean, with French-Cambodian Hélène Bizot, according to the issue 3089 (31 July 2008) of
Paris MatchParis Match is a French weekly magazine. It covers major national and international news along with celebrity lifestyle features. It was founded in 1949 by the industrialist Jean Prouvost....
. Since 2005, Depardieu has lived with a
HarvardHarvard University is a private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and currently comprises ten separate academic units...
-educated novelist, Clémentine Igou.
On 13 October 2008, his son
GuillaumeGuillaume Depardieu was a French actor.-Biography:Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and actress Élisabeth Depardieu. He was the brother of actress Julie Depardieu and half-brother of Roxane and Jean Depardieu...
died at the age of 37 from complications linked to a sudden case of
pneumoniaPneumonia is an inflammatory illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolar inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid ....
.
Awards
Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role
CésarThe César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma....
15 times during his career and won it twice, in 1981 and 1991. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for his role in
Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
.
- 1981: César Award for Best Actor
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:...
for his role in The Last MetroThe Last Metro is a 1980 film made by Les Films du Carrosse, written and directed by the French filmmaker François Truffaut, and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu....
(Le dernier métro)
- 1985: Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice,...
Award for best actor for his role in Police
- 1985: Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite
The Ordre national du Mérite is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of the French Republic. It was founded on December 3, 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle...
- 1990: Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival , founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest and most prestigious film festivals. The private festival is held annually at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, in the resort town of Cannes, in the south of France.The 62nd edition started 13 May and ended 24 May 2009...
: Best actorThe Best Actor Award is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. It is chosen by the jury from the 'official section' of movies at the festival. It was first awarded in 1946.- Award Winners :-External links:* * ....
award for his role in Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
- 1991: César Award for Best Actor
This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:...
for his role in Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
- 1991: Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television...
for Best Actor for his role in Green CardGreen Card is a 1990 American/Australian/French romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Weir. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United States.-Plot:Brontë...
- 1996: Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur
The Légion d'honneur or Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
.
- 2006: Moscow International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival , is the film festival first held in Moscow in 1959. From its inception to 1995 it was held every second year in July, alternating with the Karlovy Vary festival...
: Stanislavsky AwardStanislavsky Award is a special prize awarded since 2001 at the Moscow International Film Festival for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting and devotion to the principles of Stanislavsky's school .- Winners :* 2001 -...
for the outstanding achievement in the career of acting.
Filmography
- Maîtresse
Maîtresse is a 1976 French film directed by Barbet Schroeder and starring Bulle Ogier and Gérard Depardieu in an early role.The film provoked controversy in the United Kingdom and the United States because of its graphic depictions of sado-masochistic behaviour, such as nailing a penis into a...
(1973)
- Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse
Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse is a 1973 horror film directed by Juan Luis Buñuel. It is also known as At the Meeting with Joyous Death and Expulsion of the Devil and Lune lune coquelune. In this movie, a family, and a prepubescent girl in particular, are harassed by a poltergeist....
(1973)
- Les valseuses (Going Places) (1974)
- Sept morts sur ordonnance
Sept morts sur ordonnance is a 1975 French film directed by Jacques Rouffio and starring Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Marina Vlady and Charles Vanel....
(1975)
- Je t'aime... moi non plus
Je t'aime... moi non plus is a 1976 feature film directed by Serge Gainsbourg, starring Jane Birkin, Hugues Quester and Joe Dallesandro, and featuring a cameo by Gérard Depardieu.- Plot introduction :...
(1976)
- 1900
1900 is a 1976 Italian epic film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, starring Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Alida Valli and Burt Lancaster...
(1976)
- La Dernière femme
La Dernière femme is a 1976 French film directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Michel Piccoli, Zouzou and Nathalie Baye.Depardieu received a César nomination for best actor for his role.- Plot :...
(1976)
- The Lorry
The Lorry is a 1977 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival....
(1977)
- Dites-lui que je l'aime
Dites-lui que je l'aime is a 1977 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. It is based on the novel This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith...
(1977)
- Préparez vos mouchoirs
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs is a 1978 romantic comedy directed by Bertrand Blier.-Plot:Solange is depressed and sick. Friends and neighbors are convinced she needs a child. Her husband enlists the help of another man as her lover, Stéphane , in hopes of getting her pregnant. He fails to cheer...
(Get Out Your Handkerchiefs) (1978)
- Rêve de singe (Bye Bye Monkey
Bye Bye Monkey is a 1978 film, directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco and Geraldine Fitzgerald. It is about a man who brings King Kong's orphaned son to the city to raise it. It was filmed in English and shot in Long Island, New York...
) (1978)
- Le Sucre (1978)
- The Left-Handed Woman
The Left-Handed Woman is a 1978 German drama film directed by Peter Handke. It was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Edith Clever - Marianne* Markus Mühleisen - Stefan - Sohn* Bruno Ganz - Bruno* Michael Lonsdale - Kellner...
(1978)
- Buffet froid
Buffet froid is a 1979 French black comedy film, written and directed by Bertrand Blier, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, Bernard Blier and Jean Carmet. It won a César Award for Best Writing, and was nominated for Best Cinematography, Editing and Production Design...
(1979)
- Traffic Jam
Traffic Jam is a 1979 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Annie Girardot - Irène* Fernando Rey - Carlo* Miou-Miou - Angela* Gérard Depardieu - Franco* Ugo Tognazzi - Professor...
(1979)
- Mon oncle d'Amérique
Mon oncle d'Amérique is a 1980 French film directed by Alain Resnais.- Plot :The didactic film is built around the ideas of French physician, writer and philosopher Henri Laborit, who plays himself in the film...
(My American Uncle) (1980)
- Loulou
Loulou is a 1980 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat. It stars Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu. For Loulou, Pialat was nominated for the Golden Palm award at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:*Isabelle Huppert as Nelly...
(1980)
- Le Dernier métro
The Last Metro is a 1980 film made by Les Films du Carrosse, written and directed by the French filmmaker François Truffaut, and starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu....
(The Last Metro) (1980)
- La Femme d'à côté
The Woman Next Door is a 1981 French film directed by François Truffaut.-Cast:* Gérard Depardieu - Bernard Coudray* Fanny Ardant - Mathilde Bauchard* Henri Garcin - Philippe Bauchard* Michèle Baumgartner - Arlette Coudray...
(The Woman Next Door) (1981)
- La Chèvre
La Chèvre is a 1981 French comedy film directed by Francis Veber, starring Pierre Richard and Gérard Depardieu...
(1981)
- Le Retour de Martin Guerre
The Return of Martin Guerre is a 1982 French film directed by Daniel Vigne and based on true events in France during the 16th century....
(The Return of Martin Guerre) (1982)
- Danton
Danton is a 1983 French language film depicting the last months of Georges Danton, one of the leaders of the French Revolution. It is an adaptation of the Polish play The Danton Case by Stanislawa Przybyszewska....
(1983)
- Les Compères
Les Compères is a 1983 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard and Anny Duperey.This movie was remade as Fathers' Day .-Plot:...
(1983)
- Fort Saganne
Fort Saganne is a 1984 French war film directed by Alain Corneau. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Gérard Depardieu - Charles Saganne* Philippe Noiret - Dubreuilh* Catherine Deneuve - Louise...
(1984)
- Tartuffe (1984)
- Police (1985)
- Une femme ou deux
Une Femme ou Deux is a French film made in 1985. It is a comedy which lasts about 97 mins. It was directed by Daniel Vigne who was also the screenwriter along with Elizabeth Rappeneau....
(1985)
- Tenue de soirée (1986)
- Les Fugitives (1986)
- Jean de Florette
Jean de Florette is a 1986 French historical drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is part of a duology, and is followed by Manon des Sources. The film takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers scheme to trick a newcomer out of his newly inherited...
(1986)
- Manon des Sources (1986)
- Sous le soleil de Satan
Under the Sun of Satan is a 1987 film directed by Maurice Pialat. It is based on the 1926 novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos, and tells the story of a devout priest who becomes involved with a murderess.It won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.- Cast :* Gérard Depardieu -...
(Under the Sun of Satan) (1987)
- Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988)
- Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel is a 1988 French movie about the life of the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. The movie was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel...
(1988)
- Le choix des armes (1989)
- Trop belle pour toi
Too Beautiful for You is a 1989 French comedy/drama film in which Bernard , well established BMW car dealer in the South of France, is cheating on his beautiful wife with his ordinary looking temporary secretary .It was directed and written by Bertrand Blier.-Cast :* Gérard Depardieu : Bernard*...
(1989) by Alain CorneauAlain Corneau is a French movie director and writer.Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his career, including Police Python 357 and La Menace...
- Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 1990 French-language film based on the 1897 play of the same name by Edmond Rostand. It was directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau and adapted by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau. The English subtitles use Anthony Burgess's translation of the text, which preserves the...
(1990)
- Uranus
Uranus is a 1990 French comedy/drama film with Gérard Depardieu about post-World War II recovery in a small French village, as the controlling French Communist Party tries to dispose of Pétain loyalists....
(1990)
- Green Card
Green Card is a 1990 American/Australian/French romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Peter Weir. The screenplay focuses on an American woman who enters into a marriage of convenience with a Frenchman so he can obtain a green card and remain in the United States.-Plot:Brontë...
(1990)
- Mon père, ce héros (1991)
- Tous les matins du monde
Tous les matins du monde is a 1991 French film based on the book of the same name.In the same year as the book's release, Pascal Quignard, together with director Alain Corneau, adapted the novel to the film that starred Jean-Pierre Marielle and Gérard Depardieu...
(1991)
- Merci la vie
Merci la vie is a 1991 French film directed and written by Bertrand Blier. It won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and was nominated for Best Film, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Writing and Best Editing....
(1991)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise
1492: Conquest of Paradise is a 1992 American/European adventure/drama film. Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Roselyne Bosch, the film was released for the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage....
(1992) by Ridley ScottSir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail. His films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster and Body of Lies...
- Le Visionarium (1992)
- Germinal
Germinal is a 1993 French epic film based on the novel by Émile Zola. It was directed by Claude Berri, and stars Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou and Renaud....
(1993)
- Le Colonel Chabert
Le Colonel Chabert is a 1994 film directed by Yves Angelo and starring Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, and Fabrice Luchini...
(1994)
- My Father the Hero
My Father the Hero is a 1994 English language remake of the 1991 French film Mon père, ce héros. The remake was directed by Steve Miner and released by Touchstone Pictures.- Plot :...
(1994)
- A Pure Formality
A Pure Formality , a film released in 1994, directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore. It stars Gérard Depardieu as a reclusive writer and Roman Polanski as a police detective.-Plot summary:...
(1994)
- Élisa (1995)
- Les Anges gardiens
Les Anges gardiens is a 1995 French film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré.-Cast and roles:* Gérard Depardieu - Antoine Carco * Christian Clavier - Father Hervé Tarain...
(Guardian Angels) (1995)
- Unhook the Stars
Unhook the Stars is a 1996 drama film starring Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, and Jake Lloyd. The movie was directed by Nick Cassavetes, son of Gena Rowlands. Rowlands and Tomei both received SAG Award nominations for their performances....
(1996)
- Hamlet (1996)
- Bogus (1996)
- The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask is a film directed by Randall Wallace. It uses characters from Alexandre Dumas' D'Artagnan Romances, and is very loosely adapted from some plot elements of The Vicomte de Bragelonne. It also bears several similarities with the 1939 film version...
(1998)
- The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo is a French miniseries based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père.-Plot:...
(1998) (TVA miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
)
- Asterix & Obelix vs Caesar (1999)
- Vatel
Vatel is a 2000 film based on the life of 17th century French chef François Vatel, directed by Roland Joffé and starring Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, and Tim Roth. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Set Decoration. The film opened the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.-...
(2000)
- Tutto l'amore che c'è
Tutto l'amore che c'è is a 2000 film by Italian director Sergio Rubini. It stars Damiano Russo, Michele Venitucci and, in a cameo role, Gérard Depardieu.-Synopsis:...
(2000)
- Zavist' bogov (Gods Envy) (2000) (Russian movie directed by V. Menshov)
- Les Misérables (2000) (TV
A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
) (co-produced by Depardieu)
- 102 Dalmatians
102 Dalmatians is a 2000 live-action film, produced by Walt Disney Pictures and starring Glenn Close as Cruella de Vil. It is the sequel to 101 Dalmatians, a live-action remake of the 1961 Disney animated feature of the same name. In the film, Cruella de Vil attempts to steal puppies for her...
(2000)
- Le Placard
The Closet is a 2001 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. The screenplay focuses on a man whose life takes on surprisingly new dimensions when he pretends to be gay in order to keep his job.-Plot synopsis:...
(The Closet) (2001)
- CQ
CQ is a 2001 film written and directed by Roman Coppola.It is an homage to 1960s European spy/sci-fi spoofs like Barbarella and Danger: Diabolik and the documentary spoof David Holzman's Diary. The cinematography is done by Robert D. Yeoman. The film stars Jeremy Davies, Jason Schwartzman,...
(2001)
- Vidocq
Vidocq is a 2001 science fiction film, directed by Pitof, starring Gérard Depardieu, It takes place in the 19th century Paris, pitting the historical figure Eugène François Vidocq against a supernatural serial killer...
(2001)
- Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, originally titled Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, is a 2002 French film based on the comic book Astérix et Cléopatre by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. It was the most expensive French movie at that time.The film was directed by Alain Chabat and starred...
(2002)
- Napoléon
Napoleon is a historical miniseries which explored the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. In 2002, it was the most expensive television miniseries in Europe, costing the equivalent of $US46,330,000 to produce. The miniseries covered Napoleon's military successes and failures, including the Battles of...
(2002) (TVA miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
)
- I Am Dina
I Am Dina is a 2002 Swedish-Norwegian-Danish film directed by Ole Bornedal. It is based on the 1989 book Dinas bok by Herbjørg Wassmo. The movie was one of the most high-profile in Norwegian movie history. There was some controversy surrounding the casting of the movie, as it was felt by many that...
(2002)
- City of Ghosts
City of Ghosts is a 2002 drama film co-written, directed by and starring Matt Dillon, about a con artist who must go to Cambodia to collect his share in money collected from an insurance scam...
(2002)
- A Loving Father
A Loving Father is a 2002 French film starring Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu and Sylvie Testud. It was directed by Jacob Berger.- Plot :Writer Leo Shepherd is informed that he has won the Nobel Prize...
(2002)
- Le Pacte Du Silence (2003)
- Crime Spree
Crime Spree is a 2003 film written and directed by Brad Mirman.Tagline: It was supposed to be an easy job.-Main cast:* Gérard Depardieu - Daniel Foray* Harvey Keitel - Frankie Zammeti* Johnny Hallyday - Marcel Burot* Renaud - Zéro...
(2003)
- Bon voyage
Bon Voyage is a French film directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, released 16 April, 2003. The film was a critical success due in part to its tight interweaving of various genres, including spy, romance, World War II, and comedy. The film features the first reteaming of stars Isabelle Adjani and Gérard...
(2003)
- Nathalie...
Nathalie... is a 2004 French film directed by Anne Fontaine, and starring Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, and Gérard Depardieu. It is distributed by Koch-Lorber Films....
(2003)
- Tais-toi!
Tais-toi! is a 2003 French comedy-crime caper film, directed by Francis Veber.-Plot Summary:Quentin, a dim-witted small-time thief, holds up a foreign exchange booth. Unable to get the money he wants, he asks for directions to the nearest bank, therefore getting arrested at the bank at the...
(2003)
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres
36 Quai des Orfèvres is a 2004 French film directed by Olivier Marchal and starring Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu. The film takes place in Paris, where two cops are competing for the vacant seat of Chief of Police while in the middle of a search for a gang of violent thieves...
(2004)
- RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
- Les temps qui changent
Les temps qui changent is a 2004 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu...
(2004)
- Olé! (2005) with Gad Elmaleh
Gad Elmaleh is a Moroccan stand up comedian and actor. His latest show is called Papa est en haut . He has starred in several feature films, including Coco, Hors de prix, and La Doublure....
- Last Holiday (2006)
- Quand j'étais chanteur
When I Was a Singer is a 2006 French musical romantic drama film starring Gérard Depardieu and Cécile de France. It was written and directed by Xavier Giannoli.-Cast:* Gérard Depardieu as Alain Moreau* Cécile De France as Marion...
(2006)
- Paris, je t'aime
Paris, je t'aime is a 2006 film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities including American, British and French. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements...
(2007)
- La Vie en Rose
La Vie en Rose is a 2007 French cinema film directed by Cesar Award nominee Olivier Dahan, about the life of the legendary French chanteuse Édith Piaf, and is named after her signature song...
(La Môme) (2007)
- Michou d'Auber (2007)
- L'abbuffata (2007)
- Asterix at the Olympic Games
Astérix at the Olympic Games is a French movie, adapted from René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo's Astérix comic series. It was filmed essentially in Spain in the course of the year 2006. Its €78 million budget makes it one of the most expensive European movies ever...
(2008)
- Disco (2008)
- Babylon A.D.
Babylon A.D. is a 2008 science fiction thriller film based on the novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec. The film was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and stars Vin Diesel, Mélanie Thierry, Michelle Yeoh and Lambert Wilson...
(2008)
- Public Enemy Number One
'Public Enemy Number One is a two-part 2008 French-Canadian-Italian films directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet...
(2008)
- In the Beginning
In the Beginning is a 2009 French drama film directed by Xavier Giannoli. The film competed in the main competition at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* François Cluzet* Gérard Depardieu* Emmanuelle Devos* Brice Fournier - Louis...
(2009)
- Bellamy
Bellamy may refer to:*Bellamy , people with the surname Bellamy*The Bellamy Brothers, an American country group most popular in the 1970s and 1980s*Bellamy *Bellamy , a character from Eiichirō Oda's manga One Piece...
(2009)
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