Isabelle Gélinas
Biography: Isabelle Gélinas (born October 13, 1963) is a French-Canadian actress. Isabelle Gélinas was born in Montreal, Quebec. She began her training course at the Cours Florent before joining the CNSAD where she took classes with teachers such as Pierre Vial, Daniel Mesguich and especially Michel Bouquet. Her beginnings in the occupation were not without difficulties, and she was often qualified as "too young", "too mature" and even "not modern enough". She had a hard time finding her place in the acting field. She began her career (1982–86) in the theater, playing in several dramas of Molière with Jean Davy as the director. In 1986, her participation in the short film Triple sec with Suzanne Flon and André Dussollier gave her the opportunity to begin a film career. She had a real change in 1988 when she was featured in the comedy film Suivez cet avion (1989) with Lambert Wilson and in the drama film Chouans! (2009) with Philippe Noiret. She also began at the same time a television career featuring in several films mostly directed by Caroline Huppert. She then played in the drama films Mado poste restante (1989), Louis, the Child King (1992), Drôles d'oiseaux (1993), and in the comedy films À l'heure où les grands fauves vont boire (1993) and Regarde-moi quand je te quitte (1993). At the second part of the decade, she featured in two successful films playing supporting roles: Didier (1997) with Jean-Pierre Bacri and Alain Chabat, and Paparazzi (1998) with Vincent Lindon and Patrick Timsit. She played in television films of different fields such as Moi, Général de Gaulle (1990), J'ai deux amours (1996) and Chaos technique (1997). The following decade, she played in a few comedy films such as Les gens en maillot de bain ne sont pas (forcément) superficiels (2001), Ne quittez pas (2003), Cherche fiancé tous frais payés (2005) and Ça se soigne? (2008). She has focused her career on television and theater, including many television fictions like Le Piège du Père Noël (2005), the trilogy of Inséparables (2005–06) with Michel Boujenah, but also Frappes interdites (2005) and Passés troubles (2006). She plays since 2007 one of the main roles in the comedy series Fais pas ci, fais pas ça. Source: Article "Isabelle Gélinas" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Birthday: October 13, 1963
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Known For
The Round Up
2010-03-10
The Round Up
Overview: A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-03-10
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Didier
1997-01-29
Didier
Overview: Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on him whilst she goes off to make a report in Los Angeles. Next, one of his star players is injured, leaving him one player short for a crucial match. As if things could not get any worse, Costa wakes up one morning to find that that Didier has been transformed into a man...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-01-29
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Ça se soigne ?
2008-02-06
Ça se soigne ?
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-06
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Tout baigne !
1999-09-23
Tout baigne !
Overview: Les aventures tragi-comiques de quelques individus ou comment reagir quand votre maison se retrouve ensevelie sous les eaux, envahie par de droles de personnages et qu'on va accoucher dans les heures qui viennent?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-09-23
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À mon tour
2022-01-04
À mon tour
Overview: Chateauneuf-sur-Valone, Mayor Félix de Ponte is preparing for his re-election, hoping to beat the far-right candidate Jean-Luc Molment Martinez. But when a video revealing his extra-marital affair is broadcast on the networks, Félix's life will be turned upside down. Devastated, betrayed and humiliated, his wife, Rose, decides to react and runs against him in the elections.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-01-04
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Drôles d'oiseaux
1993-03-10
Drôles d'oiseaux
Overview: The fire at the supermarket is a boon for a scrap dealer who has just killed his wife. According to Commissioner Voitot, the victim could be one of the unidentified bodies. But here is a landscaper claims that his wife has also disappeared.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-03-10
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Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
2007-06-27
Cherche fiancé tous frais payés
Overview: Alexandra, trente ans, s'apprête à passer les vacances d'été en famille. Au moment de prendre la route, elle apprend que sa mère a aussi invité son ex, accompagné d'une "fiancée" jeune et ravissante. Dans un café, elle croise un acteur au chômage et l'engage sur le champ pour tenir le rôle de son fiancé. Comme ça, elle pourra affronter son ex, en toute sérénité.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-06-27
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People in Swimsuits Aren't (Necessarily) Shallow
2001-01-10
People in Swimsuits Aren't (Necessarily) Shallow
Overview: A week on St-Martin with vacationing Parisians. Camille surprises her lover Philippe, who's with his wife and children. Lonely Laurette, a secretary, hopes to meet a man. Aziz brings his enthusiastic brother Rafik because his boss had two tickets he couldn't use. Lovers Pauline and the pregnant, cranky Anita find their vacation complicated by an ex-lover of Pauline's. The playboy Jimmy is the hotel M.C., and Carla, free-spirited and sensual, coaches Laurette in the ways of seduction. She is hot and cold to these wiles, alternately attracting and putting off Aziz, hoping Jimmy will try to seduce her, and afraid he might. By week's end, with the help of Camille's diary, we'll know the outcomes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-01-10
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L'Innocent
2012-09-26
L'Innocent
Overview: The film is based on real events be tween the years 1978-1980. Theo Grangier, a man without education, with no parents nor family, is involved in the robbery along with two recidivists. But the policeman is killed during a robbery. But Theo is the only one who is arrested and charged with murdering an officer of laws, even though the other two perpetrators are not found and Theo is not conclusively proved to be a murderer. He is later sentenced to death. The trial galvanizes the French society - Jean-Paul Sartre comes out publicly in favor of Theo Grunge...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-26
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Two Of A Kind
2022-09-28
Two Of A Kind
Overview: Grégoire Beaulieu learns that he has a twin brother: Anthony Girard. Gregoire is bourgeois, ambitious and promised to a great career, Anthony has no prospect and lives of shenanigans. The two brothers couldn’t be more opposite. Especially when one is white and the other is black !
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-28
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Passés troubles
2006-01-01
Passés troubles
Overview: A former police officer, Marc Lorca, sees his wife die from a terrible car accident, which occurred while he was driving. Previously alcoholic, Lorca seems to collapse under the weight of guilt. But a former colleague, Marianne Duriez, recently become a police captain, shows him that the accident is not accounted by any negligence on his part. The survey of experts has indeed revealed that the steering axis of the vehicle was sabotaged. Gradually, the suspect list is expanding. Lorca realizes he knows nothing of the past of his deceased wife, who was obviously part of a small extreme left group.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Ne quittez pas !
2004-08-18
Ne quittez pas !
Overview: Félix Mandel, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, is married with a four-year-old son and often has his head in the clouds.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-08-18
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Anibal
2000-01-01
Anibal
Overview: Ten-year-old Edgar, the son of a wealthy family, finds his world turned upside down when his parents decide to adopt Anibal, a Peruvian boy, whom Edgar considers an intruder.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Mountain of Diamonds
1991-10-09
Mountain of Diamonds
Overview: France, 1915. Young and radiantly beautiful Centaine de Thiry is the happiest woman in the world: in a few more hours she will be married to pilot Michael Courteney, the love of her life. But fate has it otherwise: Michael is shot down in a reconnaissance plane shortly before his wedding. Life has lost its meaning for Centaine. When the young woman realizes soon afterwards that she is expecting a baby, her zest for live is revived. She decides to give birth to the child in South Africa, the home country of her deceased fiancé.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-10-09
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Suivez cet avion
1989-05-26
Suivez cet avion
Overview: A perfectly innocent computer jockey becomes the prime suspect in a bank robbery. Among the tribulations he must suffer is that the real culprit is his landlady. Another source of suffering for the poor man is his extremely strong-willed mother, whose wants must be catered to. Meanwhile, he is being rabidly pursued by one of his female coworkers, who has taken a shine to him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-05-26
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The Father
2014-07-24
The Father
Overview: A staging of Florian Zeller's play "The Father" by Ladislas Chollat.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-07-24
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Mado, poste restante
1990-10-03
Mado, poste restante
Overview: In this gentle comedy, Mado (Marianne Groves) is the letter-carrier for her small town, and she is constantly on the lookout for a good Catholic man who shares her enthusiasm for sunrises. She even puts up posters on trees and walls advertising her interest. The townspeople make fun of her, but she isn't discouraged. Her best friend is Germaine (Isabelle Gelinas), a pretty girl whose moral standards are not as strict as Mado's. When a film director (Oleg Yankovsky) arrives in town, everyone is agog, but Mado is particularly keen to find out about him. However, it seems that he has his eye on Germaine, and he isn't really in her league anyhow.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-10-03
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Bitter Heaven
2014-01-15
Bitter Heaven
Overview: Hugo reluctantly follows his parents following their transfer to Mayotte. With slums, heat and being white and rich when the majority is black and poor, he struggles to adapt. But he does, thanks to a local girl with whom he falls in love.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-01-15
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Amis d'enfance
2022-07-05
Amis d'enfance
Overview: Pierre and Aline, in their fifties, decide to take advantage of their guest house one last time by inviting friends. It's the turn of Max, Pierre's childhood friend, and his wife Charlotte to be invited. The week promises to be beautiful, between the Avignon Festival and good food and drink. But how can we keep these childhood friendships alive, when the life paths of each of them have diverged over time.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-07-05
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Les oubliés du Delta
2024-05-02
Les oubliés du Delta
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Genres: Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-05-02
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Confessions d'un menteur
2005-12-14
Confessions d'un menteur
Overview: In order to win back his wife, a writer in need of inspiration disguises himself and lands a job at the magazine where she works.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-12-14
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Les Parents modèles
1997-11-26
Les Parents modèles
Overview: The divorce of a couple seen through the terribly lucid eyes of their two young children.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-11-26
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Deux hommes tout nus
2014-09-16
Deux hommes tout nus
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-09-16
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Au nom des fils
2014-09-13
Au nom des fils
Overview: Two mothers each try to come to terms with the pain of losing a child after four young scouts and a young man who tried to save them drown, with the inquiry revealing negligence on the part of the supervisors.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-09-13
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L'Illusion conjugale
2011-06-01
L'Illusion conjugale
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-01
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Deadly Hitch
2011-09-28
Deadly Hitch
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-09-28
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Among Friends
2015-04-22
Among Friends
Overview: Three longtime friends set off on a boat trip with their romantic partners, but inclement weather, jealousy and confessions, will put to test their friendships.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-04-22
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Un petit jeu sans conséquence
2015-04-27
Un petit jeu sans conséquence
Overview: Claire and Bruno have been an established couple, an "institution" for twelve years. During a day in the countryside gathering all their loved ones, they will, by play, pretend that they separate. Resumed in 2015 with Bruno Solo, Isabelle Gélinas, Bruno Salomone, Constance Dollé and Lionel Abelanski who takes over the role of Patrick already held in 2004 in the film. Live broadcast on April 27, 2015 live from the Paris theater on France 2.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-04-27
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The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
2015-12-16
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim
Overview: Mister Sim is of no concern whatsoever. At least, this is what he thinks about himself. His wife has left him, his job has left him, and when goes to see his father in a remote part of Italy, not even Dad has the time to have lunch with him. He then receives an unexpected offer: to travel through France selling toothbrushes that will "revolutionize oral-dental hygiene." He takes advantage of the job to catch up with people from his childhood, to meet the first big love of his life, along with his daughter, and to make amazing discoveries and, in so doing, rediscover himself.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-12-16
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Stavisky, l'escroc du siècle
2016-01-13
Stavisky, l'escroc du siècle
Overview: The story of the rise of Alexander Stravisky, a brilliant and seductive crook, in Paris of the roaring twenties. But unchecked greed and corruption does not go unpunished. The political decadence he feeds off will also cause his downfall.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-01-13
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Triple sec
1986-01-01
Triple sec
Overview: A César award nominated short comedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Chaos technique
1998-03-08
Chaos technique
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-03-08
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Courrier du cœur
2004-03-17
Courrier du cœur
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-03-17
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Le Tartuffe
2021-06-07
Le Tartuffe
Overview: A staging of Molière's play "Tartuffe" by Peter Stein.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-06-07
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Louis, the Child King
1993-11-04
Louis, the Child King
Overview: January 1649: Since the death of his father, the young Louis XIV must undergo the hard apprenticeship of royal power. He must face the intrigues of the great ones of the kingdom who lead La Fronde, the agreements and the betrayals of those close to him. He is helped in this by his mother Anne of Austria and by the Cardinal Mazarin.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-11-04
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La Dixième de Beethoven
1985-03-16
La Dixième de Beethoven
Overview: Play by Peter Ustinov, about a return to the modern world by Beethoven, who knocks on the door of a London music critic. He is fitted with a hearing aid, and l istens in horror to his works. The critic wishes Beethoven to complete his tenth symphony, and one night the piano emits a few notes by itself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-03-16
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Qu'elle est belle la quarantaine
2003-10-22
Qu'elle est belle la quarantaine
Overview: A 40-year-old widower and a 38-year-old divorcee, both single parents who both work in the same company but he as an executive and she as a waitress have nothing in common except for solitude and two friends somehow come together.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-10-22
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Mémoire de sang
2018-09-22
Mémoire de sang
Overview: Louise, a doctor and mother, is suddenly caught up by her past after the discovery of her step-father's body, 18 years after he went missing.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-09-22
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Un amour de jeunesse
2020-03-14
Un amour de jeunesse
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-03-14
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Paparazzi
1998-04-29
Paparazzi
Overview: Franck shows up in a gossip magazine photo behind a brawling TV star at a football match.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-04-29
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Fais pas ci, fais pas ça : Y aura-t-il Noël à Noël ?
2020-12-18
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça : Y aura-t-il Noël à Noël ?
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-12-18
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Une heure de tranquillité
2020-12-29
Une heure de tranquillité
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-12-29
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Silent Night, Bloody Night
2014-01-04
Silent Night, Bloody Night
Overview: Pierre and Patricia have some friends around for Christmas Eve. But the evening is not going to unfold exactly as intended. A stranger bursts in and threatens each guest until they confess their little secrets and lies...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-01-04
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La Traque
2021-03-15
La Traque
Overview: The Belgian and French police investigate the activities of Michel Fourniret, a serial killer who was active on both sides of the border.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-03-15
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Trapped by a Dream
1993-01-13
Trapped by a Dream
Overview: Elle (Isabelle Gélinas) wants to make a film about African wildlife. Adrien (Eric Métayer) is obsessed with the idea of making love to Elle in a very peculiar and theatrical imaginary bedroom. Perhaps following a principle of sympathetic magic, he arranges for a crew of eccentric friends to help create the bedroom of his dreams. If one part of his dream comes true, perhaps the other one will.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-01-13
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Frappes interdites
2005-10-14
Frappes interdites
Overview: A boxer is unfairly suspected by his new neighbors of beating his children.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Fais pas ci, fais pas ça - On va marcher sur la Lune
2024-12-05
Fais pas ci, fais pas ça - On va marcher sur la Lune
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-12-05
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Catherine de Médicis
1989-04-18
Catherine de Médicis
Overview: This film, in two parts, is considered a cultural work admirably embodied by Alice Sapritch. The TV movie focuses on the period of the late 16th century in France, ravaged by religious wars, and highlights the efforts of Catherine de Medici to defend the throne of her sons and maintain the unity of the kingdom. The role of Catherine de Medici in this TV movie is an interpretation that gives more humanity to this historical figure often presented in a negative light in history.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-18
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