Denis Ménochet
Biography: Denis Menochet (born 1977 in Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise) is a French film and television actor. Menochet is perhaps best known to an international audience for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews, in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film, Inglourious Basterds. Elizabeth Weitzman, a film critic for the New York Daily News, praised Menochet's work opposite Christoph Waltz in the opening scene of Inglorious Basterds. Weitzman wrote in August 2009, "The terrific opening, for example, does feature a hailstorm of bullets. What you'll remember best, though, is the haunted silence of actor Denis Menochet, playing a French farmer accused of harboring Jews."
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 18, 1976
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Known For
La Vie en Rose
2007-02-14
La Vie en Rose
Overview: From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-02-14
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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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White Dog
2022-11-02
White Dog
Overview: As the country explodes under racial tensions after the assassination of Martin Luther King, writer Romain Gary, humanist and animal lover, and his wife, star Jean Seberg, civil rights activist, welcome an abandoned dog into their home, trained to jump at the mouths of blacks: a White Dog.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-11-02
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Peter von Kant
2022-07-06
Peter von Kant
Overview: Peter von Kant, a successful, famous director, lives with his assistant Karl, whom he likes to mistreat and humiliate. Through the great actress Sidonie, he meets and falls in love with Amir, a handsome young man of modest means. He offers to share his apartment and help Amir break into the world of cinema. Several months later, Amir becomes a star. But as soon as he acquires fame, he breaks up with Peter, leaving him alone to face himself.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-07-06
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Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02
Inglourious Basterds
Overview: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-02
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The Moustache
2005-06-09
The Moustache
Overview: One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all insist he never had a moustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world's order gone terribly awry?
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-06-09
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The Beasts
2022-07-20
The Beasts
Overview: Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic but for their opposition to a wind turbine project that creates a serious conflict with their neighbors. The tension will rise to the point of irreparability.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: gl
Release Date: 2022-07-20
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Lily Sometimes
2010-12-01
Lily Sometimes
Overview: After the death of her mother, a woman returns home to care for her sister.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-12-01
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QT8: The First Eight
2019-10-21
QT8: The First Eight
Overview: A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-21
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Special Forces
2011-11-02
Special Forces
Overview: Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-11-02
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Autumn
2004-09-10
Autumn
Overview: Jean-Pierre is a hit man in Paris. He wants to stop; an incentive is reconnecting to Michelle, a childhood friend. He's ready to commit himself to her, but she has her own secrets: she sells bomb components to thugs. He hears rumors of a missing briefcase, which he finds in Michelle's flat. He asks no questions, and soon both of them are in trouble with Jean-Pierre's ex-employer and with her bomb buyers. Two other characters complicate the maneuvering: Jean-Pierre's best friend, who's always losing money on the ponies, and the ex-employer's new contract killer, a seemingly fragile woman. Is there any way that Jean-Pierre can protect Michelle and escape with his life? Written by
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-10
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The Adopted
2011-11-23
The Adopted
Overview: Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted into the equation is Lisa’s young son, Leo. However, their simple existence is thrown into disarray when Marie meets and falls in love with Alex, a customer at her bookshop. Lisa is left feeling excluded, and tension develop. But soon an unexpected accident forces all of those involved to reassess the situation and adopt a different position in each other’s lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-11-23
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In the House
2012-09-26
In the House
Overview: A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Genres: Comedy Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-26
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Low Profile
2012-07-11
Low Profile
Overview: There's nothing to keep Yvan in Paris any longer. His wife has left him to live in Thailand. His teenage daughters have chosen to live with his sister Ariane, who is as anxious as she is admirable. Yvan is ready to leave... when beautiful Emmanuelle enters his life. She makes babies as easily as she falls in love, and she's accompanied by Léo, the little boy who Yvan's wife had with another man. Yvan is going to have to change his plans.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-07-11
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Just a Sigh
2013-04-10
Just a Sigh
Overview: In the short break between performances in Calais, stage actress Alix makes a quick escape to Paris. On the train she meets a mysterious English stranger and, for the most fleeting of afternoons, imagines what the future could hold down a different road.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-04-10
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Our Heroes Died Tonight
2013-10-23
Our Heroes Died Tonight
Overview: France in the early 60s. Simon, a wrestler, wears a white mask. In the ring, he is known as "The Specter". He suggests to his friend Victor who has just returned from combat to be his adversary in the ring and wear a black mask, and be known as "The Slaughterer of Belleville". But for Victor, still shaken from his experience in combat, this is too much; for once in his life he would like to be the good guy, the one people cheer on. Simon then suggests they switch masks. But it proves less easy to fool the rest of the wrestling crowd...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-10-23
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Grand Central
2013-08-28
Grand Central
Overview: A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-08-28
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Just Before Losing Everything
2013-01-23
Just Before Losing Everything
Overview: Julien is 10 years old. He pretends to go to school but then hides out under a bridge, his backpack filled with clothes. A few kilometers away, 15-year-old Joséphine does the same and waits for the bus.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-01-23
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The Volcano
2013-10-02
The Volcano
Overview: The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull causes major disruptions to travelers' plans around the world. For Alain and Valérie, it's a catastrophe. Because to make it to the small Greek village in time for their daughter's wedding, this divorced couple, whose mutual hatred knows no bounds, will be obliged to set out on the road together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-10-02
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Where Were You When Michael Jackson Died?
2014-12-31
Where Were You When Michael Jackson Died?
Overview: Paris, a few days after the death of the King of Pop and a few days before Christmas, he and she happen to meet in the back seat of a cab. They ride along through the streets, among the city lights, just long enough for an encounter.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-31
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White Paradise
2023-01-04
White Paradise
Overview: Samuel, a widower, is taking care of his 7-year-old daughter alone. Overwhelmed and stressed out, he decides to isolate in a chalet he was renovating with his wife in the Italian Alps. Indifferent to the anger of locals who help police to hunt down migrants, he comes across a woman who fled Afghanistan. Samuel decides to help her reach the border, thinking it will take them a few hours. But an agressive group of men comes after them…
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-01-04
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Ablations
2014-04-18
Ablations
Overview: Business trips are trapped by multiple temptations, such as a well stocked hotel bar. But this time salesman Pastor might have overdone it a bit. He wakes up in the middle of a field without any memory at all of how he got there. Even stranger is the ugly scar on his back. But what really drives him out of his mind is that the stitches from the operation are still fresh. Has he become the victim of on organ theft? Is he missing a kidney? Pastor starts to put everything in Question; being a father, a husband, a salesman... The only thing he wants is to find out what has happened to him and nothing and nobody will stop him.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-04-18
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The Darwinners
2024-09-11
The Darwinners
Overview: In a prehistory for operettas that is seemingly doomed never to evolve, a conflicted father and daughter disrupt the Stone Age routine. After a tragic-comedy round-trip to the future, they accidentally bring back an Ikea “bent key”, which will at last trigger Evolution, for better or for worse… Writing, religion, politics… who will be capable of putting an end to these disasters?
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-09-11
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Rumours
2024-10-18
Rumours
Overview: En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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Skylab
2011-09-19
Skylab
Overview: It is 1979 and Albertine, 10, and all her family members have gathered in Brittany to celebrate the birthday of her grandmother. Everyone thinks that the Skylab space station from NASA will fall on their heads this summer. The meeting turns into a crazy weekend full of revelations, love and song.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-09-19
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Foon
2005-11-30
Foon
Overview: A quasi-musical-comedy which descends into horror, set in the early sixties in a college on the outskirts of West Philadelphia. For 15 years, the graduation ball has been the preserve of the Foons - those teenagers who are immersed in weird notions of fun and who describe themselves as "cool". As they prepare for the graduation ball, it is decided to open up invitations to the nerd underdogs. The eternal rivalry between the cool kids and the nerds is played out with colourful costumes and kooky hairdos.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-11-30
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Norfolk
2015-01-22
Norfolk
Overview: Set in Norfolk, amidst an idyllic, brooding landscape, an innocent teenage boy and his battle-weary father live a simple life. Days are spent hunting, fishing and daydreaming. Out-of-nowhere, disrupting this tranquility, a mysterious intense figure gives the green light for the father to complete one last mission; he is a mercenary, hired to assassinate a group of revolutionaries holed-up in a remote, disused civil service outpost. A mission that threatens to destroy not just the compound but the love between a father and his son.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-22
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The Program
2015-09-16
The Program
Overview: An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-16
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The Dancer
2016-09-28
The Dancer
Overview: A young woman from the American Midwest, Loïe Fuller became the toast of the Folies Bergère at the turn of the 20th century and an icon of the Belle Epoque. Inventor of the breathtaking Serpentine Dance, she was a pioneer of modern dance and lighting techniques. It was her complicated relationship to her protégé - Isadora Duncan – that precipitated the downfall of this early 20th century icon.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-09-28
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Assassin's Creed
2016-12-21
Assassin's Creed
Overview: Through a technology that unlocks the generic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins and amasses lethal skills to take on the oppressive Templar Order.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-21
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7 Days in Entebbe
2018-03-15
7 Days in Entebbe
Overview: In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-15
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Custody
2018-02-07
Custody
Overview: In the midst of a divorce, Miriam Besson decides to ask for exclusive custody of her son, in order to protect him from a father that she is accusing of violence. The judge-in-charge of the file grants a shared custody to the father whom it considers abused. Taken as a hostage between his parents, Julien Besson will do everything to prevent the worst from happening.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-02-07
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Robin Hood
2010-05-12
Robin Hood
Overview: When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-12
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The Emperor of Paris
2018-12-19
The Emperor of Paris
Overview: Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-12-19
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Joseph et la fille
2010-08-18
Joseph et la fille
Overview: Joseph has just spent 20 years in prison. After being released, he has only one obsession: to make one last heist. To perform this masterpiece, he needs an accomplice. He cannot trust anyone, so decides to prepare Julie, 20 years old. The confusion and uncertainty, however, stand between these two beings so opposite ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-08-18
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Old Boys
2018-06-22
Old Boys
Overview: In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-22
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Mary Magdalene
2018-03-15
Mary Magdalene
Overview: In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radical new movement led by the charismatic, rabble-rousing preacher named Jesus.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-15
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By the Grace of God
2019-02-20
By the Grace of God
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-02-20
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Trivial
2007-05-23
Trivial
Overview: An inspector who just suffered a family tragedy is looking for a missing older man. Man's family is of no help, or are they hiding something? He is helped by a ghost of an actress who died 30 years ago, or is he slowly going insane?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-05-23
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Only the Animals
2019-12-04
Only the Animals
Overview: Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-04
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The French Dispatch
2021-10-21
The French Dispatch
Overview: The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-21
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You Will Be Mine
2009-03-11
You Will Be Mine
Overview: Marie leaves home to study the piano at the conservatory in Lyons. Through lack of money, she is obliged to share an apartment with Emma, a friend of the family who has lived alone since the death of her father. The two young women develop a strange fascination for one another, which soon develops into an intense mutual need...
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-03-11
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Jeanine (ou mes parents n'ont rien d'exceptionnel)
2010-03-24
Jeanine (ou mes parents n'ont rien d'exceptionnel)
Overview: Jeanine, ten, can't take it anymore from her parents, former hippies, who only think of having fun. In order to gain access to the square and organized life of which she dreams, she secretly registers for a gymnastics competition with the hope of winning the first prize: a place in a sport studies boarding school.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-03-24
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Hannibal Rising
2007-02-06
Hannibal Rising
Overview: The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill.
Genres: Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-06
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Spin the Bottle
2004-01-01
Spin the Bottle
Overview: When almost thirty-year olds not knowing what to do with their afternoon but playing children's games.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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The Mauritanian
2021-02-12
The Mauritanian
Overview: The true story of the Mauritanian Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was held at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center without charges for over a decade and sought help from a defense attorney for his release.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-12
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Beau Is Afraid
2023-04-14
Beau Is Afraid
Overview: Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odyssey back home.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-14
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