Hervé Pierre
Also Known As: Hervé Pierre de la Comédie Française
Biography: Hervé Pierre (born 22 April 1955) is a French actor and theatre director. He joined the Comédie-Française in 2007 and became a member in 2011. On 14 June 2009, Pierre was awarded the title of Best French Actor by critics. In 2011, he was promoted chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2011, Knight of the French Legion of Honour. Hervé Pierre began to play in theatre troupes first in Les Fins, where he was born, then in the Pontarlier lycee. He followed, from 1974 to 1977, the teachings of Claude Petitpierre, Jean-Pierre Vincent, Jean Dautremay, and Jean-Louis Hourdin at the National Theatre of Strasbourg. In 1977, he formed the Théâtre du Troc with his TNS promotion company, leading it until 1981. Source: Article "Hervé Pierre (actor)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Fins, Doubs, France
Birthday: April 22, 1955
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Gender: Male
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L'homme sans nom
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-25
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Farewell, My Queen
Overview: A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the final days of the French Revolution.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-03-21
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A Very Very Beautiful Love Story
Overview: Dorothée and Nicolas fall in love at first sight. Together, they’re going to live a very beautiful love story... they know it. But life always finds a way to compromise the best resolutions, the best script, and nothing will happen as expected. Nicolas and Dorothée will be carried into a stormy comedy as crazy as their passion for each other…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-04-07
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Maigret
Overview: In Paris, a young girl is found dead in a Parisian square, wearing an evening dress. Commissioner Maigret will try to identify her and then understand what happened to the victim.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-02-23
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Overview: The Beresfords investigate mysterious deaths at an old people's home.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-04-13
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Mordbüro
Overview: The neologistic title of this film translates as "Death Bureau," a secret vigilante organization used by ordinary working folk to rid the city of criminals through secret executions. Woodworker Leo Stoychev (Maurice Bennichou) goes to the organization for help because his boss Branco (Herve Briaux) won't repay a loan and may have had something to do with the accident that crippled Leo. The Mordburo is responsible for the death of a crooked lawyer, and Inspector Raoul (Patrick Catalifo) becomes suspicious.
Genres: Crime Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-07-09
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Day Off
Overview: Wednesday is the day when children are not in school and stay at home. It is also the day when the parents are not there. In Nantes, in the spring, twenty or so carefree and boisterous kids between the ages of three and eleven take advantage of this day to make their parents go crazy. Emma, 9 years old and naturally romantic, decides that Roland, the little boy she met in the street, is unhappy and persuades her friends to adopt him. Victoria spends the day with Martin Socoa, an often distant father whom she learns to love. There are also Muriel, Bruno, Colette and Henri who take off and create panic in their parents' home, while Marylin lives the founding drama of her childhood with a mother of an unreal sweetness. Throughout these little stories, we realize that the world of children has its own logic, totally different from that of adults.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2001-03-28
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Superstar
Overview: An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-08-29
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Inséparables
Overview: Twenty years ago, Robert left his home in the provincial northern town of Boulogne to make it as an actor. His career never amounted to much, as he managed only a couple of acting jobs on TV. Without warning, he returns to his hometown and drops in on his sister who is in the throes of a sordid affair with her married boss. Later, Robert drops in on his younger brother, who lives with his elderly mother. As the film progresses, it quietly, sensitively depicts Robert's disruption of the lives of the members of his family.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1999-11-17
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Vincent Must Die
Overview: Vincent finds himself under attack for no apparent reason overnight. When the phenomenon intensifies, he must run and change his way of life completely.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-11-15
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La danse de l'albatros
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-06-12
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Le partage de midi
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2011-06-03
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Diary of a Chambermaid
Overview: In the late 19th century, a chambermaid from Paris relocates to a remote household in Provence, engages in trysts and finds herself enraptured with a coach driver.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-04-01
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The Horseman on the Roof
Overview: In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
Genres: Adventure Romance History Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-09-20
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18 Years Old and Rising
Overview: Primo is an ordinary middle-class youngster studying for his baccalaureate, who gets side-tracked when he falls in love with a rich girl. They soon learn they have to deal with her condescending friends who look down upon this upstart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-07-20
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The Sense of Wonder
Overview: Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-12-16
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Meurtre en trois actes
Overview: With the ghost of Delphine, a sociétaire who committed suicide several months earlier, still hanging over the place, an unexplained series of backstage murders occurs at the Comédie-Française. Domont and his associate Strozzi investigate at this famous institution, where power plays and rivalries are the norm.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-06-29
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Quartet
Overview: Temptation and danger run high in this romantic drama. In a post-World War I world, handsome veteran Antoine is ready to live life with his beautiful wife, Marianne. But his happiness is threatened when Marianne's alluring sister, Evelyn, pulls him into a seductive web of deceit and infidelity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-02-05
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Towards Zero
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-31
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Paris Je T'aime
Overview: Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-06-21
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Partners in Crime
Overview: Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the secret to eternal youth...
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-08-22
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Just to Be Sure
Overview: Erwan, a strapping Breton who clears mines for a living, is shaken when he discovers that his father is not his father. Despite his affection for the man who raised him, he quietly sets out to find his biological father, and succeeds in locating Joseph, an endearing old codger he takes a liking to. Just when things look settled, another unexpected “bomb” hits Erwan in the form of Anna, an elusive nymph.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-09-06
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The Screen Illusion
Overview: In this contemporary adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s brilliant, eponymous 17th century play, the enigmatic Alcandre is now a hotel concierge who uses the myriad in-house high-tech security cameras to show worried father Pridamant the whereabouts and travails of his son, Clindor. As Pridamant witnesses the conflicting romances involving his estranged son, Corneille’s modernist meta-narrative is transposed to contemporary Paris, underscoring the ambiguous nature of love, wealth and desire in an age of consumerism. (Chicago International Film Festival)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-12-10
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The Consolation
Overview: Victim of vertigo and unexplained discomfort, Flavie, a television host, resolves to consult a psychiatrist. The latter suggests a test of the past that she would have concealed and proposes to browse together a photo-album of her childhood. The cliché of a teenager with a sad look will wake up buried memories ...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-11-07
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Benedetta
Overview: A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-07-09
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Haute Cuisine
Overview: The story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-17
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Finding Momo
Overview: One evening, when they come home, Mr. and Mrs. Prioux are astounded to find that a certain Patrick has moved into their place. This strange young man has returned home to his parents in order to introduce his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-12-27
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The Hitler–Stalin Pact
Overview: How could Hitler and Stalin, sworn ideological enemies, come to a secret pact in 1939? The captivating and detailed story of the diplomatic fiasco that led to the signing of the Nazi-Soviet pact and its devastating consequences.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-01-02
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An Officer and a Spy
Overview: In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.
Genres: History Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-09-30
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Lenin and the Other Story of the Russian Revolution
Overview: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revolution of 1917 and, therefore, as one of the men who changed the shape of the world at that time and forever, but perhaps the actual events happened in a way different from that narrated in the history books…
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-06-10
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La vie de Galilée
Overview: Accompanied by a child, the mathematician Galileo observes the firmament with a telescope. Ten years ago, the philosopher Giordano Bruno was burned in Rome for having supported the idea of an infinite and centerless universe, based on the work of Copernicus. By dint of observations and calculations, Galileo seeks proofs for his hypothesis of a cosmic system where the Earth is "an ordinary celestial body, one among thousands". From Padua to Venice, the mathematician shakes certainties by confronting the power of a Church which wishes to maintain its absolute power in the "crystal spheres" where Ptolemy has hitherto locked up the world.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-11-19
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The Pact of Silence
Overview: Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and physician; he can find no cause for her debilitating abdominal pain. When Sarah and he are transferred to Paris, Joachim looks for Gaëlle, now on probation and finding no respite from society's approbation. An enterprising reporter is digging into Gaëlle's life, the mother superior of Sarah's convent hovers over her, and Joachim investigates the phenomenon of twin's symmetry. Is there any release from the past?
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-03-05
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On a très peu d'amis
Overview: Two friends are taken hostage while on their way to see a childhood buddy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-03-04
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Promises
Overview: Clémence, the fearless mayor of a town near Paris, is completing the final term of her political career. With her faithful right-hand man Yazid, she has long fought for this town plagued by inequality, unemployment and slumlords. However, when Clémence is approached to become Minister, her ambition arises, questioning her devotion and commitment to her citizens. Will her political integrity and election promises survive her newly found ambition?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-01-26
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Juste la fin du monde
Overview: A staging of Jean-Luc Lagarce's play "It's Only the End of the World" by François Berreur.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-01-06
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His Name Was Vian
Overview: In a cinema, the day of the premiere of J'irai cracher sur vos tombes (adapted from his novel), Boris Vian has a heart attack. During his discomfort, he relives the major stages of his life: the meeting with Raymond Queneau, the nights of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the scandal of J'irai cracher sur vos tombes, his love stories with Michelle Léglise then Ursula Kubler or his relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre. Through his memories, Boris Vian relives all his “parallel lives”.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-02-09
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