Véronique Genest
Also Known As: Véronique Combouilhaud
Biography: Véronique Genest (born Véronique Combouilhaud, 26 June 1956) is a French actress and film producer. She is best known for her starring role as Commissaire Julie Lescaut in the French police drama series Julie Lescaut which ran from 1992 - 2013. Source: Article "Véronique Genest" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France
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Birthday: June 26, 1956
Age: 68 years old
Gender: Female
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I Married a Shadow
Overview: After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-02-16
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Ma tu mi vuoi bene?
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-01-26
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The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck
Overview: This series of sketches introduces doctor Apfelglück and four of his patients... and their rather peculiar and disturbing problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-04-24
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Follow My Gaze
Overview: A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. Among the sketches performed is one with Jean Carmet playing a man from the sticks woefully burdened with the challenge of getting through a dog food commercial on less than one tank of intelligible French. Another skit shows a silent duel between an airport custodian and an automatic door, while another with the renowned Michel Galabru sets up a strange teacher-student exchange.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-04-23
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Un père et passe
Overview: Camille (Penelop Schallenberg) is the only child of her unmarried journalist mother Marianne (Veronique Genest). She has never known who her father is, and her mother isn't telling. However, in her rush to get to an assignment in the Middle East, her mother left behind three letters addressed to three men Camille has never heard of. When she opens the letters, she discovers that they exhort each of the men to look after Camille, as they may be her father. Naturally, Camille looks them up, letters in hand. Just as naturally, they get to know one another, squabble over who is the real father, and conspire to break her out of the orphanage she is put into when the authorities find out her mother has become a political prisoner.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-08-09
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Chère canaille
Overview: Francis Lebovic, an ex-voyou turned sex worker, is not lacking in charm or elegance. David, his thirteen-year-old godson, accepts Francis' proposal to record a record without much enthusiasm. His voice, combined with his physique, gives rise to hope. Francis will be able to pay off his debts; Lino and Daisy, David's parents, will be able to do some work in their café. Everything would be just fine if Frédérique Henriot, a young lawyer, hadn't come to live in the house where they all live, in this village in the center of Paris called the Marais.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-02-22
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8 on a Beach Chair
Overview: They were not meant to meet... He (Pierre): a workaholic company manager born with a silver spoon in his mouth. He is a widower who jealously guards the domestic equilibrium he has rebuilt with his three very possessive daughters. She (Florence): a divorcée of modest means who has just lost her job and has three children of her own to feed. Exuberant and candid, she is cheerful by nature. No, they were definitely not cut out to meet. But, this summer on a beach in Southern France, the impossible happens...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Et demain... Hollywood
Overview: A director and a secretary conspire to swindle a banker who is blinded by his dream of becoming an actor.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-06-17
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The summer of all sorrows
Overview: Algeria, summer 1961. François, 11, believes in the imminence of the end of the world. He tries to ward off fate with a prayer: “Make my parents come back. I am alone. I'm afraid"
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-03-08
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Sixième classique
Overview: By dint of inventing stories, a boy neglected by his mother comes to lead a double life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1996-05-31
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Legitimate Violence
Overview: In the course of a violent hold-up at Deauville station, several innocent bystanders are shot dead. The victims include a politician, Robert Andréani, and three members of the same family. Devastated by the death of his wife, daughter and mother, Martin Modot resolves that their killers will be brought to justice. When the police fail to make any progress in their investigation, he decides to take matters into his own hands, with the support of a neo-fascist vigilante organization.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-09-01
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-06-02
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On n'est pas là pour s'aimer
Overview: Frédérique Letheil, who heads the research department of the Emmerson oil group, has sacrificed her private and sentimental life to her experiments. The management, which sees her work as a financial drain, has her unjustly dismissed by the group's general manager, Maxime Vergnaud. When the company realizes its mistake and the economic and ecological potential of Frédérique's research, it asks Maxime to bring her back at all costs.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2000-10-16
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Merci patron !
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-06-27
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Une femme si parfaite
Overview: As the mother of a 16-year-old girl, Anne Joubert is happy in her job and in her marriage. But when she learns that her daughter is using drugs, everything she took for granted suddenly collapses. She is forced to begin a major overhaul of her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-10-15
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The Lady Banker
Overview: Ambitious Emma Eckhert successfully makes her way into a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. She quickly becomes popular with small savers, but leads a scandalous life that will cost her.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-08-27
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Un amour de cousine
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Genres: TV Movie Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1998-12-21
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Strike
Overview: Short film by Michel De Vidas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-01-02
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Guy de Maupassant
Overview: The life and times of the famous French writer Guy de Maupassant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1982-04-14
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La Baston
Overview: After doing some time in jail, René has finally said goodbye to his criminal past. But when his son is mortally ill and in desperate need of expensive medical help, René can't refuse the offer to crack a safe in a villa. What René and his pals don't know is that they serve as a decoy for criminals who have much bigger plans. Can he escape from the police?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-08-07
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The Basileus Quartet
Overview: The lives of the surviving members of the Basileus Quartet, a chamber group that has been playing successfully around the world for more than 30 years, are turned upside down after the death of the leader, Oscar Guarneri. The three aging musicians decide to split up to pursue those pleasures they've denied themselves too long.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-01-30
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Si on savait
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-12-11
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One Can Always Dream
Overview: A billionaire Charles de Boisleve becomes a friend of a petty criminal Rachid after two of them meet in the supermarket.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-02-16
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Adam et Ève
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-10-20
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Le Président, sa femme et moi !
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-06-24
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Triple sec
Overview: A César award nominated short comedy.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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La bonne dame de Nancy
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Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-05-03
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Ça n'arrive qu'à moi
Overview: A particularly unlucky man meets a beautiful young woman, daughter of a rich businessman. This one, pursued by blackmailers, is going to take him along in her galleys.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-29
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Le Grand Ruban (Truck)
Overview: Truck driver Jeff agrees to take the son of his biggest customer along on the road and explain the tricks of the trade to him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-12-19
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Portrait Craché
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-01-22
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L'Amuse-gueule
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-09-09
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Droit dans le mur
Overview: Pierre Richard directed, co-scripted and stars in this French comedy. Former top film comedian Romain (Richard) is on a downward spiral -- rehearsing a play directed by his sister while also dealing with his wife, mistress, taxes, low self-esteem, demands for attention from his two children, and a private detective attempting to snap incriminating photos. Producer Jean-Louis Levi appears in a cameo as a poverty-stricken bum.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-11-19
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Stand Up Crabs, the Sea Is Rising!
Overview: Barely out of prison, where she spent five long years, a pretty prostitute sows disorder in the life of a hitherto peaceful couple.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-08-17
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The Silent Woman
Overview: French thriller written by Jean-Claude Carriere.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Face à face
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-02-09
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Gina & Cléopâtre
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Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-10-25
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Gina et Cléopâtre
Overview: While in a small Parisian theater, Hans-Peter Hansel (aka HPH), a former glory of the subsidized theater, prepares the sulphurous staging of "Antoine et Cléopâtre", Gina Monte-Fiori, the queen of the boulevard of the Parisian theater , has always dreamed of playing in a Shakespeare tragedy. But, disappointment, although she spoke of this wish to the press, no proposal followed. Yet someone heard his wish. It is about Gino di Lucca, American producer, former lover of Gina. She wants to play in Shakespeare! He has the money! He wants to see her again! He wants to resuscitate his youth! He is going to do it ! He contacted HPH and offered to produce it in the largest theater in Paris. Only condition: that Gina Monte-Fiori plays the role of Cleopatra.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-01-18
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Révélations
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-09-01
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