Abdelhafid Metalsi
Also Known As: Abdelhafid Métalsi
Biography: Abdelhafid Metalsi (born 1969) is an Arabic actor, of Kabyle descent and Algerian ethnicity, who lives in France and was naturalized as French. He is best known for his starring role as the dedicated Capitaine Kader Chérif in the French police series Cherif. Born in Algeria in 1969, Abdelhafid Metalsi moved to France at age one, in Champagne province, where he grew up. He lived in the Orgeval district in Reims for part of his childhood. He began training as an actor at the Chaillot National Theater which gave him the chance to work on stage and act in television shows such as Spiral season 4 (Canal+) or Spin (France 2). Metalsi is especially known for his role as captain Kader Chérif, the lead character in the cop show Cherif which has been broadcast on the France 2 network since October 25, 2013. Source: Article "Abdelhafid Metalsi" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Maghnia, Algeria
Adult: No
Birthday: October 10, 1969
Age: 55 years old
Gender: Male
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The Tiger and the Snow
Overview: Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Dark Night, October 17, 1961
Overview: Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
Genres: TV Movie Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-06-07
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Intimate Enemies
Overview: A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-03
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Overview: Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-10-22
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Of Gods and Men
Overview: A group of Trappist monks reside in the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, where they live in harmony with the largely muslim population. When a bloody conflict between Algeria's army and Muslim Jihadi insurgents disrupts the peace, they are forced to consider fleeing the monastery and deserting the villagers they have ministered to. In the face of deadly violence the monks wrestle with their faith and their convictions, eventually deciding to stay and help their neighbours keep the army and the insurgents at bay.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-08
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The Belgian Job
Overview: Willy Vander Brook, a world with Franco-Belgian roots, travels to Paris for an interview. He is welcomed by his childhood friend Serge, an ex pub operator, and his roommate Frank, a fierce supporter of the Walloon independence. When Willy discovers that his candidacy is not accepted because he is Belgian, he and his compatriots decide to take revenge
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-02-14
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Zim and Co
Overview: Because of a motorcycle accident, a young man from the poor outskirts of Paris must find a steady job in order to avoid being sent to prison. He gets into more trouble trying to do that.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-08-17
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A Police Romance
Overview: In a small police station, Lieutenant Emilie Carange finds herself sexually attracted to Jamil Messaouden, a young rookie officer. When an old Algerian woman reports that she's seen drug dealers operating in the neighborhood, they find themselves in over their heads in an investigation. Night after night, Emilie's desire grows. The drug investigation gets out of hand and so does Emilie...
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-04-15
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Shukran
Overview: In 2011 the Syrian people rise up against the Assad regime. When Dr. Haider, a pediatric heart surgeon, loses his brother in a terrorist attack, he decides to fulfill his last wish, finding himself questioning everything he has always believed in.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ar
Release Date: 2023-10-28
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Myriam's choice
Overview: The arrival in France of the first generation of Algerian immigrants. In the early sixties, Kader, soon joined by his wife Myriam, tries to build a new life on French soil. Like many other couples, they soon find themselves torn between the dream of returning to their homeland and that of prospering in a land that is not always welcoming.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-05-09
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Hymne à la gazelle
Overview: A César award nominated short feature about a lady who unwittingly seeks shelter in a bar where she attracts the unwelcome attentions of one of the customers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2003-11-26
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Une nouvelle vie
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-08-23
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Adieu Gary
Overview: Au milieu de nulle part, une cité ouvrière vidée de sa population depuis quelques années déjà. Pourtant, certains habitants ont décidé d'y rester, plus par choix que par nécessité, parce que c'est là qu'ils sont nés et qu'ils ont grandi. Parmi eux il y a Francis, l'ouvrier consciencieux qui continue d'entretenir la machine sur laquelle il a travaillé toute sa vie ; Samir, son fils.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-07-22
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Munich
Overview: During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
Genres: Drama Action History Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-23
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Bad Faith
Overview: In Paris, Clara, psycho motor therapist, and Ismaël, music teacher, have been lovers for four years. Happy, the couple are expecting their first child and decide to move in together. But the news is not well received by their respective families because Clara is Jewish and Ishmael a Muslim. Although not practicing, this difference will gradually sow trouble in their love life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-12-06
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Michou d'Auber
Overview: Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older brother Abdel in foster care. Sent to the countryside, Abdel has to work on a farm, but Messaoud is taken in by a childless woman, who conceals his Arab origins from her fiercely Gaullist ex-army husband. Re-named Michel/Michou, and with his hair comically dyed blond, the young boy quickly steals the hearts of both foster-parents, and eventually is instrumental in saving their troubled marriage.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-02-28
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Un si beau voyage
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-03-18
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Andalucia
Overview: Yacine is in his 30s, of Algerian origins, and has come to Paris looking for inner peace. A playful and poetic quest leads him via all kinds of strange encounters to an increasingly surrealist world and to Andalusia: a state of mind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-03-05
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The Minister
Overview: Transport Minister Bertrand Saint-Jean is awoken in the middle of the night by his head of staff. A bus has gone off the road into a gully. He has no choice but to go to the scene of the accident. Thus begins the odyssey of a politician in a world that is increasingly more complex and hostile.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-10-26
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Au nom d'Athènes
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Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-11-24
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J'adore ma vie !
Overview: Angélique is a nursery school teacher. She loves the children: other people's, of course, and those of her partner Damien, who is going through a divorce. It is then that she realizes that she has contracted a very rare allergy... to children!
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-05-01
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The Assault
Overview: December 1994. On Saturday 24th, four GIA terrorists hijack an Air France A300 Airbus, bound for Paris, with 227 passengers on board, at the Algiers airport.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-01-17
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L'Affaire Ben Barka
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Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-01-21
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Versailles
Overview: A young mother Nina and her son Enzo find themselves sleeping on the streets of Paris. Eventually there lifestyle leads them to Versailles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-08-13
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Down in the Hole
Overview: Lucy has decided to kill herself, crashing his car in the next bend. At that moment Peter went on a bike and he was the one who suffers a serious accident while avoiding Lucia. He was caught in a slag heap next to the road, Peter waited for someone to come to help him, but no one saw him, and Lucy runaway.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2006-03-09
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