Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil. Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about the life of a survivor of the Genocide of the Armenians, a role which won him critical acclaims and the Molière of the best comedian. His first roles in cinema were proposed by French filmaker Cédric Klapisch, who asked him to play in several of his movies, notably in "Chacun cherche son chat" ("When the Cat is Away" (1996) and in "Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)" en 2003. He was featured in Sally Potter's Yes (2004), in which he played the lead role. Abkarian then played Mehdi Ben Barka in the thriller "J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka" by Serge Le Péron, about the kidnapping and the murder of the leader of the Moroccan opposition. He then played in "Prendre Femme" by Ronit Elkabetz which won him several interpretation prizes. Playing different roles and in different genres, he was featured in the adventure "Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas" by Bourlem Guerdjou, in the comedy "Le Démon de midi" by Marie-Pascale Osterriet. He has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Ararat (2002), he was Albert in Almost Peaceful (2004) by French Director Michel Deville a film about Holocaust survivors, he was featured in "Your Dreams" (2005) by Denis Thybaud. He played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a Government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond. He was featured as Sahak in the thriller "Les Mauvais Joueurs" ("The Gamblers") (2007) by Frédéric Balekdjian. He has also been the voice of Ebi in the French version of the animated feature "Persepolis". Abkarian played the role of the eminent Armenian poet Missak Manouchianin in "Army of Crime" (2010) by Robert Guédiguian, a French filmaker based in Marseilles, who is also of Armenian parentage. He has also played Dariush Bakhshi, the Iranian Special Consul, in the BBC drama Spooks MI-5. Abkarian is known for his intensity in acting and for his ecclectism in the roles he choses. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Abkarian, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

  • Popularity : 3.881
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1962-03-05
  • Place of Birth : Gonesse, Val d'Oise, France
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Simon Abkarian Movies

  • 2007
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    Trivial

    Trivial

    4.2 2007 HD

    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...

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  • 2007
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    Persepolis

    Persepolis

    7.897 2007 HD

    In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated...

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  • 2006
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    The Snake

    The Snake

    6.1 2006 HD

    A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next...

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  • 2009
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    Army of Crime

    Army of Crime

    6.5 2009 HD

    This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant...

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  • 2004
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    To Take A Wife

    To Take A Wife

    5.6 2004 HD

    The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home,...

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  • 1996
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    When the Cat's Away

    When the Cat's Away

    6.2 1996 HD

    When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone,...

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  • 2003
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    Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

    Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

    6 2003 HD

    "Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic...

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  • 2005
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    Yes

    Yes

    5.8 2005 HD

    She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound...

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  • 2008
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    The Seven Days

    The Seven Days

    6.4 2008 HD

    When one of the brothers (Ohayn) dies, all the whole family comes for Shiva (Jewish tradition,when the family sits seven days at the home after the...

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  • 2021
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    Permis de construire

    Permis de construire

    5.5 2021 HD

    When his father passes away, a dentist in Paris inherits a plot and the will to build a house on it. The situation becomes tricky when he learns the...

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  • 2009
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    Rage

    Rage

    3.5 2009 HD

    A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the...

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  • 2022
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    Overdose

    Overdose

    6.6 2022 HD

    Captain Sara Bellaiche, from Toulouse Judiciary Police branch, is investigating a go-fast linked to the murder of two teenagers, an investigation led...

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  • 2021
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    Off-Season

    Off-Season

    5.3 2021 HD

    A seaside resort in the middle of winter, with its abandoned beach bars and rain-battered alleys, can easily flank the drone. Refugees on the top...

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  • 2006
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    Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

    7.6 2006 HD

    Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his...

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  • 2002
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    Almost Peaceful

    Almost Peaceful

    5.7 2002 HD

    Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to...

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  • 2010
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    Turk's Head

    Turk's Head

    5.7 2010 HD

    A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see...

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  • 2021
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    Black Notebooks

    Black Notebooks

    6.4 2021 HD

    With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz,...

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  • 2002
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    Ararat

    Ararat

    6.2 2002 HD

    Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

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  • 2008
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    Secrets of State

    Secrets of State

    5.8 2008 HD

    In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist...

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  • 2008
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    The Wedding Song

    The Wedding Song

    5.8 2008 HD

    The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their...

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  • 2022
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    Restless

    Restless

    6.1 2022 HD

    After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious...

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  • 2006
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    Armenia

    Armenia

    5.571 2006 HD

    This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after...

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  • 2005
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    Les mauvais joueurs

    Les mauvais joueurs

    4.6 2005 HD

    Paris, le quartier du Sentier. Noël approche et la vie de Vahé Krikorian part à vau-l'eau. La boutique de son père, avec...

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  • 2012
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    Zarafa

    Zarafa

    6.8 2012 HD

    Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone...

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  • 2005
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    The Demon Stirs

    The Demon Stirs

    3 2005 HD

    Anne Cestac accepts the obvious: her husband Julien, in his forties, has fallen madly in love with another woman. Annoyed, Anne sets out to find...

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  • 2011
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    Force

    Force

    4.7 2011 HD

    Following a series of unsolved robberies, the authorities decide to give carte blanche to commander Clara Damico to neutralize a particularly...

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  • 2022
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    The Way to Happiness

    The Way to Happiness

    4.9 2022 HD

    Saul escaped the coming Shoah as a child by being sent from Vienna to Brussels by a Kindertransport. Now in 1986, he is on the road to resilience and...

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  • 2002
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    Aram

    Aram

    5.4 2002 HD

    Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and...

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  • 2011
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    Les Amants naufragés

    Les Amants naufragés

    4.8 2011 HD

    Stan Mirkine would have everything to be happy. Now, he is sure of it: his wife is cheating on him. Too much in love, possessive to the extreme, he...

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  • 1970
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    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre

    De Gaulle – Partie 1 : La France Libre

    1 1970 HD

    Part one of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his...

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  • 1970
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    De Gaulle – Partie 2

    De Gaulle – Partie 2

    1 1970 HD

    Part two of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his...

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  • 1997
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    The Silence of Rak

    The Silence of Rak

    6 1997 HD

    The adventures of Rak, who after his dismissal begins to reflect on the meaning of the word work and on the act of working.

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  • 2013
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    Angelique

    Angelique

    6.5 2013 HD

    The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission...

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  • 1999
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    Lila Lili

    Lila Lili

    1 1999 HD

    Micheline, who is pregnant, lives in a home for women from which she tries to observe the world with calm and serenity. Among other women of the home...

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  • 2012
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    Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?

    Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?

    7 2012 HD

    The young years of Michel Drucker.

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  • 2014
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    Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

    Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

    7.567 2014 HD

    The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in...

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  • 1994
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    Ana El Awan

    Ana El Awan

    5.4 1994 HD

    Camille is a composer going back to his homeland Lebanon to write a song about his country. Raya is looking for her lost son. They meet, fall in...

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  • 2025
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    The 4th Wall

    The 4th Wall

    1 2025 HD

    Georges, a politically committed stage director, has given up activism. But when Samuel, his best friend suffering from an incurable disease, urges...

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  • 2005
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    Zaina: Rider of the Atlas

    Zaina: Rider of the Atlas

    6.9 2005 HD

    Young Zaina, must lead a caravan of precious thoroughbreds to Marrakech to take part of the most prestigious of all races : the Agdal. Along she'll...

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  • 1970
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    God Will Know His Own

    God Will Know His Own

    1 1970 HD

    After a long journey through the circuit of international Islamism that took him from France to London via Bosnia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Hamid...

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  • 2014
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    The Cut

    The Cut

    6.089 2014 HD

    In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin...

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  • 2014
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    Colt 45

    Colt 45

    5.7 2014 HD

    Vincent Miles, a gunsmith and shooting instructor at the National Police, is an expert in combat shooting who stubbornly refuses to join a field...

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  • 2005
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    I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

    I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

    5.3 2005 HD

    January 1966. In a Paris apartment, police discovers the corpse of Georges Figon, the man who broke the scandal of the Ben Barka affair and...

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  • 2023
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    Mémoires de Palestine

    Mémoires de Palestine

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2015
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    1915

    1915

    3.3 2015 HD

    Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.

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  • 2015
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    Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

    Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

    6.455 2015 HD

    Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that...

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  • 2010
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    Comme une ombre

    Comme une ombre

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2005
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    S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre

    S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre

    7.5 2005 HD

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  • 2007
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    New Délire

    New Délire

    1 2007 HD

    Take a Bollywood film--a good Bolllywood film--with action, emotion, suspense, and laughter. With Indian actors who act, dance, sing and smother...

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  • 2003
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    The Legend of Princess Parva

    The Legend of Princess Parva

    6.5 2003 HD

    The island of Kiam was once a paradise place with a kind Maharaja as a ruler. But one day the villainous Malaw killed the island’s ruler and...

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  • 1970
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    Comme des riches

    Comme des riches

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2008
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    A World of Ours

    A World of Ours

    6 2008 HD

    Noé comes into sixth grade at the same time he discovers a new city and a new house where he has just moved with his father, Marc. Coached by...

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  • 2016
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    Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »

    Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »

    1 2016 HD

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  • 1970
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    Indic

    Indic

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2008
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    Minor Revelations

    Minor Revelations

    1 2008 HD

    "The choice of each period is intimate, as each period awakens a particular emotion in me. This emotion reflects what is around me, not everyone is...

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  • 1997
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    J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici

    J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici

    6.2 1997 HD

    In this French gangster drama, a young hoodlum, new to his famed father's dubious profession, successfully completes his first hit but then finds...

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  • 2017
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    Overdrive

    Overdrive

    6.08 2017 HD

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

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  • 2017
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    J'ai tué ma femme

    J'ai tué ma femme

    1 2017 HD

    Max and Minou are having a relationship crisis: she's crying, he's getting annoyed. Their car has been vandalised but this is not why she's crying....

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  • 2017
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    Journey from Greece

    Journey from Greece

    6.3 2017 HD

    Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will...

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  • 2016
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    Chouf

    Chouf

    6.2 2016 HD

    Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant...

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  • 2005
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    In Your Dreams

    In Your Dreams

    5.5 2005 HD

    Ninth is a promising young rapper whose reputation does not exceed even the few streets of his neighborhood. With his band and supported by Keuj,...

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  • 2018
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    The Sonata

    The Sonata

    4.769 2018 HD

    After a gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances, she discovers his last musical masterpiece...

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  • 2016
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    Scribe

    Scribe

    5.9 2016 HD

    Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: transcribing...

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  • 2018
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    Cyrano, My Love

    Cyrano, My Love

    7.5 2018 HD

    Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two...

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  • 2019
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    Rebels

    Rebels

    6.1 2019 HD

    Sandra, a young woman forced to leave the south of France to flee a violent husband. Without attachment, she returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer, the city...

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  • 2019
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    The Audition

    The Audition

    6.038 2019 HD

    Anna teaches violin at a music school, her husband is an instrument-maker. They have a 10-year-old son, Jonas. At school, Anna champions young...

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  • 2019
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    Someone, Somewhere

    Someone, Somewhere

    6.405 2019 HD

    Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections...

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  • 2019
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    The Swallows of Kabul

    The Swallows of Kabul

    7.8 2019 HD

    Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better...

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  • 2019
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    Ce soir-là et les jours d'après

    Ce soir-là et les jours d'après

    5 2019 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Truth About Charlie

    The Truth About Charlie

    4.9 2002 HD

    Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return...

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  • 2008
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    Le Menteur : La Pièce !

    Le Menteur : La Pièce !

    1 2008 HD

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  • 2008
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    L'Affaire Ben Barka

    L'Affaire Ben Barka

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1997
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    Tempest in a Teapot

    Tempest in a Teapot

    6 1997 HD

    American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a...

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  • 2007
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    Rendition

    Rendition

    6.432 2007 HD

    When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught...

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  • 2013
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    The Marchers

    The Marchers

    6.4 2013 HD

    In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for...

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  • 2020
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    Le dernier jour du jeûne

    Le dernier jour du jeûne

    7.5 2020 HD

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  • 2021
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    Les Damnés de la Commune

    Les Damnés de la Commune

    7 2021 HD

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  • 1994
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    Le Poisson rouge

    Le Poisson rouge

    2 1994 HD

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  • 2015
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    Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger

    Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger

    8 2015 HD

    On 15 March 1921, Talat Pasha, a high-ranking Turkish dignitary, was shot dead in a Berlin street by a young Armenian. A few months later, Soghomon...

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  • 2008
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    Khamsa

    Khamsa

    6 2008 HD

    After fleeing from his foster family, 11-years-old Khamsa returns to the gypsy camp where he was born. With his cousin, Tony "The Midget", Khamsa...

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  • 2008
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    A Day at the Museum

    A Day at the Museum

    4.5 2008 HD

    Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes...

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  • 2022
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    Cop Goes Missing

    Cop Goes Missing

    4.8 2022 HD

    One morning, a worn-out field cop, nicknamed Ping-Pong by everyone, burns his police ID and disappears. During one night and one day, his colleagues...

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  • 1995
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    Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

    7.3 1995 HD

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  • 2020
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    Le dernier jour du jeûne

    Le dernier jour du jeûne

    7.5 2020 HD

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  • 2022
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    Notre-Dame

    Notre-Dame

    5.8 2022 HD

    As the Paris firefighters try to stop the flames from spreading in the Cathedral, the show also follows characters being put through the wringer -...

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  • 2011
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    Tony's Revenge

    Tony's Revenge

    6.2 2011 HD

    Tony Roucas, a long-term convicted criminal, escapes from prison with Kenz, a small-town big shot. Their run reveals a generational conflict of a new...

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  • 2012
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    Kaboul Kitchen

    Kaboul Kitchen

    6 2012 HD

    Kaboul Kitchen is a French comedy television series broadcast by Canal+. It was created by Marc Victor, Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. The...

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  • 2015
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    Malaterra

    Malaterra

    7 2015 HD

    Malaterra: for the residents this village is a haven of peace, a refuge. Until the death of a child. This once united community, where everyone...

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  • 2017
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    Playground

    Playground

    7.3 2017 HD

    A lonely teenage girl joins a school for promising killers and trains hard to become an professional assassin as she uncovers the mysteries of her...

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  • 2002
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    Spooks

    Spooks

    7.6 2002 HD

    Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The...

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  • 2009
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    Pigalle, la nuit

    Pigalle, la nuit

    7 2009 HD

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  • 2020
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    Wonderland

    Wonderland

    6.9 2020 HD

    In this romantic fantasy-thriller, a man from the present travels back to 1960s Biarritz and meets a mysterious woman whose destiny is inexplicably...

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