Denis Menochet
Encyclopedia
Denis Menochet 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
."
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. 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
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
, in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
film, Inglourious Basterds.
Elizabeth Weitzman, a film critic for the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....
, praised Menochet's work opposite Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz
Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. He received international acclaim for his portrayal of SS-Standartenführer Hans Landa in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award and...
in the opening scene
Scene (film)
In TV and movies, a scene is generally thought of as the action in a single location and continuous time. Due to the ability to edit recorded visual works, it is typically much shorter than a stage play 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
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
."
Cinema
- 2004 : Mot compte double de Cécile Vernant : as Denis
- 2004 : Split (short film) by Matthieu Vollaire
- 2004 : Automne de Ra'up McGee : as bodyguard
- 2005 : Mustache directed by Emmanuel CarrèreEmmanuel CarrèreEmmanuel Carrère is a French author, screenwriter and director. He is the son of Louis Édouard Carrère, often known as Louis Carrère d'Encausse after his wife's pen name, and French historian Hélène Carrère d'Encausse....
: server - 2005 : Foon directed by Benoît Pétré, Deborah Saïag, Mika Tard and Isabelle Vitari : Harry
- 2005 : Appel d'air (short film) by Lucie Duchêne : Vincent
- 2007 : Light My Fire (court-métrage) de Matthieu Vollaire
- 2007 : Poison d'avril (TV) directed by William KarelWilliam KarelWilliam Karel is a French film director and author. He is known for his historical and political documentaries.- Biography :After studying in Paris, Karel emigrated to Israel where he lived for about 10 years in a kibbutz...
: sound engineer - 2007 : La 17ème marche (short film) directed by Karim Adda : Talkie man
- 2007 : Hannibal Rising directed by Peter WebberPeter WebberPeter Webber is a British director who is best known for his debut feature film Girl with a Pearl Earring and Hannibal Rising.-Early career:Webber made his first short film, The Zebra Man, straight out of film school...
: Chief of Police - 2007 : J'ai plein de projets (short film) directed by Karim Adda
- 2007 : La Disparue de Deauville directed by Sophie MarceauSophie MarceauSophie Marceau is a French actress director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum and La boum 2 , receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress...
: Jean-Luc - 2008 : Very very large company directed by Pierre JolivetPierre JolivetPierre Jolivet is a French director, actor and script-writer. His film Zim and Co. was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival....
: Gilles - 2009 : Je te mangeraisJe te mangeraisJe te mangerais, I would eat you in English, is a French movie realized by Sophie Laloy.- Synopsis :The movie is about the difficult relations between two young girls, students in the Conservatoire de Musique classique de Lyon.- Cast :...
(I Would Eat You) directed by Sophie Laloy : Copain Yves - 2009 : Inglourious Basterds directed by Quentin TarantinoQuentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...
: Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer - 2010 : Joseph et la fille de Xavier De Choudens : Franck
- 2010 : La Rafle de Rose Bosch : Corot
- 2010 : Robin HoodRobin Hood (2010 film)Robin Hood is a 2010 British/American adventure film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett...
directed by Ridley ScottRidley ScottSir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...
: Adhemar
Television
- 2003 : Caméra Café : Patrick
- 2005 : Les vagues (TV) de Frédéric Carpentier : Le Coach
- 2006 : L'État de GrâceL'État de GraceL'État de Grace was a French television show that featured France's first female president.-Plot:L'État de Grace is a comedy about power, about politics, about the place of women today and their relationships with men....
- épisode 6 : "Taxi driver number 2" - 2007 : Rendez-moi justice (TV) by Denys Granier-Deferre : Gilbert Jourdan
- 2008 : Julie LescautJulie LescautJulie Lescaut is a French-language police television series. It has been distributed since 1992 on TF1 , La Une-RTBF and TSR ; the show remains active as of 2010. It details the investigations of detective Julie Lescaut and her team...
(television series) - Season 17, episode 2 : Patrick - 2008 : Duval et Moretti (television series) - Season 1, episode 7 : Alex
- 2009 : L'école du pouvoir by Raoul PeckRaoul PeckRaoul Peck is an award-winning Haitian filmmaker, of both documentary and feature films, and a political activist. Briefly, in the 1990s, he was Haiti's Minister of Culture.-Biography:...
: Élève interne - 2009 : Brigade Navarro (television series) - Season 2, episode 4 : Capitaine Le Mat
- 2010 : Pierre MichelPierre MichelPierre Michel , is a literature professor and a scholar specializing in the French writer Octave Mirbeau.Michel was born in Toulon, the son of the historian Henri Michel....
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