Maurice Bénichou
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Maurice Bénichou is a French
actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke
(Code inconnu, Le Temps du Loup
, and Caché
), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet
's Amélie
. He has also played in Peter Brook
's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata
.
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...
actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work...
(Code inconnu, Le Temps du Loup
Le Temps du Loup
Time of the Wolf is a dystopian post-apocalyptic drama film, directed by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It was released theatrically in 2003....
, and Caché
Caché (film)
Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:...
), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and...
's Amélie
Amélie
Amélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre...
. He has also played in Peter Brook
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:...
's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata (1989 film)
The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Indian epic, Mahabharata, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television . Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for...
.
Filmography
- 1968 : Paris n'existe pas, directed by Robert BenayounRobert BenayounRobert Benayoun was a French film critic and author, and one-time member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival of 1980. He wrote books on Tex Avery, Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers, and Alain Resnais.He wrote screenplays for and directed three films...
- 1970 : Les Camisards, directed by René AllioRené AllioRené Allio was a French film and theater director. Some of the movies and theater plays he directed include:* The Shameless Old Lady...
- 1973 : Le Mariage à la mode, directed by Michel Mardore
- 1975 : Le Petit Marcel, directed by Jacques FanstenJacques FanstenJacques Fansten is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 20 films since 1970.-External links:...
- 1976 : Un éléphant ça trompe énormémentUn éléphant ça trompe énormémentUn éléphant ça trompe énormément is a French 1976 film directed by Yves Robert. It was remade as the 1984 American film The Woman in Red.- Awards and nominations :*César Awards...
, directed by Yves RobertYves RobertYves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs... - 1976 : La QuestionLa QuestionLa Question is a book by Henri Alleg, published in 1958. It is notorious for precisely describing the methods of torture used by French paratroopers during the Algerian War from the point of view of a victim...
, directed by Laurent Heynemann - 1977 : L'Animal, directed by Claude ZidiClaude ZidiClaude Zidi is a French film director and screenwriter who is noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then cinematographer, and made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1971...
- 1977 : Sale rêveur, directed by Étienne PérierÉtienne Périer (director)Étienne Périer is a Belgian film director.- Filmography :* 1956 : Bernard Buffet* 1958 : Meurtre en 45 tours with Michel Auclair as Jean Le Prat...
- 1977 : Les Routes du sud, directed by Joseph LoseyJoseph LoseyJoseph Walton Losey was an American theater and film director. After studying in Germany with Bertolt Brecht, Losey returned to the United States, eventually making his way to Hollywood...
- 1977 : La Vocation suspendue, directed by Raoul RuizRaoul RuizRaúl Ernesto Ruiz Pino was a Chilean filmmaker.Ruiz spent some years at the Catholic University of Santa Fe, Argentina's cinema school. Back in Chile, he directed his first feature film Tres tristes tigres in the late 1960s, winning the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival...
- 1979 : I... comme IcareI as in IcarusI as in Icarus is a 1979 French thriller film directed by Henri Verneuil.-Selected cast:*Yves Montand as Henri Volney*Michel Etcheverry as Frédéric Heiniger*Roger Planchon as Prof...
(I as in Icarus), directed by Henri VerneuilHenri VerneuilHenri Verneuil was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who enjoyed a successful career in France.-Biography:... - 1980 : Le Jardinier, directed by Jean-Pierre Sentier
- 1981 : Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?, directed by Elie ChouraquiÉlie ChouraquiÉlie Chouraqui is a French film director and scriptwriter of Jewish origin.-Filmography:*1978: Mon premier amour*1980: Une page d'amour*1982: Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David?*1985: Paroles et musique...
- 1989 : The MahabharataThe Mahabharata (1989 film)The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Indian epic, Mahabharata, directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television . Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for...
, directed by Peter BrookPeter BrookPeter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:... - 1990 : La Fracture du myocarde, directed by Jacques FanstenJacques FanstenJacques Fansten is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He has directed 20 films since 1970.-External links:...
- 1992 : La Petite apocalypse, directed by Costa-GavrasCosta-GavrasCosta-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z...
- 1992 : FaustoFaustoFausto may refer to:* Fausto Amodei, Italian singer-songwriter* Fausto Bordalo Dias, Portuguese singer-songwriter* Fausto Carmona, Dominican baseball player* Fausto Cleva, Italian-born American operatic conductor...
, directed by Rémy Duchemin - 1993 : Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance d'avoir des parents communistes, directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
- 1993 : Les Patriotes, directed by Éric RochantÉric RochantÉric Rochant, born February 24, 1961, is a French film director and a screenwriter.- Filmography :* 1984 - Comme les doigts de la main* 1985 - French Lovers* 1987 - Présence féminine* 1989 - Un monde sans pitié...
- 1995 : Mordbüro, directed by Lionel Kopp
- 1997 : L'homme est une femme comme les autres (Man Is a Woman), directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann
- 2000 : Code inconnu, directed by Michael HanekeMichael HanekeMichael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work...
- 2000 : Drôle de FélixDrôle de FélixDrôle de Félix is a 2000 French film, a road movie written and directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau. It stars Sami Bouajila as the title character.- Plot :Félix, a young gay man of Arab descent, living in Dieppe, is currently unemployed and HIV positive...
, directed by Olivier DucastelOlivier DucastelOlivier Ducastel is a French film director, screenwriter and sound editor who currently works in collaboration with partner Jacques Martineau.- Biography :...
and Jacques MartineauJacques MartineauJacques Martineau is a French film director and screenwriter who works in collaboration with partner Olivier Ducastel.- Biography :... - 2000 : Quand on sera grand, directed by Renaud Cohen
- 2000 : AmélieAmélieAmélie is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume Laurant, the film is a whimsical depiction of contemporary Parisian life, set in Montmartre...
, directed by Jean-Pierre JeunetJean-Pierre Jeunet-Life and career:Jean-Pierre Jeunet was born in Roanne, Loire, France. He bought his first camera at the age of 17 and made short films while studying animation at Cinémation Studios. He befriended Marc Caro, a designer and comic book artist who became his longtime collaborator and... - 2001 : C'est le bouquet !, directed by Jeanne LabruneJeanne LabruneJeanne Labrune is a French screenwriter and film director. She has directed 13 films since 1978. Her film Blood and Sand was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- 2002 : Le Temps du LoupLe Temps du LoupTime of the Wolf is a dystopian post-apocalyptic drama film, directed by Austrian director Michael Haneke. It was released theatrically in 2003....
, directed by Michael HanekeMichael HanekeMichael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work... - 2003 : Qui perd gagne !, directed by Laurent Bénégui
- 2004 : CachéCaché (film)Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:...
, directed by Michael HanekeMichael HanekeMichael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work... - 2005 : Le Passager, directed by Éric CaravacaEric CaravacaEric Caracava is a French actor and director.The son of an engineer, Caracava studied literature while taking acting lessons...
- 2006 : Le Candidat, directed by Niels ArestrupNiels ArestrupNiels Arestrup is a French actor.Born in Paris into a family of modest means, his father was Danish and his mother was French...
- 2007 : BoxesBoxes (film)Boxes is a 2007 French film and the directorial debut of Jane Birkin. Birkin also stars alongside Geraldine Chaplin and Michel Piccoli. The film is based on Birkin's own family life, chronicling three marriages and the three children she bore from these marriages. The title alludes to the way in...
, directed by Jane BirkinJane BirkinJane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :... - 2007 : Les Toits de Paris, directed by Hiner SaleemHiner SaleemHuner Saleem, also transliterated as Huner Salim, , is an Iraqi–Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq at the age of 17, and soon made his way to Italy, where he completed school and attended university. Later on, he moved to France where he lives now...
- 2007 : ParisParis (2008 film)Paris is a 2008 French film by Cédric Klapisch concerning a diverse group of people living in Paris. The film began shooting in November 2006 and was released in February 2008. Its UK release was in July 2008...
, directed by Cédric KlapischCédric KlapischCédric Klapisch , is a French film director.Klapisch was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is from a Jewish family; his maternal grandparents were deported to Auschwitz. He studied cinema at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle as well as at the University of Paris VIII... - 2008 : Passe-passePasse-passe-Cast and roles:* Nathalie Baye - Irène Montier-Duval* Edouard Baer - Darry Marzouki* Guy Marchand - Pierre Delage, the Minister* Mélanie Bernier - Sonia Yacovlev* Joey Starr - Max* Maurice Bénichou - Serge* Bulle Ogier - Madeleine, Darry's mother...
, directed by Tonie Marshall - 2008 : Le Grand AlibiLe Grand alibiLe Grand Alibi is a 2008 French film. The screenplay is based on the Hercule Poirot crime novel The Hollow, written by the English writer Agatha Christie, although Poirot doesn't appear in this film version....
, directed by Pascal Bonitzer - 2011 : The Rabbi's CatThe Rabbi's CatThe Rabbi's Cat is a 2011 French animated film directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux, based on volume one, two and five of Sfar's comics series with the same title. It tells the story of a cat which obtains the ability to speak after swallowing a parrot, and its owner who is a rabbi in...
, directed by Joann SfarJoann SfarJoann Sfar is a French comics artist, comic book creator and film director.-Life and career:Sfar was born in Nice. He is considered one of the most important artists of the new wave of Franco-Belgian comics. Many of his comics were published by L'Association which was founded in 1990 by... - 2011 : Omar Killed MeOmar Killed MeOmar Killed Me is a 2011 drama film directed by Roschdy Zem. The film has been selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.-Cast:* Sami Bouajila as Omar Raddad...