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Jean Benguigui

Jean Benguigui

French actor
April 8, 1944 (79 years old)
Fr. 2015. Crime drama by Josée Dayan with Corinne Masiero, Gérard Depardieu, Hélène Vincent. While investigating the murder of an accountant, a police captain comes to suspect the son of the victim
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 2012. Drama by Merzak Allouache with Catherine Jacob, Solal Forte, Anthony Sonigo. The carefree adolescence of the writer Louis Gardel, in the months before the outbreak of the Algerian War of Independence.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2011. Comedy by Pascale Pouzadoux with Charlotte de Turckheim, Antoine Duléry, Line Renaud. The tribulations on board a cruise ship of a dog-loving widow in her eighties, a farmer's wife, a powerful Parisian executive, and a man disguised as a woman.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 2011. Political drama by Antoine de Caunes with Karin Viard, Jonathan Zaccaï, André Wilms.
Runtime: 105 min.

A Cat in Paris

V.O.: Une Vie de chat
Fr. 2010. Animation by Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol. Backed up by her cat, who leads a double life, the little girl of a Parisian superintendent is chased by her father's murderer, a thief who covets a giant statue.
Runtime: 70 min.
Fr. 2010. Crime drama by Marc Rivière with Pierre Arditi, Vincent Winterhalter, Alexandre Hamidi. While working on his new guidebook, a famous oenologist is called to investigate the murder of an old man, possibly the victim of a serial killer.
Runtime: 95 min.

Fatal Bazooka

V.O.: Fatal
Fr. 2010. Comedy by Michaël Youn with Michaël Youn, Stéphane Rousseau, Isabelle Funaro. A pretentious and vulgar rapper sees both his place at the top of the charts and his flamboyant career threatened by the arrival of an electro-pop singer.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2009. Comedy by Gad Elmaleh with Gad Elmaleh, Pascale Arbillot, Jean Benguigui. Having become a multimillionaire, a Frenchman of Jewish origin tries to show off his success by organizing a bar mitzvah for his son, one worthy of a world summit.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 2008. Comedy by Graham Guit with Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Lior Ashkenazi. A Jewish gynecologist, urged on by his goyish wife, leaves Paris to return with her to Israel, but their journey is fraught with difficulties.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 2008. Drama by Harry Cleven with Jacques Weber, Amira Casar, Jean Benguigui. In 1945, a wealthy landowner living in Corsica sows discord among his three daughters when it’s time to ensure his succession.
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 2007. Adventures by Pierre Aknine with Gérard Jugnot, Jean Benguigui, Michèle Bernier. In Baghdad, in the year 800, the life of a woodcutter is turned upside down after he discovers a cave filled with treasures.
Runtime: 180 min.
Fr. 2006. Dramatic comedy by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano with Jean-Paul Rouve, Marilou Berry, Lannick Gautry. The director of a summer camp tries to keep hiscoolamid the problems of his counselors and children.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 2004. Crime drama by Fabrice Cazeneuve with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Lluis Homar, Carla Maciel. In Barcelona, a private detective tries to solve the death of his billionaire client as he was about to award a literary prize with a huge bursary.
Runtime: 89 min.
Fr. 2004. Comedy by Alexandre Arcady with Gérard Darmon, Olivia Bonamy, Jean Benguigui. A wealthy and shady Jewish businessman fiercely opposes his daughter's marriage to a Catholic archaeologist.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 2003. Crime drama by Philippe Venault with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Jean Benguigui, Mónica Godoy. In Barcelona, a private detective sets out to find out who killed a wealthy architect who had been hiding in a suburban housing estate for a year under a false name.
Runtime: 93 min.

Up and Down

V.O.: Cita mortal a l'Up & Down
Fr. 2003. Crime drama by Laurent Jaoui with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Jean Benguigui, Carla Maciel. At the request of an old friend, a Barcelona private detective investigates the murder of a prison guard who was stabbed by an ex-convict.
Runtime: 101 min.

Turn Left at the End of the World

V.O.: Sof Ha'Olam Smola
Isr. 2003. Chronicle by Avi Nesher with Liraz Charhi, Netta Garti, Aure Atika.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 2001. Fantasy comedy by Alain Chabat with Jamel Debbouze, Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier. Three Gauls come to the aid of an Egyptian architect who must build a lavish palace for Caesar in three months.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 2001. Police comedy by Alain Berberian, Frederic Forestier with Gérard Lanvin, Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia. An escaped felon and a polite prison guard travel to Africa to find a winning lottery ticket.
Runtime: 108 min.

Shéhérazade

V.O.: Alla ricerca di Sheherazade
It. 1999. Crime drama by Franco Giraldi with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Valeria Marini, Jean Benguigui. A private detective is assigned to find a young model and discovers that she is at the heart of a political plot to derail a peace conference in the Balkans.
Runtime: 94 min.

Man's Best Friend

V.O.: Merci mon chien
Fr. 1999. Dramatic comedy by Philippe Galland with Atmen Kelif, Jean Benguigui, Yolande Moreau. The tribulations of a young undocumented Pakistani immigrant exploited by a ready-to-wear wholesaler who underestimates his worth.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1999. Crime drama by Rafael Moleon with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Valeria Marini, Jean Benguigui. Hired by a politician who fears for his daughter's safety, a private investigator discovers that the threats are aimed at the father and have to do with his activist past.
Runtime: 87 min.

L'Avant-centre sera assassiné à la tombée du jour

V.O.: Il Centravanti è Stato Assassinato verso sera
It. 1999. Crime drama by Franco Giraldi with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Valeria Marini, Jean Benguigui. Tasked with finding out who is sending threatening letters to a soccer player, a private investigator uncovers a dark real estate corruption case involving a second-tier club.
Runtime: 93 min.

Le Petit Frère

V.O.: El Hermano Pequeno
Fr. 1998. Crime drama by Enrique Urbizu with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Valeria Marini, Jean Benguigui. At the request of a former university classmate, a Spanish private investigator looks into the suspicious suicide of a possibly corrupt minister whom they both studied with.
Runtime: 87 min.

Histoire de famille

V.O.: Padre, patron
Fr. 1998. Crime drama by Emmanuelle Cuau with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Valeria Marini, Jean Benguigui. In Barcelona, a Spanish private detective investigating the murder of a wealthy young man soon connects the case with the murder of a prostitute.
Runtime: 87 min.
Fr. 1998. Crime drama by Merzak Allouache with Juanjo Puigcorbé, Valeria Marini, Jean Benguigui. From Barcelona to Paris, a Catalan private detective leads an investigation to discover who killed the head of a Spanish subsidiary of a powerful French organization.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 1996. Mores comedy by Merzak Allouache with Gad Elmaleh, Mess Hattou, Magaly Berdy.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1996. Crime drama by Jean-Michel Ribes with Bernard Le Coq, Jean Benguigui, Judith Magre.
Fr. 1995. Crime drama by Gérard Marx with Roger Hanin, Jean Benguigui, Cris Campion.
Fr. 1992. Satire by Patrice Leconte with Thierry Lhermitte, Richard Bohringer, Philippe Noiret. Six years after acquitting an airman accused of killing his wife, a judge forces him to kill his nephew's wife.
Runtime: 88 min.

Day of Atonement

V.O.: Le Grand Pardon II
Fr. 1992. Mores drama by Alexandre Arcady with Roger Hanin, Richard Berry, Gérard Darmon. A former racketeer from Paris who moved to Miami to live with his son discovers that his son became rich by laundering drug money.
Runtime: 145 min.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Louba Guertchikoff. A woman from Brittany goes after a killer who murders redheaded women with a poisoned stylus.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Thierry Chabert with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman. In order to extract information from a former double agent, a young spy must disguise herself as a Trappist monk.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman. The inhabitants of a small town in Brittany are seized by a collective delirium after eating poisoned vegetables.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Paul Vecchiali with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman. A Department of Defense employee works to uncover a spy operating from within the department.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Thierry Chabert with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman. A whimsical young woman protects an Indian prince who is being chased by a killer.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Thierry Chabert with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman. A Breton woman who loves detective work inherits a manor house that is said to be haunted.
Fr. 1991. Police comedy by Paul Vecchiali with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Louba Guertchikoff. A secretary in the Navy hears rumours that there is a submarine in the Seine.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1991. Fantasy comedy by Josiane Balasko with Josiane Balasko, Daniel Auteuil, Michael Lonsdale. A plump spinster makes a deal with a messenger of the devil to be transformed into an irresistible seductress.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1991. Comedy by Claude Zidi with Thierry Lhermitte, Miou-Miou, Eddy Mitchell. A secret agent who has always let his family believe that he was only a modest civil servant decides to put on a show to impress his unfaithful wife.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli with Giulietta Masina, Véronique Silver, Eva Darlan. An old lady organizes a big family reunion in the hope that one of her sons, whom she has not heard from in fifteen years, will attend.
Runtime: 88 min.

My New Partner 2

V.O.: Ripoux contre Ripoux
Fr. 1990. Police comedy by Claude Zidi with Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Guy Marchand. Suspended after being accused of receiving stolen goods, two Parisian policemen try to thwart the dishonest maneuvers of their replacements.
Runtime: 108 min.
Fr. 1990. Police comedy by Sylvain Madigan with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Judith Henry. A Breton woman is involved in the revenge of a farmer against a young mechanic who is having an affair with his daughter.
Fr. 1990. Police comedy by Sylvain Madigan with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Benoît Régent. After having just broken off her engagement, a Breton woman becomes fascinated by the sudden arrival of a foreign couple.
Fr. 1990. Police comedy by Thierry Chabert with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Riton Liebman. A woman from Brittany suspects the deputy mayor of her village of murder.
Fr. 1989. Police comedy by François Leterrier with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Fabienne Berthaud. A Breton woman investigates the murder of a young teacher who, shortly before his death, wanted to share disturbing revelations with her.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1989. Police comedy by François Leterrier with Dominique Lavanant, Jean Benguigui, Jean-Claude Bolle Reddat. Back in her native village, a Breton woman investigates the suspicious death of an individual who claimed to have seen ghosts.
Runtime: 83 min.
Fr. 1987. Crime drama by Ronald Chammah with Isabelle Huppert, Joaquim de Almeida, David Warrilow. Seduced by a woman with a troubled past, a man tries to see things clearly.
Runtime: 83 min.

The Flight of the Phoenix

V.O.: Le Vol du Sphinx
Fr. 1984. Adventures by Laurent Ferrier with Alain Souchon, Miou-Miou, François Perrot. An airplane pilot based in southern Morocco is unwittingly drawn into a dangerous arms trafficking business.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1984. Musical drama by Ariel Zeïtoun with Christophe Malavoy, Pierre-Loup Rajot, Gabrielle Lazure. In 1962, the problems of two brothers, one of whom is a singer and the other a student.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1984. Crime drama by Philippe Lefebvre with Jacques Perrin, Richard Bohringer, Daniel Duval. In Marseilles, with the help of an honest police commissioner, an examining magistrate tackles the drug trade.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1984. Mores drama by Christine Pascal with Isabelle Huppert, Richard Berry, Vittorio Mezzogiorno. After serving time for rape, a private investigator is assigned to investigate a woman in whom he is reminded of his victim.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Alexandre Arcady with Roger Hanin, Philippe Noiret, Fiona Gelin. In November 1942, the mayor of an Algerian village and his friend, a cafe owner, decide to take advantage of the arrival of American troops.
Runtime: 135 min.

The Day of Atonement

V.O.: Le Grand Pardon
Fr. 1982. Crime drama by Alexandre Arcady with Roger Hanin, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Louis Trintignant. An ambitious young mobster seeks to harm a Jew who has taken over the rackets in a Paris neighborhood.
Runtime: 136 min.
Fr. 1982. Spy drama by Franck Apprederis with Maurice Ronet, Mimsy Farmer, Jacques Richard. During a mission, a secret agent comes to question his job and his life.
Runtime: 90 min.

Memoirs of a French Whore

V.O.: La Dérobade
Fr. 1979. Mores drama by Daniel Duval with Daniel Duval, Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider.
Runtime: 112 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1979. Social drama by Michel Drach with Serge Avedikian, Michelle Marquais, Régis Porte.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1978. Crime drama by François Dupont-Midy with Yves Rénier, Véronique Jannot, Guy Montagné. A police officer seeks to capture a murderer who happens to be his look-alike.
Runtime: 84 min

Bonjour Amour

V.O.: L'Amour en herbe
Fr. 1976. Psychological drama by Roger Andrieux with Pascal Meynier, Guilhaine Dubos, Michel Galabru. A teenager's life is disrupted after he becomes infatuated with a shop girl two years older than him.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1975. Psychological drama by René Féret with Paul Allio, Olivier Perrier, Bernard Freyd. The difficulties of a young man admitted to a psychiatric clinic after a suicide attempt.
Runtime: 75 min.

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