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Jean-François Balmer
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Jean-François Balmer

Swiss actor
April 18, 1946 (78 years old)
Fr. 2021. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld with André Dussollier, Marisa Berenson, Jean-François Balmer. On the evening that a major museum receives him to thank him for having bequeathed to France two paintings from his private collection, a billionaire learns that his daughter has been kidnapped.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2014. Crime drama by Christian Bonnet with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.

In the House

V.O.: Dans la maison
Fr. 2012. Dramatic comedy by François Ozon with Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas. A teenager intrudes in the house of a high school classmate and gives an episodic account of his findings to his French teacher, who then embarks on a dangerous game.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 80 min.
Fr. 2011. History by Pierre Aknine with Jean-François Balmer, Évelyne Buyle, André Marcon. In 1974, while French President Georges Pompidou is dying of a rare form of leukemia, his successors worki in the shadows.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2010. Crime drama by Christian Bonnet with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2010. Crime drama by Thierry Petit with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Philippe Ambrosini. An investigating judge and a police inspector investigate the murder of a man, found dead in his luxury car, and the beating of his wife who was driving.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 2010. Dramatic comedy by Joël Séria with Sylvie Testud, Balthasar Dejean De La Bâtie, Jean-François Balmer. In the late 1940s, an unloved and rambunctious child is sent to a boarding school where his strict teacher, who believes in his potential, helps him get his certificate.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2009. Dramatic comedy by James Huth with Jean Dujardin, Daniel Prévost, Alexandra Lamy. Appointed by the president of the United States to pacify his hometown before the arrival of the railroad, Lucky Luke is challenged after accidentally killing one of his enemies.
Runtime: 104 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 2009. Dramatic comedy by Jean-Louis Lorenzi with Jean-François Balmer, Pierre Boulanger, Anne Jacquemin. In 1961, the authoritarian principal of a boys' boarding school is shaken by the arrival of a progressive science teacher and a feminist entrepreneur.
Runtime: 190 min.
Fr. 2008. Drama by Denys Granier-Deferre with Constance Dollé, Jean-François Balmer, Mélanie Leray. Arrested for assaulting a police officer, a prostitute is firmly defended by dozens of people she helped during the war.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 85 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Jap. 2008. Sketches by Michel Gondry, Léos Carax, Bong Joon-ho with Ayako Fujitani, Denis Lavant, Teruyuki Kagawa. In Tokyo, the fantastic fates of a young woman undergoing a strange mutation, a human-like monster emerging from the sewers and a man who has been confined to his home for ten years.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 2007. Crime drama by Pascale Dallet with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2006. History by Fabrice Cazeneuve with Jean-François Balmer, Gérard Lartigau, Bernard Alane. After the Liberation of France, famous playwright Sacha Guitry has several run-ins with the French justice system.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 2006. Crime drama by Jacques Bral with Eddy Mitchell, Sagamore Stévenin, Pascale Arbillot. After being released from prison, a burglar is convinced by a former accomplice to participate in the theft of a precious jewel belonging to a rich heiress.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2006. Crime drama by Stéphane Kurc with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 95 min.

Comedy of Power

V.O.: L'Ivresse du pouvoir
Fr. 2005. Court drama by Claude Chabrol with Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Thomas Chabrol. After having a major industrialist arrested, an investigating judge works tirelessly to punish the culprits of a vast fraud case.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2004. Psychological drama by Daniel Janneau with Valentin Merlet, Alexis Loret, Jean-François Balmer. In the 1930s, the harmony between two brothers breaks down when one inherits a fortune at the expense of the other.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2004. Crime drama by Pascale Dallet with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 2003. Police comedy by Claude Zidi with Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Lorant Deutsch. A retired police detective involved in a money laundering case asks his former partner for help.
Runtime: 106 min.
Runtime: 100 min.

Belphégor - Phantom of the Louvre

V.O.: Belphégor - Le Fantôme du Louvre
Fr. 2001. Fantasy by Jean-Paul Salomé with Sophie Marceau, Frédéric Diefenthal, Michel Serrault. A young woman possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian mummy haunts the Louvre Museum in the guise of a menacing ghost.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 2001. Crime drama by Vincent Monnet with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Philippe Ambrosini. An investigating judge investigates the suspicious death of a student at a prestigious military school.
Fr. 2000. History by Patricia Mazuy with Isabelle Huppert, Nina Meurisse, Morgane Moré. A former courtesan of Louis XIV who runs a model institute for young girls gradually drifts into madness.
Runtime: 115 min.

Les Heures historiques

V.O.: Deutschlandspiel
All. 2000. History by Hans-Christoph Blumenberg with Lambert Hamel, Udo Samel, Rudolf Wessely. The main events leading to the reunification of Germany in 1990.
Fr. 2000. Crime drama by Frédéric Auburtin with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Philippe Ambrosini. A conflict emerges between an investigating judge and a police inspector in a murder case involving two suspects.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2000. Crime drama by Vincent Monnet with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Patrick Fierry. The main suspect in a murder case refuses to reveal the identity of his mistress, even though she is the only one who can give him an alibi.
Fr. 1999. Drama by Patrick Sébastien with Patrick Sébastien, Samuel Dupuy, Marie Denarnaud. To heal a young woman who was raped by a simpleton, a psychologist wants to reunite her with her attacker.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1999. Crime drama by Jacques Malaterre with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Michel Robin. An investigating judge and a police inspector investigate the murder of a medical institute's communications director, who is found castrated.
Fr. 1999. Crime drama by Jacques Malaterre with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Marion Game. An examining magistrate and a police inspector investigate the case of a Beaux-Arts student found dead and disfigured in the Seine.
Fr. 1999. Crime drama by Jacques Malaterre with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Aladin Reibel. The death of a six-year-old child on an operating table is investigated by an examining magistrate and a police officer.
Fr. 1998. Crime drama by Jacques Malaterre with Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Valérie Leboutte. A young examining magistrate and a police inspector investigate the death of a doctor.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1998. Psychological drama by Christiane Spiero with Jean-François Balmer, Lisa Martino, Michèle Simonnet. The reactions of three families who each lost one of their members in the same accident caused by a reckless driver.
Runtime: 96 min.

East Wind

V.O.: Vent d'Est
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1993. Crime drama by Philippe Lefebvre with Jacques Weber, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Jean-François Balmer. A judge investigates a series of kidnappings of French citizens in Beirut.
Fr. 1993. Chronicle by Charles Matton with Jean-François Balmer, Caroline Sihol, Richard Bohringer. In 1942, the experiences of a nine-year-old boy who lives with his family in a castle occupied by German soldiers.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1993. Crime drama by Philippe Lefebvre with Jacques Weber, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Jean-François Balmer. A judge is investigating the mid-air explosion of a plane flying from Brazzaville to Paris.
Fr. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Virginie Thévenet with Aure Atika, Philip Bartlett, Rossy de Palma.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1992. Sentimental drama by Jacques Bral with Bruno Wolkowitch, Delphine Forest, Ludmila Mikaël. After his release from prison, a clueless burglar is ready to do anything to win the heart of a young shop girl he fell in love with.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1992. Essay film by Monique Champagne with Anne Létourneau, Jean-François Balmer, Albert Millaire. A Quebec woman leaves her Parisian lover and returns to Montreal to take stock of her life.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1991. Mores drama by Claude Chabrol with Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy. The young wife of a provincial doctor tries to escape her boredom by engaging in various romantic adventures.
Runtime: 142 min.
Fr. 1991. War drama by Pierre Schoendoerffer with Donald Pleasence, Patrick Catalifo, Ludmila Mikaël. In 1954, the French army fights a final battle in the valley of Di
Runtime: 125 min.

French Revolution: Years of Hope

V.O.: La Révolution française - Les Années lumière
Fr. 1989. History by Robert Enrico with Jean-François Balmer, Klaus Maria Brandauer, François Cluzet. A portrayal of the facts surrounding the French Revolution, from 1789 to the summer of 1792.
Runtime: 170 min.
Fr. 1987. Social drama by Alain Bloch with Jean-François Balmer, Caroline Sihol, Sylvie Fennec. A Latin American man is forced into exile because of his friendship with an intellectual wanted by his country's military junta.
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 1987. Social drama by Jacques Perrin with Jane Birkin, Samuel Fuller, Jean-François Balmer. An indifferent journalist discovers, through the contact of three doctors, the reality of the Vietnamese ""boat people"".
Fr. 1985. Spy drama by Philippe Lefebvre with Bruno Cremer, Heinz Bennent, Jean-François Balmer. An industrialist who does business in East Germany is drawn into a case of espionage.

Window Shopping

V.O.: Golden Eighties
Fr. 1985. Musical by Chantal Akerman with Delphine Seyrig, Fanny Cottençon, Charles Denner. The loving exchanges between the employees of a clothing store and a hairdressing salon facing each other in a shopping mall.
Runtime: 96 min.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 1984. Crime drama by Gilles Béhat with Richard Berry, Fanny Bastien, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. A journalist uncovers a terrorist plot when he comes to the aid of a young girl who says she is being chased by a killer.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1984. Mores drama by Fabrice Cazeneuve with Jean-François Balmer, Roger Jendly, Marylin Even. A tramp with a mysterious past becomes the friend of a misanthrope who makes a living by collecting scraps.
Fr. 1984. Drama by Michel Mitrani with Jean Rochefort, Jean-François Balmer, Paul Le Person. In the 1970s, a French television program director creates a scandal by broadcasting provocative films.
Fr. 1983. Crime drama by Jacques Bral with Jean-François Balmer, Sandra Montaigu, Pierre Santini. A rather clueless private investigator gets into a lot of trouble when he decides to help a young stranger clear up the circumstances surrounding a murder.
Runtime: 97 min.

The Blood of Others

V.O.: Le Sang des autres
Can. 1983. Drama by Claude Chabrol with Jodie Foster, Michael Ontkean, Sam Neill. Out of love for a communist militant, a young designer joins the resistance.
Runtime: 135 min.
Fr. 1983. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Igoux with Bulle Ogier, Daniel Olbrychski, Gérard Blain. The slow drift towards madness of a young woman who, after leaving her husband, has isolated herself in an inn.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Philippe Galland with Gérard Jugnot, Anémone, Jean-François Balmer. A clumsy man who dreams of exotic adventures has an affair with a radio host.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1982. Comedy by Philippe de Broca with Philippe Noiret, Catherine Deneuve, Jean-François Balmer. A woman comes to Africa for business and finds her ex-husband in a fight against ivory traffickers.
Runtime: 101 min.
Fr. 1981. Psychological drama by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Michel Piccoli, Gérard Lanvin, Nathalie Baye.
Runtime: 101 min.
Runtime: 93 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 115 min.

Backlash

V.O.: La Menace
Fr. 1977. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Yves Montand, Carole Laure, Jean-François Balmer. The manager of a trucking company tries to clear his young mistress of a murder charge.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1976. Social drama by Jacques Fansten with Jacques Spiesser, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Robert. A police officer gains the trust of a young man and leads him to become an informer.
Runtime: 105 min.
Runtime: 140 min.

The Night Caller

V.O.: Peur sur la ville
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Adalberto Maria Merli, Charles Denner. While chasing a bank robber, a police commissioner goes in search of a homicidal maniac.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1973. War drama by Yves Boisset with Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Weber, Jean-François Balmer. Three conscripts bound by friendship meet a sad fate during the Algerian war.
Runtime: 112 min.

Love at the Top

V.O.: Le Mouton enragé
Fr. 1973. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider. On the advice of a novelist friend, a shy bank employee gains the confidence of a wealthy financier and makes female conquests.
Runtime: 105 min.

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