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Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup

French actor
February 8, 1949 (75 years old)
Fr. 2022. Biography by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar with Oulaya Amamra, Lina El Arabi, Niels Arestrup. In 1995 in Paris, a teenager of Algerian origin aspires to become a conductor, while her twin sister dreams of a career as a cellist.
Runtime: 110 min.
G.-B. 2018. Biography by Julian Schnabel with Willem Dafoe, Rupert Friend, Oscar Isaac. In the late 1880s, painter Vincent Van Gogh followed Paul Gauguin’s advice and moved to Arles, where he would create some of his greatest works.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 2017. Dramatic comedy by Albert Dupontel with Albert Dupontel, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Laurent Lafitte. In 1919, a soldier who was disfigured on the battlefield two days before the Armistice leads a friend into a scam to expose patriotic hypocrisy.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 2015. Sentimental drama by Angelina Jolie with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent. The marital crisis of two Americans on vacation by the sea is aggravated by the apparent happiness of a French couple on their honeymoon, staying at the same hotel.
Runtime: 122 min.

Diplomacy

V.O.: Diplomatie
Fr. 2014. History by Volker Schlöndorff with André Dussollier, Niels Arestrup, Burghart Klaussner. In August 1944, a Swedish consul tried to convince a German general not to carry out Hitler's order to blow up all the bridges and monuments in Paris.
Runtime: 84 min.
Fr. 2013. Satire by Bertrand Tavernier with Raphaël Personnaz, Thierry Lhermitte, Niels Arestrup. A left-wing idealist tries to maneuver his way into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he has the task of writing the speeches of the minister, a politician who is both brilliant and whimsical.
Runtime: 114 min.
Runtime: 86 min.
Fr. 2013. Thriller by Frédéric Schoendoerffer with Gérard Lanvin, Niels Arestrup, Sylvie Testud. Forced under threat to get a criminal out of jail, a police commissioner is kidnapped by the mobster who wants to know the name of the man that betrayed him three years earlier.
Runtime: 96 min.

Our Children

V.O.: À perdre la raison
Bel. 2012. Drama by Joachim Lafosse with Émilie Dequenne, Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim. A mother of four children, financially dependent on her husband's adoptive father, gradually sinks into a depression that leads her to do something irreversible.
Runtime: 111 min.
U.S. 2011. Chronicle by Steven Spielberg with Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson. Sold to the cavalry, the beloved horse of an English farmer
Runtime: 146 min.
Fr. 2011. Psychological drama by Gilles Legrand with Niels Arestrup, Lorant Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais.
Runtime: 102 min.

Small World

V.O.: Je n'ai rien oublié
Fr. 2010. Psychological drama by Bruno Chiche with Gérard Depardieu, Alexandra Maria Lara, Françoise Fabian. A sixty-year-old man with Alzheimer's recalls past events that reveal the shameful secrets of a wealthy family.
Runtime: 98 min.

Sarah's Key

V.O.: Elle s'appelait Sarah
Fr. 2010. Drama by Gilles Paquet-Brenner with Kristin Scott Thomas, Mélusine Mayance, Niels Arestrup. A journalist discovers that her husband's grandfather took possession of the family apartment in the wake of the Vel d'Hiv Roundup.
Runtime: 106 min.

A Prophet

V.O.: Un Prophète
Fr. 2009. Mores drama by Jacques Audiard with Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif. Forced by the leader of Corsican prisoners to kill a snitch, a young, illiterate Arab prisoner with no family is admitted to the latter's gang.
Runtime: 155 min.

The Big Picture

V.O.: L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie
Fr. 2009. Drama by Éric Lartigau with Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup. Having accidentally caused the death of his wife's lover, a father stages his own death and flees to Hungary under the identity of his victim.
Runtime: 117 min.

Farewell

V.O.: L'Affaire Farewell
Fr. 2009. Spy drama by Christian Carion with Emir Kusturica, Guillaume Canet, Alexandra Maria Lara. In 1981, in Moscow, a French engineer becomes the intermediary for a KGB colonel who provides information to the West in the hope of provoking a new revolution in the USSR.
Runtime: 113 min.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

V.O.: Le Scaphandre et le papillon
Fr. 2007. Biography by Julian Schnabel with Mathieu Amalric, Anne Consigny, Marie-Josée Croze. Suffering from locked-in syndrome and rendered totally paralyzed except for his left eye, a journalist dictates a book about his experience by blinking his eye.
Runtime: 111 min.
Fr. 2006. Psychological drama by Gabriel Le Bomin with Gregori Dérangére, Anouk Grinberg, Aurélien Recoing. A doctor tries to cure a schoolteacher who has obsessively been repeating five names and gestures since returning traumatized from the Great War.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Beat That my Heart Skipped

V.O.: De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté
Fr. 2005. Psychological drama by Jacques Audiard with Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Linh Dan Pham. A schemer from father to son decides to prepare a piano audition to become a concert performer like his deceased mother.
Runtime: 107 min.

Speak to Me of Love

V.O.: Parlez-moi d'amour
Fr. 2002. Psychological drama by Sophie Marceau with Judith Godrèche, Niels Arestrup, Anne Le Ny. Chronicle of the divorce between a young woman and a middle-aged alcoholic writer with whom she had three children.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1999. Dramatic comedy by Didier Martiny with Philippe Noiret, Carole Bouquet, Niels Arestrup. During a picnic in the mountains, a famous musician risks causing drama by trying to win back a colleague who is accompanied by her husband.
Fr. 1997. Science-fiction by Sergio Gobbi with Raoul Bova, Maruschka Detmers, Niels Arestrup.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 108 min.
G.-B. 1991. Mores drama by István Szabó with Niels Arestrup, Glenn Close, Erland Josephson. A conductor who is having trouble rehearsing an opera performance has an affair with the star soprano.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1990. Drama by Bernard Stora with Danièle Delorme, Bulle Ogier, Niels Arestrup. Victims of an odious blackmail, two sisters decide to kill their tormentor, the ex-husband of the youngest.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1987. Mores drama by Gilles Béhat with Guy Marchand, Caroline Cellier, Laurent Malet. While everyone believes he died in a car accident, a drunkard returns to Saint-Malo to settle his accounts with his wife.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1986. Mores drama by Roger Hanin with Roger Hanin, Niels Arestrup, Corinne Touzet. In 1938, an anti-fascist cabaret owner gets into a fight with a police officer who is a member of a far-right group.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1985. Adventures by José Giovanni with Claude Brasseur, Jean-Roger Milo, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. A commando of mercenaries is about to free a NATO general who was kidnapped by terrorists.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1984. Drama by Caroline Huppert with Isabelle Huppert, Niels Arestrup, Christine Pascal. A violinist comes to the aid of one of his former mistresses who has just killed her lover.
Runtime: 92 min.

Le Futur est femme

V.O.: Il Futuro e donna
It. 1984. Drama by Marco Ferreri with Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla, Niels Arestrup. A couple's life is turned upside down by the arrival of a young pregnant woman.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1982. Psychological drama by Jacques Deray with Claudine Auger, Marina Vlady, François Marthouret. A ruined princess plays on the feelings of a naive writer.
Runtime: 93 min.
Runtime: 120 min.
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.
Fr. 1979. Crime drama by Yves Boisset with Miou-Miou, Jean-Marc Thibault, Leny Escudero.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1977. History by Frank Cassenti with Klaus Kinski, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Dominique Sanda. In the twelfth century, pilgrims are encouraged in their journey by storytellers who recall the epic story of Roland.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1977. Police comedy by Michel Vianey with Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jean Carmet, Louis Jourdan. In Saint-Tropez, two police officers investigate a murder whose victim was found near a rich villa.
Runtime: 98 min.

Second Chance

V.O.: Si c'était à refaire
Fr. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Claude Lelouch with Catherine Deneuve, Anouk Aimée, Jean-Jacques Briot. Upon her release from prison, a young woman regains custody of her fifteen-year-old son and takes in a former cellmate.
Runtime: 100 min.

Tomorrow... the Kids

V.O.: Demain les mômes
Fr. 1976. Science-fiction by Jean Pourtalé with Niels Arestrup, Brigitte Roüan, Emmanuelle Béart. Following a disaster, a man finds himself alone with his wife in an isolated house in Provence.
Runtime: 95 min.
Bel. 1974. Drama by Chantal Akerman with Chantal Akerman, Niels Arestrup, Claire Wauthion. 'Je' is a girl voluntarily lock up in a room. 'Tu' is the script. 'Il' is a lorry driver. 'Elle' is the girlfriend.
Runtime: 90 min.
Bel. 1973. Psychological drama by Samy Pavel with Martine Kelly, Richard Leduc, Niels Arestrup. A young woman tries to win back a former lover who has come out of the closet as gay.
Runtime: 101 min.

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