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Patrick Chesnais

Patrick Chesnais

French actor
March 18, 1947 (77 years old)
Fr. 2021. Comedy by Gabriel Julien-Laferrière with Chantal Ladesou, Patrick Chesnais, Julie Gayet. An eccentric grandmother, who suffered amnesia after a fall, talks constantly about a childhood sweetheart who could make her whole again.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 2020. Biography by Laurent Heynemann with Patrick Chesnais, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Mathieu Bisson. After Pierre Laval was executed on October 15, 1945 for high treason, his lawyer works to restore the historical facts and the memory of the condemned man.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 2019. Dramatic comedy by Lisa Azuelos with Sandrine Kiberlain, Thaïs Alessandrin, Patrick Chesnais. A French restaurant owner, separated from her husband for the past twelve years, is preparing as best she can for the imminent departure of her youngest daughter to Quebec.
Runtime: 86 min.

The Emperor of Paris

V.O.: L'Empereur de Paris
Fr. 2018. History by Jean-François Richet with Vincent Cassel, Freya Mavor, Patrick Chesnais. In 1804, a resourceful convict, who has always maintained his innocence, works as an agent and informant for the Parisian police, hoping to obtain his letter of pardon.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 2016. Crime drama by Manuel Boursinhac with Patrick Chesnais, Camille Panonacle, Andréa Ferréol. A veteran police commissioner and his assistant investigate the mysterious murder of an unremarkable college student, each focusing on a different lead.
Runtime: 97 min.

The Summer of All My Parents

V.O.: Juillet août
Fr. 2016. Dramatic comedy by Diastème with Luna Lou, Alma Jodorowsky, Patrick Chesnais. A 14-year-old girl and her 18-year-old sister go to the south of France with their mother in July, then go to their father.
Runtime: 96 min.
Fr. 2015. Crime drama by Didier Bivel with Patrick Chesnais, Camille Panonacle, Natacha Régnier. A police commissioner entrusts a colleague with the investigation of a teenage girl
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2014. Crime drama by Arnaud Sélignac with Patrick Chesnais, Louise Monot, Ludmila Mikaël. In search of her brother, of whom she has had no news for ten years, a woman discovers that his disappearance could be linked to that of two young women.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 2014. Dramatic comedy by Ivan Calbérac with Anne Charrier, Patrick Chesnais, Valérie Karsenti. A corporate psychologist tries to help a candidate, who attempted suicide because of her, to find his soul mate.
Runtime: 84 min.

Bright Days Ahead

V.O.: Les Beaux Jours
Fr. 2013. Sentimental drama by Marion Vernoux with Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais. A married, newly retired dentist begins an affair with a computer instructor twenty-five years her junior.
Runtime: 94 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 2013. Crime drama by Charlotte Brändström with Patrick Chesnais, Camille Panonacle, Ludmila Mikaël. A Parisian crime commissioner investigates with his profiler assistant the discovery in the catacombs of the severed head of an artist with a sulphurous past.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 2011. Psychological drama by Gilles Legrand with Niels Arestrup, Lorant Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 2011. Crime drama by Xavier Durringer with Patrick Chesnais, Camille Panonacle, Jane Birkin. As the holiday season approaches in Paris, a police commissioner teams up with a profiler to investigate the murders of three female students.
Runtime: 95 min.

Welcome Aboard

V.O.: Bienvenue parmi nous
Fr. 2011. Psychological drama by Jean Becker with Patrick Chesnais, Jeanne Lambert, Miou-Miou. A suicidal painter finds inspiration and the will to live againwhen he meets a teenage girl kicked out of the house by her mother.
Runtime: 90 min.

In Gold We Trust

V.O.: 600 Kilos d'or pur
Fr. 2010. Adventures by Éric Besnard with Clovis Cornillac, Audrey Dana, Patrick Chesnais. In the middle of the Guiana jungle, a small group of adventurers tries to escape from smugglers from whom they have stolen 600kg of gold.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 95 min.
Runtime: 95 min.

Change of Plans

V.O.: Le Code a changé
Fr. 2009. Dramatic comedy by Danièle Thompson with Karin Viard, Dany Boon, Marina Foïs. Various incidents will upset the lives of the guests at a dinner party organized by an ambitious lawyer and her unemployed husband.
Runtime: 100 min.

Blame It on Mum

V.O.: Quelque chose à te dire
Fr. 2008. Dramatic comedy by Cécile Telerman with Mathilde Seigner, Olivier Marchal, Pascal Elbé. Arrested for drug possession, a young neurotic painter meets a jaded policeman who will change her life and that of her family.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2008. Police comedy by Didier Le Pêcheur with Judith Godrèche, Patrick Chesnais, Daniel Prévost. Returning to her village to heal a broken heart, a TV star witnesses suspicious deaths that are linked to a secret in her family.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Price to Pay

V.O.: Le Prix à payer
Fr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Alexandra Leclère with Christian Clavier, Nathalie Baye, Gérard Lanvin. Following the advice of his driver, who is having a hard time with his wife, a businessman decides to cut off his wife from food and sex.
Runtime: 95 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. 2005. Psychological drama by Stéphane Brizé with Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson. When he meets a young female instructor at a tango class, a divorced bailiff in his fifties realizes that he has wasted his life.
Runtime: 93 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. 2002. Comedy by Éric Assous with Charlotte de Turckheim, Patrick Chesnais, Elisa Tovati. Four couples on the verge of breaking up tell a psychologist about how they met.
Runtime: 86 min.
Runtime: 90min.
Fr. 2002. Comedy by Lionel Epp with Patrick Chesnais, Jean-Noël Brouté, Vanessa Guedj. A young intellectual who is an upper-class civil servant has an internship in an agricultural region
Runtime: 85 min.
Fr. 2002. Drama by Bertrand Van Effenterre with Patrick Chesnais, Caroline Baehr, Lilly-Fleur Pointeaux. On a bridge near her mother's hometown, a teenage girl has a fit of convulsions and begins to speak with a man's voice.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 2001. Drama by Manuel Poirier with Philippe Bas, Marine Delterme, Patrick Chesnais. A young French couple who have come to Peru to rebuild their lives try to sell a stolen diamond.

After Sex

V.O.: Post coïtum animal triste
Fr. 1997. Psychological drama by Brigitte Roüan with Brigitte Roüan, Patrick Chesnais, Boris Terral.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1996. Psychological drama by Fabrice Cazeneuve with Patrick Chesnais, Erwan Baynaud, Assumpta Serna.
Fr. 1996. Dramatic comedy by Christiane Spiero with Macha Méril, Patrick Chesnais, Tsilla Chelton.
Fr. 1993. Mores comedy by Philippe de Broca with Patrick Chesnais, Isabelle Gélinas, Élisa Servier. A man and a woman set out together to find the couple formed by their respective former lovers.
Runtime: 78 min.
Fr. 1993. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Anémone, André Dussollier, Nicole Garcia. At a summer residence, a woman in search of her first love is welcomed by couples with capricious temperaments.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1992. Police comedy by Peter Kassovitz with Bernard Giraudeau, Patrick Chesnais, Ticky Holgado. A scrap metal dealer who killed his wife and made it seem like she died in a fire tries to outwit a suspicious investigator.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1991. Comedy by André Farwagi with Cecilia Peck, Patrick Chesnais, Mark Lazard. A French architect and his American-born wife find themselves involved in an espionage case following various misunderstandings.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1991. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Yves Montand, Vincent Lindon, Miou-Miou. While trying to find out who betrayed him, a former terrorist negotiates amnesty in exchange for information.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1990. Dramatic comedy by Claude Lelouch with Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Chesnais, Vincent Lindon. On the full moon which is also the day of the switch to daylight savings, couples who have been in perfect love end up tearing each other apart.
Runtime: 117 min.
Fr. 1990. Psychological drama by François Luciani with Jennifer Covillaut, Véronique Jannot, Patrick Chesnais. A ten-year-old girl is having a hard time accepting her parents' divorce.
Fr. 1990. Mores comedy by Henri Duparc with Bamba Bakary, Naky Sy Savane, Patrick Chesnais. In an African village, a couple gives birth to a child with six fingers on each hand.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1990. Satire by Didier Kaminka with Margot Abascal, Grace de Capitani, Thierry Lhermitte. In Paris, two employees of the postal service use their charms to quickly climb the corporate ladder.
Runtime: 92 min.
Fr. 1989. History by Pierre Granier-Deferre with Ute Lemper, Patrick Chesnais, Daniel Mesguich. In October 1793, a revolutionary court conducts the trial of Queen Marie-Antoinette.
Runtime: 97 min.
Fr. 1988. Fantasy comedy by André Farwagi with Carole Laure, Patrick Chesnais, Marie Fugain. After learning that her father has a young mistress, a teenage girl goes so far as to sign a pact with the devil to avoid her parents' divorce.
Runtime: 86 min.

The Reader

V.O.: La Lectrice
Fr. 1988. Mores comedy by Michel Deville with Miou-Miou, Patrick Chesnais, Maria Casarès. A young woman who offers her services as an at-home reader meets clients with diverse tastes.
Runtime: 98 min.
Fr. 1988. Comedy by Didier Kaminka with Marlène Jobert, Patrick Chesnais, Claude Rich. A couple, unable to have a child, finds a pregnant teenager ready to give hers up.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1986. Satire by Stéphane Kurc with Fanny Cottençon, Patrick Chesnais, Josiane Stoléru. The wife of a mortician, having just died in an accident, tries to comfort her husband from the beyond.
Fr. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Alain Ferrari with Marie-Christine Barrault, Henri Garcin, Patrick Chesnais. A woman flies to Rio on the same night that her friends are getting ready to celebrate her fortieth birthday.
Fr. 1985. War drama by Jacques Renard with Miou-Miou, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maria Casarès. During the German Occupation, a worker's wife and a barber's teenage daughter join the French Resistance.
Runtime: 91 min.
Fr. 1984. Psychological drama by Christopher Frank with Marthe Keller, Caroline Cellier, Fanny Cottençon. The personal problems of three women who work in a radiology centre.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1984. Sentimental comedy by Jean Valère with Arielle Dombasle, Patrick Chesnais, Marc Michel. On the eve of her wedding, a wealthy heiress has a bachelorette party and invites her five former lovers.
Fr. 1984. Sentimental comedy by Jean Brard with Bernard Brieux, Annick Brard, Patrick Chesnais. The romantic disappointments of a young man from a working-class neighbourhood.
Fr. 1983. Dramatic comedy by Jean Brard with Patrick Chesnais, Ronny Coutteure, Gérard Darrier. An unexpected inheritance transforms the life of a small administrator and his office colleagues.
Runtime: 141 min.
Fr. 1980. Psychological drama by Claude Goretta with Nathalie Baye, Angela Winkler, Bruno Ganz.
Runtime: 112 min.
Fr. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Daniel Colas with Daniel Colas, Silke Umel, Patrick Chesnais.
Runtime: 103 min.
Runtime: 102 min.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 108 min.
Runtime: 140 min.

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