Hippolyte Girardot

Actor

October 10, 1955 (70 years)

Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Biography

Hippolyte Girardot (born Frédéric Girardot; 10 October 1955) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. A loner, Hippolyte Girardot set out to be an illustrator. He dreamt of working as production designer on the film set and tempted his chance at the entrance exam to the Arts Déco. While there, he was offered the project of a series of shorts working with a group of adolescents from the suburbs in a workshop setting. Even if he made his first appearance on the silver screen as the son …

Filmography

6.8

Champs-Elysées

Self

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7.3

Murders in...

Demeziere

Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.

6.3

The Hitchhiker

Paul

A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.

6.1

Capitaine Marleau

Pierre Claudel

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior--Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.

7.5

Patrick Melrose

Jacques D'Alantour

A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.

7.1

Occupied

French EU Commissioner

In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.

8.0

Munch

Mathieu

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6.5

Irma Vep

Robert Danjou

Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as “Irma Vep” in a remake of the French silent film classic, “Les Vampires.” Set against the backdrop of a lurid crime thriller, Mira struggles as the distinctions between herself and the character she plays begin to blur and merge.

6.3

Marseille

Le docteur Osmond

The longtime mayor of Marseille is preparing to hand over the reins to his protégé when a sudden and ruthless battle erupts for control of the city.

7.0

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Chou-fleur

The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

6.8

Paris Je T'aime

Le père (Place des Victoires)

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

6.1

Grand Hôtel

Paul Andrieux

Anthony, a young waiter, investigates his sister's disappearance at a luxurious hotel. Falling for the owner's daughter, he unravels dark secrets beneath the opulent facade.

7.6

Manon of the Spring

Bernard Olivier, teacher

In this, the sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon has grown into a beautiful young shepherdess living in the idyllic Provencal countryside. She plots vengeance on the men who greedily conspired to acquire her father's land years earlier.

6.3

Flight of the Red Balloon

Marc

The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first Western film. It is based on the classic French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.

6.7

Bardot

Louis Bardot

The life of the French actor Brigitte Bardot and model from 1949, when she first appeared on the cover of a magazine, to the birth of her son in 1960.

5.5

Off Prime

No description available

4.2

Dolmen

Pierre-Marie de Kersaint

No description available

7.0

No Second Chance

Tessier

A doctor searching frantically for her missing baby daughter finds herself tangled in a web of ruthless criminals, suspicious cops and dark secrets.

6.3

Inside

Raphaël Santi

When a 28-year-old woman who was interned against her will in a psychiatric hospital is murdered the night she was scheduled to leave, young and brilliant police inspector Angela is put in charge of the investigation.

6.2

Lady Chatterley

Clifford

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.