Jacques Bonnaffé

Actor

June 22, 1958 (68 years)

Douai, Nord, France

Biography

Jacques Bonnaffé was born on June 22, 1958 in Douai, Nord, France. He is an actor, known for First Name: Carmen (1983), Ainsi soient-ils (2012) and Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001).

Filmography

7.4

The Churchmen

Monseigneur Poileaux

Five very different students navigate life at the Capuchin seminary, facing tough questions of faith under the guidance of a freethinking priest.

6.0

First Name: Carmen

Joseph Bonnaffé

A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.

7.3

The Marching Band

Gilbert Woszniak

A world-famous orchestra conductor discovers the brother he never knew he had — a school cafeteria worker who plays trombone in a local marching band. Detecting his brother's exceptional musical talent, he takes it upon himself to rectify the injustice of fate.

6.2

Va Savoir (Who Knows?)

Pierre

After finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she fled three years ago. She secretly dreads confronting her ex-boyfriend Pierre. Her new lover Ugo also has a secret, as he’s meeting with the intriguing Dominique while on his quest for an unpublished manuscript.

6.0

Violette

Jean Genet

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.

6.2

The Devils

Doran

The story of the struggle of an autistic girl and her brother trying to survive without their parents.

9.0

Le Cri

Jules Panaud

No description available

6.4

Lucie Aubrac

Pascal

A love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband...

9.0

Va savoir+

Pierre

No description available

7.7

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Self - Narrator (voice)

An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

5.5

Jeanne and the Perfect Guy

François

Jeanne, a receptionist at a travel agency, is looking for the love of her life. She thinks she has finally found it with Olivier. However, Olivier reveals he has AIDS and disappears from her life after her profession of love and confession of infidelity.

9.0

Le Champ Dolent, le roman de la terre

Jules jeune

No description available

6.0

Cockles and Muscles

Mathieu

Crustacés et coquillages is a fresh French comedy film with numerous surprise turnarounds and about the tolerance of a family of four. The family spend an idealistic summer vacation together where each of the family members gets involved in a new or old relationship.

5.6

The Repentant

Joseph

A mysterious woman, dressed in black and carrying a small suitcase, arrives in Nice and tries in vain to get a job in a luxury goods shop. She ends up in a plush hotel where a solitary middle-aged man, engages her to be his companion. They introduce themselves - she is Charlotte, he is Paul. Both are reluctant to talk about their past; both need someone to make their present predicament more tolerable. Unbeknownst to either of them, Charlotte is being followed by another man, who seems intent on revenge...

7.5

Jalna

Maurice Vaughan

No description available

5.9

Venus Beauty Institute

Jacques

Aging beautician Angèle, already wounded by a long-ago romance, gets awkwardly dumped at a train station. Witnessing how she turns around a humiliating situation, younger sculptor Antoine becomes so smitten that he breaks up with his fiancée and sets out to win Angèle's heart. Meanwhile, Angèle attempts to quash the budding romance of her young co-worker, Marie, and a much older widowed client, despite their obvious rapport.

6.3

Come What May

Roger

In may 1940, the German troops enter France. Frightened by the progress of the enemy, the people of a small village of Pas-de-Calais decide on the recommendations of the prefecture, to give up everything to go on the road, fleeing to the coast.

6.5

Lemming

Nicolas Chevalier

After the death of his boss's wife, a young engineer faces the sudden psychological metamorphosis of his own wife, seemingly possessed by the soul of the deceased...

5.7

The Temptation of Isabelle

Bruno

Bruno devises a mean to test the love of his girlfriend Isabelle. Since Isabelle had been in love with Alain in the past, Bruno invites Alain to a surprise birthday party for her at a hotel -- what better way to judge her feelings than to get them together? Alain arrives with his current girlfriend Lio. Soon after the two couples start the evening off, their polite exteriors deteriorate.

6.0

The Second Wind

Pascal

Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...