Irma Vep
2022
star 6.5
Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as...
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Acting
Alex Descas
Alex Descas (born January 1, 1958) is a French actor known for his roles in films by Claire Denis and Jim Jarmusch. In France, he is also known for his role as Schneider in the French TV series Un Flic.
He is a frequent collaborator of Claire Denis, appearing in more than half of her theatrical feature-length films, including No Fear, No Die, Nénette et Boni, I Can't Sleep, Trouble Every Day, The Intruder, 35 Shots of Rum and Bastards, as well as Ten Minutes Older: The Cello. He is of Antillean (Guadeloupean) descent.
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Filmography
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Les Cordier, juge et flic
1994
star 5.3
The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and t...
Nina
2015
star 5.4
At the age of 39, Nina finds herself a trainee nurse under the orders of Léo, a 15-year-younger "girl" with a d...
Trouble Every Day
2001
star 5.8
Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his s...
Exterminate All the Brutes
2021
star 7.4
Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colon...
Irma Vep
1996
star 6.7
A has-been French filmmaker wants a Hong Kong actress to be the heroine in a rendering of Les Vampires.
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
star 6.9
An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the...
Boarding Gate
2007
star 5.0
A beautiful woman, Sandra, seduces a wealthy businessman, Miles Rennburg. Little does he realise that she has b...
Un flic
2007
star 7.2
This series features the investigations of Schneider, a tormented police officer of unwavering integrity.
The Limits of Control
2009
star 6.0
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeano...
Chocolat
2016
star 6.8
Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unp...
Duo
1995
One of a series of short films inspired by paintings. In this video, Jacques de Loustal's Le Contemplatif or "D...
Last Harem
1999
star 5.5
On the eve of the fall of the Ottoman Empire: in the harem of Sultan Abdulhamit II, the odalisque of Italian or...
Let the Sunshine In
2017
star 5.2
Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.
The Dope
2003
star 4.6
Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch...
Late August, Early September
1999
star 5.9
A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.
Iskander
2018
star 5.0
Rookie cop Chloé, a new arrival to French Guiana, investigates the ritualistic double murder of a French couple...
Bastards
2013
star 5.7
Marco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused...
35 Shots of Rum
2009
star 6.8
A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at he...
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello
2002
star 6.6
Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and ha...
Lest We Forget
1991
star 7.0
A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a ple...
Persecution
2009
star 4.4
A solitary man and his partner share a tense love/hate relationship. Their lives are disrupted when a stranger...
Rapt
2009
star 6.1
A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the k...
Adam's Sake
2025
star 6.7
A head nurse defies hospital rules to let a mother stay with her malnourished son. As they navigate a complex c...
Lumumba
2000
star 6.9
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader...
In Your Dreams
2005
star 5.4
Ninth is a promising young rapper whose reputation does not exceed even the few streets of his neighborhood. Wi...
How Good the Whites Are
1988
star 6.6
The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks load...
Nenette and Boni
1997
star 6.4
Teenage siblings Nenette and Boni were raised apart as a result of their parents' divorce. Their mother, who do...
I Can't Sleep
1994
star 6.3
Ninon is a spirited hotel-manager who teaches self-defense classes to her terrified eldery neighbors. Daiga, an...
Tiresia
2003
star 5.9
Based on the legend of Tiresias, it tells of a transgender woman who is kidnapped by a man and left to die in t...
Volontaire
2018
star 5.7
The story revolves around 22-year-old Laure, who is trying to find her feet. After performing brilliantly in he...
The House
1997
star 7.1
A moving world of spirits and ghosts, condemned to brush against one another without really meeting since they...
Portrait of the Artist
2015
star 5.7
A famous filmmaker works on his next film, which will focus on monstrosity. He is obsessed by the idea of findi...
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
star 8.0
Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter, he enlist...
Maya
2018
star 5.3
The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and t...
Taxi Boy
1986
star 5.5
The meeting of Manuel, a lady's dancer, Petrus, an unfortunate gambler, and Corinne, a fast-food waitress. The...