An Officer and a Spy
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at...
Acting
Didier Maffre, known professionally as Didier Sandre, is a French actor and stage director born in Paris on 17 August 1946 and appointed sociétaire of the Comédie‑Française in 2020. He made his debut in 1968 in Paul Claudel’s L’Échange and, from the 1970s onward, became a prominent figure in public theatre, collaborating with major directors such as Catherine Dasté, Bernard Sobel, Jorge Lavelli, Patrice Chéreau, Giorgio Strehler, Luc Bondy, and Antoine Vitez. Alongside this, he has appeared regularly in private‑theatre productions, including works by Claudel, Anouilh, Rampal, and Margulies. His stage career includes notable performances in Bérénice (directed by Lambert Wilson), Le Laboureur de Bohême (Christian Schiaretti), and Monsieur chasse! by Feydeau. He joined the Comédie‑Française in 2013 and became a full member in 2020.
Sandre has also worked extensively in film and television, appearing in Pascale Ferran’s Petits Arrangements avec les morts, Éric Rohmer’s Autumn Tale, Abraham Segal’s Le Mystère Paul, and Mikhaël Hers’s Memory Lane. On television, he has acted in numerous dramas, including Saint‑Germain ou la Négociation, Le Sang noir, and notably portrayed Louis XIV in Nina Companeez’s L’Allée du Roi and the Baron de Charlus in her adaptation of In Search of Lost Time. A frequent narrator in concert settings, he has performed in major repertoire works by Stravinsky, Debussy, Beethoven, Honegger, Haydn, Prokofiev, Grieg, Poulenc, and others, collaborating with leading orchestras, conductors such as Pierre Boulez and Myung‑Whun Chung, and renowned soloists including Alexandre Tharaud, Abdel Rahman El Bacha, and Emmanuelle Bertrand.
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In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at...
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A chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, from 1958 to the present day, which is...
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The life of the Marquise de Maintenon, who was the wife of the poet Scarron before becoming, under the seal of...
A clear-cut and ruthless depiction of the French ruling class between the two World Wars. Whether it's the circ...
Returning to Paris after exile from Hollywood, Judith is intent of making a comeback with a new movie. However,...
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Hell is a rich girl from Paris’ posh neighbourhoods living in the fast lane to compensate the void of her life:...
In 1924, Simone de Beauvoir, a girl with polished appearance, prepares for her final examination in philosophy...
In the harbor city of Le Havre, France, a woman is stabbed during the night, just below the windows of her neig...
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The well-ordered world of 50-something lawyer Irène bursts like a soap bubble: her husband leaves her for anoth...
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The French intelligence agency plants Xavier, a former militant leftist, into a fascist organisation called Jan...
August in Paris' suburbs, seven friends are gathered to spend a week in the city where they grew up. The city i...
Clement, a young philosophy teacher, is sent to Arras for a year. He meets Jennifer, a pretty hair stylist, and...
A historical television film directed by Jean‑Dominique de La Rochefoucauld, Richelieu, or The Day of the Dupes...
This is the TV adaptation of a novel by Francis Walder. The scene happens in 1570, during the religions wars be...
A documentary that explores the natural world of the sea, from the single-celled organism to more complex forms...
For Marie Launey, the nightmare begins when her mother is found, with a weapon in her hand, near her father's c...
The island of Kiam was once a paradise place with a kind Maharaja as a ruler. But one day the villainous Malaw...
Inspired by a story, that of a woman who, in the 1940s, organized a commando operation on Boulevard des Hironde...
Shocked by the death of his ten-year-old son, a scientist conducts a successful cloning experiment.
When she discovers that her husband is cheating on her, Sabine decides to develop a strategy to save her relati...
The history of the eau of Cologne goes back to almost four centuries, a history formed by extraordinary myths,...
Emma has been happily married to Charles, a hardworking journalist, for over ten years. They have a son, and ar...