Kad MeradFilmography

Occupation:: Actor, Screenwriter

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Safari

Actors: Kad Merad, Lionel Abelanski, Valerie Benguigui, Frederique Bel

Synopsis: Recalling such prior efforts as the American farce Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Gallic writer-director Olivier Baroux's coarse comedy Safari travels into the heart of darkest Africa, where a group of motley and eccentric travelers follow a shifty tour guide, gambler Richard Dacier (Kad Merad) on a Read More

4/1/09
My Stars

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Kad Merad, Rufus, Melanie Bernier, Maria de Madeiros

Synopsis: A movie fan finds a way to make himself a presence in the lives of his favorite actresses in this comedy from French writer-director Laetitia Colombani. Robert Lepage (Kad Merad) is a janitor who is part of the cleaning crew at the offices of the biggest talent agency in Paris. Ordinarily, this Read More

10/29/08
Paris 36

Actors: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder, Pierre Richard

Synopsis: A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum Read More

9/24/08
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis

Actors: Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoe Felix, Anne Marivin, Philippe Duquesne

Synopsis: A man born and raised on France's Southern coast is exiled to the Northern territories in this comedy from actor, director and screenwriter Dany Boon. Philippe Abrams (Kad Merad) helps run the post office in a picturesque small town in the South of France. Philippe's wife Julie (Zoe Felix) has Read More

2008
Modern Love

Actors: Alexandra Lamy, Stéphane Rousseau, Bérénice Bejo, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Clotilde Courau

Synopsis: Love is in the air but not everyone is breathing easy in this romantic comedy with music from director Stephane Kazandjian. Eric Mericourt (Pierre Francois Martin-Laval) is a filmmaker who is given to wide mood swings and has trouble holding on to long-term relationships. Lately things are going Read More

2008
La Tête de maman

Actors: Karin Viard, Chloé Coulloud, Kad Merad, Pascal Elbe, Jane Birkin, Sarah Cohen-Hadria, Arthur Ligerot

Synopsis: First-time director Carine Tardieu's gentle and evocative coming-of-ager La Tête de Maman concerns Lulu (Chloë Couloud), an adolescent girl whose mother (Karin Viard) sits perpetually on the brink of illness and radiates unhappiness; she is resolutely unhappy with her husband, unhappy with the Read More

4/4/07
Trois Amis

2007
Could This Be Love?

Actors: Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Bonnaire, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Liane Foly

Synopsis: When wealthy and divorced tech company president Lucas becomes hopelessly smitten by the beautiful artist he has hired to paint a fresco for his enormous office building, he hires a private detective to discover why such a lovely and talented woman is still single. While Roland is a seasoned Read More

2007
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours

Actors: Jean-Paul Rouve, Mélanie Doutey, Kad Merad, Eugene, Rhiles Djarouane

Synopsis: A man tries to figure out a way to keep his freedom and the woman he loves at the same time in this romantic comedy from France. Alex (Jean-Paul Rouve) feels as if he's sitting on top of the world -- he's enjoying a successful career as a writer, and he's in love with a beautiful woman, Laeticia Read More

2007
Try Me

Actors: Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Julie Depardieu, Pierre Richard, Kad Merad, Vladimir Yordanoff

Synopsis: French director Pierre-François 'Pel' Martin-Laval's romantic comedy Try Me opens with the gentlest of promises: at 9 years old, Yves-Marie proposed to his childhood sweetheart, Jacqueline. She accepted, on the sole condition that he become an astronaut and chart the heavens. He kept his vow; she Read More

2006
Ticket to Outer Space

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kad Merad, Olivier Barroux, Marina Fois, Guillaume Canet, André Dussollier

Synopsis: The story of how an ordinary guy became the greatest hero of the French space program comes to the screen in this satiric sci-fi comedy. While some folks train all their lives to become astronauts, Stephane (Kad) becomes one the easy way -- along with Yanis (Guillaume Canet), he's one of two Read More

2006
Late Graduates

Actors: Jacques Gamblin, Kad Merad, Rufus, Anne Brochet, Hélène Vincent

Synopsis: Three middle-aged men take a second stab at getting their high school degree in this comedy-drama from France. When they were teenagers, Michel (Jacques Gamblin), Gerard (Kad Merad) and Edmond (Rufus) all failed their Baccalaureat exams, the challenging comprehensive essay test that evaluates a Read More

2006
Don't Worry, I'm Fine

Actors: Mélanie Laurent, Kad Merad, Julien Boisselier, Aïssa Maïga, Isabelle Renauld

Synopsis: The unexpected disappearance of her troubled brother causes a nineteen year-old girl intense emotional distress as French filmmaker Philippe Lioret collaborates with author Oliver Adam to adapt Adam's popular novel for the screen. Upon returning from Barcelona after spending the summer with new Read More

2006
The Handy Man

Actors: Elsa Zylberstein, Kad Merad, Claude Brasseur, Patrick Chesnais, Guillaume Toucas

Synopsis: A talented trompe l'oeil artist finds her dedication to her slacker husband slipping until the aimless but amiable spouse develops an invention that could lead bring the pair fame and fortune in writer/director Michel Leclerc's breezy romantic comedy. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
The Chorus

Actors: Gérard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad, Jacques Perrin, Jean-Baptiste Maunier

Synopsis: French producer and musician Christophe Barratier makes his directorial debut with the drama Les Choristes, inspired by the 1947 film La Cage aux Rossignols. Wildly successful orchestra conductor Pierre Morhange (Jacques Perrin) returns home when his mother dies. He recollects his childhood Read More

1/14/05
Les oiseaux du ciel

2005
The Daltons

Actors: Eric Ramzy, Said Serrari, Romain Berger, Marthe Villalonga, Javivi

2004
Mais Qui a Tue Pamela Rose?

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Kad Merad, Olivier Barroux, Gérard Darmon, Jean-Paul Rouve, Benedicte Loyen

Synopsis: French filmmaker Eric Lartigau directs the anarchic buddy comedy Bullit and Riper, originally released as Mais qui a tue Pamela Rose? French comedic television stars Kad Merad and Olivier Barroux are both the protagonists and the screenwriters. As a parody of Hollywood cop films, the story is set Read More

2003