Niels ArestrupFilmography

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Actors: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais

Synopsis: The astonishing true-life story of Jean-Dominic Bauby -- a man who held the world in his palm, lost everything to sudden paralysis at 43 years old, and somehow found the strength to rebound -- first touched the world in Bauby's best-selling autobiography The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (aka La Read More

The Candidate

Crew: Director

Fragments of Antonin

Actors: Grégori Derangère, Anouk Grinberg, Aurélien Recoing, Niels Arestrup

Synopsis: A psychiatrist who probes the mind of traumatized soldiers attempts to unlock the secret that drove a gentle but deeply-disturbed World War I veteran to the edge of insanity in the feature debut from writer/director Gabriel Le Bomin. While most physicians casually dismiss the visibly disquieting Read More

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Actors: Romain Duris, Niels Arestrup, Linh-Dan Pham, Aure Atika, Emmanuelle Devos

Synopsis: A man finds his heart and soul torn between loyalty to his family and a need to be redeemed from his violent lifestyle in this powerful drama from France. Tom (Romain Duris) is a man in his early thirties who finds himself caught between two very different worlds. Tom loves music, and longs to Read More

Une Affaire Privée

Actors: Thierry Lhermitte, Marion Cotillard, Samuel Le Bihan, Aurore Clément, Dr. Robert Hirsch

Synopsis: A throwback detective attempts to unravel the mystery behind the disappearance of a young Parisian student named Rachel in this noirish mystery from director Guillaume Nicloux. His life a smoky and meaningless haze of women and seedy investigations, private eye François Maneri (Thierry Lhermitte) Read More

Parlez-Moi D'Amour

Actors: Judith Godrëche, Niels Arestrup, Anne Le Ny, Laurence Fevrier, Jean-Marie Frin

Synopsis: Internationally recognized French actress Sophie Marceau makes her feature directing debut with the intimate divorce drama Speak to Me of Love, which earned her the Best Director award from the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival. Justine (Judith Godrèche) and Richard's (Niels Arestrup) 15-year Read More

Le Pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz

Actors: Niels Arestrup, Michel Aumont, Carole Bouquet, Johan Leysen, Judith Magre

Synopsis: This is a comedy with an edge about a world-famous cellist, Jascha Steg, in love with Ana, a violinist. Jascha's world tour with a Schumann concerto brings him to perform a concert in Evian. His parents, whom he has not seen for a long time, have come with his uncle to see him perform. But Jascha Read More

Citizen Langlois

Synopsis: This French documentary pays homage to a young man whose passion left a rich and valuable legacy to the world of cinema. Henri Langlois was one of the co-founders of the Cinematheque Francaise, a museum which contains many rare artifacts from early cinema as well as one of the most extensive film Read More

Delit Mineur

Actors: Caroline Cellier, Claude Brasseur, Niels Arestrup, Christopher Thompson, Macha Meril

Synopsis: Adultery and the possibility of patricide provide the motives behind this French drama, set in a Parisian suburb. Claire is in her earlier forties and is married to Claude, an alcoholic whom she once passionately loved. Together they have a young daughter and 15-year old Guillaume. Claire is Read More

Meeting Venus

Actors: Glenn Close, Niels Arestrup, Erland Josephson, Macha Meril

Synopsis: Meeting Venus is based on a play cowritten by the film's director, Istvan Szabo. Glenn Close plays a celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson who is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian Read More

Doux Amer

Actors: Véronique Jannot, Niels Arestrup, Thierry Fortineau

Barbablu Barbablu

Actors: Susannah York, John Gielgud, Angelika Maria Boeck, Niels Arestrup, Héctor Alterio

Synopsis: Five different marriages have left a legacy of families and children and provide plenty of fodder for conflict and confusion when the much-married, famous and wealthy psychiatrist John Gielgud summons them all to his deathbed. While the assembled relatives get better acquainted, the dying man Read More

Ville Etrangere

Actors: Niels Arestrup, Anne Wiazemsky, Isabelle Otero, Isabel Otero, Roland Bertin, Christiane Cohendy

Synopsis: An Austrian diplomat assigned to Paris wakes up after having a strange nightmare and finds himself emotionally distanced from his world. He feels absolutely nothing as he attends to his daily routine. He gradually begins to behave in an increasingly strange manner. The story is based on Moment of Read More

Charlie Dingo

Actors: Guy Marchand, Caroline Cellier, Laurent Malet, Niels Arestrup, Maurice Barrier

Synopsis: Charlie (Guy Marchand) returns home after being declared legally dead to reclaim his wife Georgia (Caroline Cellier) and cash in on a lucrative life insurance policy in this shadowy drama. He finds Georgia is married to the crooked cop William (Niels Arestrup), who has his eye on the insurance Read More

La Rumba

Actors: Roger Hanin, Michel Piccoli, Niels Arestrup, Guy Marchand, Patachou

Synopsis: The carefree life at a decadent cabaret in Paris is overshadowed by the darkening cloud of war in this thrilling drama. Beppo (Roger Hanin) is a club owner with ties to the mob who wages a secret war against the evil forces of fascism who control the local police. Vivian Reed gives a memorable Read More

Signe Charlotte

Actors: Isabelle Huppert, Niels Arestrup, Christine Pascal, Nicolas Wostrikoff

Synopsis: In a most unusual, near menage a trois, Charlotte (Isabelle Huppert, sister of director Caroline Huppert) is a terrified young singer who is forced to hide out at the home of her ex-boyfriend -- her current male companion has been murdered in his apartment, and she fears the worst. The trouble is Read More

Lorfou

Les Loups Entre Eux

Actors: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Claude Brasseur, Gérard Darmon, Niels Arestrup

Synopsis: Set up along the general plot lines of films like The Dirty Dozen, this routine spy-action drama of espionage and counter-espionage involves ten men trained by NATO attache Straub (Edward Meeks) for a dangerous special mission. The men include leader Larcier (Claude Brasseur), a Romani, a man who Read More

Diesel

Actors: Gerard Klein, Agnes Soral, Richard Bohringer, Niels Arestrup, Magali Noël

Synopsis: Set in the near future when a subterranean world is ruled over by a totalitarian psycho, this tame story about the macho hero Diesel (Gerard Klein) and the woman he saves (Agnes Soral) is too cliched to convince for long. When the woman, a prostitute, has to run for her life because she witnessed Read More

Il Futuro è Donna

Actors: Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla, Niels Arestrup

Synopsis: In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three protagonists is strange, at the very least. After Anna (Hanna Schygulla) and Gordon (Niels Arestrup) invite Read More

La Guerre d'un Seul Homme

Actors: Niels Arestrup

Synopsis: In this compilation of newsreels and archival footage, director Edgardo Cozarinsky has put together images from occupied France during World War II with readings from a journal by a German officer, Ernst Juenger. The story is rounded out with scenes from concentration camps and views of the Read More

Seuls

Actors: Niels Arestrup, Christine Boisson, Michel Lonsdale, Bulle Ogier, Olimpia Carlisi

Synopsis: Jean (Niels Arestrup), the lead character in this psychological journey is torn by a search for his lost childhood, the overwhelming need to love a woman of his dreams (someone he has invented), and a struggle with his latent bisexuality. Jean finds some photos inside an automatic photo station Read More

La Femme Flic

Actors: Miou-Miou, Jean-Marc Thibault, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, François Simon

Synopsis: Corinne (Miou-Miou) is a Parisian detective who is transferred to a small village in Northern France when an investigation uncovers evidence that is potentially damaging to some powerful local politicians. She is temporarily given a desk job before she is called on to solve the murder of a little Read More

La Dérobade

Actors: Miou-Miou, Maria Schneider, Daniel Duval, Niels Arestrup

Synopsis: Marie (Miou-Miou) is a young girl from a working-class family who falls for Gerard (Daniel Duval) before she discovers he is a vicious, sadistic pimp. She is degraded, abused, and beaten regularly by Gerard as she is forced into a life of prostitution. Marie later decides she must leave her pimp Read More

La Chanson de Roland

Actors: Klaus Kinski, Dominique Sanda, Alain Cuny, Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Synopsis: Roland des Roncesvalles is a legendary knight from the age of chivalry in France. In the 11th-century epic La Chanson de Roland, he is depicted as a key figure in halting the advance of the Arabs into France. In this story, the 10th-century legend is staged by a group of 12th-century pilgrims Read More

Plus Ça Va, Moins Ça Va

Actors: Jean Carmet, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Louis Jourdan, Niels Arestrup, Henri Garcin

Synopsis: When they are called upon to investigate a sex murder, Melville and Pignon (Jean Carmet and Jean-Pierre Marielle), two rude and crude (not to mention racist) policemen, find themselves in the midst of the multicultural machinations of members of the international film community in fashionable St. Read More

Les Apprentis Sorciers

Actors: Zouzou, Peter Chatel, Marie-France Pisier, Christian Marquand, Dennis Hopper

Synopsis: "Radical chic" was a phenomenon of the upper classes in the late '60s and early '70s: liberal, socially concerned and very wealthy people would emulate the attitudes, mannerisms and style of the radicalized and revolutionary poor. They would even go so far as to socialize with revolutionaries and Read More

Lumière

Actors: Francine Racette, Jeanne Moreau, Lucia Bosé, Caroline Cartier, Marie Henriau

Synopsis: Actress Jeanne Moreau made her directorial debut with this tale about a gathering of actresses who, over the course of an all-night conversation, come to reassess their careers and romantic lives. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Le Grand Soir

Actors: Niels Arestrup, Jacqueline Parent, Arnold Walter, Francois Berthet

Synopsis: The idealism of the '60s is put to the test in the '70s in this Swiss film. When an outsider to a radical group offers to help the group get guns for an "action," they accept the guns, but reject him as a police provocateur. Because he lacks their help, his deeds on their behalf land him in Read More

Demain les Momes

Actors: Niels Arestrup, Michel Esposito, Brigitte Roüan, Emmanuelle Béart

Synopsis: The hero of this bleak science-fiction story is a married man who, along with his wife, survives the mysterious destruction of the world. After his wife dies, he makes plans to seek out whatever remnants of civilization exist. However, the arrival of a group of children and their older mentor Read More

Si C'Etait à Refaire

Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Anouk Aimée, Charles Denner, Francis Huster, Niels Arestrup

Synopsis: Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine (Catherine Deneuve) gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunited with the boy, Simon (Jean-Jacques Briot), who has remained in an orphanage the entire time. She is accompanied by toothsome Read More

Je Tu Il Elle

Actors: Chantal Akerman

Synopsis: Je Tu Il Elle was the first feature-length effort from avant-garde filmmaker Chantal Akerman. The story, simple in extreme, concerns a high-strung woman taking a lengthy journey through France. Her life up until now has been one huge question mark. By dwelling long and hard on every experience Read More