Patrick Bruel Filmography

O Jerusalem

Actors: JJ Feild, Saïd Taghmaoui, Daniel Lundh, Mel Raido, Patrick Bruel, Tom Conti

Synopsis: Alternating between the unique vantage points of the Jews, the Arabs, and the British, director Elie Chouraqui's historical drama recreates the landmark struggle surrounding the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. From the concrete jungle of New York City to the desert paradise of the Holy Read More

A Comedy of Power

Actors: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Robin Renucci, Maryline Canto

Synopsis: Claude Chabrol's Comedy of Power stars Isabelle Huppert as a French judge who attempts to bring down the very powerful but corrupt CEO of a large corporation. As she digs deeper into the case, she uncovers criminal activity that stretches into the highest levels of government, and her life is Read More

I've Been Waiting So Long

The Wolf

Actors: Eduardo Noriega, Silvia Abascal, Patrick Bruel, Mélanie Doutey, Jose Coronado

Les Jolies Choses

Actors: Marion Cotillard, Stomy Bugsy, Patrick Bruel, Titoff, Ophélie Winter

Synopsis: Gilles Paquet-Brenner's psychologically-tinged, French-language action thriller Les Jolies Choses (AKA Pretty Things, 2001) stars Marion Cotillard in a rare double role as identical twins Lucie and Marie. Lucie, who works as a white-hot fashion model, exhibits a dominant, often controlling, "Type Read More

Le Lait de la tendresse humaine

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto, Dominique Blanc, Sergi López, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Synopsis: A woman discovers that the joys of parenthood are not making her especially happy in this dark comedy/drama. Christelle (Marilyne Canto) is a new mother who isn't dealing well with the anxieties of caring for her child. One day, she suffers a severe panic attack while alone with the baby, and her Read More

Lost and Found

Actors: David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Bruel, Artie Lange, Mitchell Whitfield

Synopsis: Just how low will a guy sink in order to impress the woman of his dreams? How does stealing her dog sound? In Lost and Found, David Spade plays Dylan, who is about to open an new restaurant and has finally found the perfect apartment. The apartment just gets better when he meets his new neighbor Read More

Hors Jeu

Actors: Philippe Ambrosini, Rossy de Palma, Patrick Bruel, Clotilde Courau, Arielle Dombasle

Synopsis: Karim Dridi, best known for Pigalle (1994) and Bye-Bye (1995), directed this French comedy-drama about actor Angelo Bastiani (Philippe Ambrosini) who installs satellite dishes when not auditioning for films. At one of these auditions he meets Concepcion Alibera (Rossy De Palma), and they go out Read More

The Misadventures of Margaret

Actors: Parker Posey, Jeremy Northam, Craig Chester, Elizabeth McGovern, Brooke Shields

Synopsis: In this British-French comedy of manners, Parker Posey stars as Margaret, an award-winning writer of bawdy novels who's grown vaguely dissatisfied with her life in Manhattan -- and her marriage to Edward (Jeremy Northam), a junior poetry professor. Engrossed in the sexually charged 18th century Read More

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Actors: Patrick Bruel, Isabella Ferrari, Marthe Keller, Pinkas Braun, Jean-François Stévenin

Synopsis: In this French crime film, set during the time of the Gulf War, an elderly German tourist is murdered in Paris by junk dealer Joseph Katz (Pinkas Braun), a friend of Paris detective Sam Bellamy (singer Patrick Bruel). Romantically involved with the victim's daughter Emma Guter (Isabella Ferrari) Read More

Le Jaguar

Actors: Jean Reno, Patrick Bruel, Harrisson Lowe, Patricia Velasquez

Synopsis: In this fast-paced French comedy, a gambler, anxious to escape the thugs who pursue him after her reneged on a bet, mistakenly agrees to enter the safety of the Amazon jungle with an ethnologist's son to search for the missing soul of an ailing Indian. Perrin's ordeal begins in an elevator where Read More

A Hundred and One Nights

Actors: Michel Piccoli, Marcello Mastroianni, Henri Garcin, Julie Gayet

Synopsis: This homage to the cinema by venerated movie-maker Agnes Varda, often dubbed the "grandmother" of the French New Wave, features an all-star international cast. The story is based upon the memories and insights of the 100-year old Mr. Simon Cinema. He lives in a magnificent house filled with movie Read More

Patrick Bruel: On S'Etait Dit - Tour 95

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Aldo Nova, John Woolloff, Franck Sitbon

Synopsis: Though French cabaret singer Patrick Bruel officially began his career decades prior, he only entered the limelight as a musical superstar in the 1990s; in the process, Bruel garnered a substantial teenage fanbase, and his fame was capped by the release of the 1995 album {^On s'etait dit}. The Read More

Sabrina

Actors: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, John Wood, Nancy Marchand

Synopsis: A remake of a 1954 Billy Wilder romance, this updated version of the play Sabrina Fair was directed by Sydney Pollack. Julia Ormond stars as Sabrina Fairchild, the daughter of a kindly chauffeur (John Wood) at the Long Island estate of the upper-crust Larrabee family. Sabrina has grown up Read More

Profil Bas

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Sandra Speichert, Didier Bezace, Jean Yanne

Synopsis: After one of his superiors tries unsuccessfully to frame him, the formerly by-the-book honest cop Julien Segal (Patrick Bruel) turns to crime as the way to fight them back. Along the way he wins the partnership and love of the lovely Claire (Sandra Speichert), and cleverly makes life very Read More

Toutes Peines Confondues

Actors: Jacques Dutronc, Patrick Bruel, Mathilda May, Bruce Myers, Vernon Dobtcheff

Synopsis: In this tedious and excessively complicated thriller, a cop (Patrick Bruel) who has been sent to investigate the corruption in a small French town, encounters a mysterious rival (Jacques Dutronc), who is trying on his own to investigate the murder of his father. Michel Deville demonstrates a whole Read More

Patrick Bruel: Rien Ne S'Efface

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Eva Correa, Marisa Correa, Régina Correa

Synopsis: French cabaret singer Patrick Bruel ascended to international fame in the 1990s, as a Gallic pop idol with a massive teenage fanbase. After a slight lag in his popularity, Bruel experienced a resurgence around a decade later, on the heels of his 1999 album {^Juste Avant} and other subsequent Read More

Il y a des Jours...Et des Lunes...

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Chesnais, Vincent Lindon, Francis Huster, Marie-Sophie L., Annie Girardot

Synopsis: In this somewhat odd exploration of human romantic difficulties, the people in the film are all put under extra stress by the fact that on the day in question, they have lost an hour to daylight savings time. In addition, it is a full moon. Neither factor improves their response to the mild Read More

Force Majeure

Actors: Patrick Bruel, François Cluzet, Kristin Scott Thomas, Alan Bates, Sabine Haudepin

Synopsis: Force Majeure (Uncontrollable Circumstances) begins with a drug deal involving tourists Phillipe (Patrick Bruel) and Daniel (Francois Cluzet), and a Dutch stranger. Two years pass: the Dutchman has been arrested in an unspecified Asian country, where the penalty for drug trafficking is death. Read More

La Maison Assassinée

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Anne Brochet, Yann Collette, Ingrid Held, Agnes Blanchot

Synopsis: Seraphin Monge (Patrick Bruel) is a World War I veteran whose family was killed when he was an infant. At the end of the war, he returns to seek vengeance on the murderers. Monge is unable to carry out his revenge when the victims die before he can kill them. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

L'Union Sacree

Actors: Richard Berry, Patrick Bruel, Bruno Cremer, Said Amadis, Claude Brasseur, Corinne Dacla

Synopsis: In this thriller, Karim Hamida (Richard Berry), an undercover agent for an Arab government, and Simon Atlan (Patrick Bruel), a Jewish cop, join forces to fight terrorism. To begin with they are paired by their superiors to bust up an international heroin ring operating in French high schools. At Read More

Secret Obsession

Actors: Ben Gazzara, Julie Christie, Patrick Bruel, Jean Carmet

Synopsis: Long ago, in what seems like another lifetime to him, Paul (Ben Gazzara) had an illegitimate son by a local North African woman. For many years now he has lived in French Algeria with his wife Betty (Julie Christie), an English-born chanteuse. Now on the eve of independence, the dangers of Read More

Attention Bandits!

Actors: Jean Yanne, Marie-Sophie L., Patrick Bruel, Charles Gerard, Corinne Marchand

Synopsis: Claude Lelouch's Bandits combines a murder story with a skewered view of "family values." Jewel thief Jean Yanne ships his daughter Marie-Sophie Lelouch off to a Swiss boarding school. His motives are not altogether paternal: Yanne intends to avenge the murder of his wife, and doesn't want his Read More

Suivez Mon Regard

Actors: Pierre Arditi, Andréa Ferréol, Michel Galabru, Féodor Atkine, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Macha Beranger, Christian Barbier

Synopsis: A long parade of actors and actresses pop up in an unconnected series of skits, vignettes, and sight gags in this comedy anthology by Jean Curtelin. Among the sketches performed is one with Jean Carmet playing a man from the sticks woefully burdened with the challenge of getting through a dog food Read More

Champagne Amer

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Jean Carmet, Julie Christie, Ben Gazzara

Synopsis: Ridha Behi's Champagne Amer (Bitter Champagne) is about a son who carries on an affair with his father's mistress, without realizing the connection that they share. The film is also known as Secret Obsession. Julie Christie and Ben Gazzara co-star. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

P.R.O.F.S.

Actors: Patrick Bruel, Fabrice Luchini, Laurent Gamelon, Christophe Bourseiller, Martine Sarcey

Synopsis: Four inventive teachers at a normal French high school act up and act out some of their imaginative ploys to either help kids learn, or to undermine the opposition to their unorthodox teaching. Frederic (Patrick Bruel), Michel (Fabrice Luchini), Gerard Laurent Gamelon), and Francis (Christophe Bourseiller Read More

La Tete Dans le Sac

Actors: Guy Marchand, Marisa Berenson, Fanny Bastien, Patrick Bruel, Riton Liebman

Synopsis: A misanthropic comedy by Gérard Lauzier, Tête Dans Le Sac satirizes the arrogance of a 50-year-old owner of a prosperous ad agency as he tries to join a swinging, twentysomething clique of fast-living friends. Romain (Guy Marchand) drives a Jaguar, lives in an opulent bachelor pad, and has a Read More

Le Batard

Actors: Gerard Klein, Julie Jezequel, Didier Flamand, Brigitte Fossey, Mylène Demongeot

Synopsis: Based on Erskine Caldwell's novel, Le Batard could also refer to this French film born from an American novel, with the American South transformed into the south of France. An unemotive Gerard Klein is Patrice, the Paris automobile mechanic who travels to Marseille to identify the body of his Read More

Le Grand Carnaval

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Roger Hanin, Fiona Gelin, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gérard Darmon

Synopsis: Set against the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942, this overly-ambitious, comedy-drama focuses on the relationship between its two central characters, Leon Castelli (Roger Hanin) a half-Algerian, half-French bartender, talkative, but with a generous soul, and Etienne Labrouche (Philippe Noiret Read More

Les Diplomes du Dernier Rang

Actors: Michel Galabru, Marie Laforêt, Patrice Minet, Patrick Bruel

Synopsis: Students with nothing better to do than hoodwink the authorities at their school provide the fodder for this film on the out-of-classroom antics of young adults as underchallenged as they are overprivileged. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide Read More

Le Coup de Sirocco

Actors: Roger Hanin, Marthe Villalonga, Michel Auclair, Patrick Bruel, Lucien Layani

Synopsis: The "pieds-noir" were Algerians of French heritage who were forced to return to France in 1962, when Algeria became independent. In the first part of this film, based on a novel by Daniel Saint-Hamon, the Narbonis run a little grocery in Algeria and keep their noses out of politics entirely. They Read More