Romain DurisFilmography

Born:: May 28, 1974
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Multiple César Award nominee Romain Duris got his big break in such French films as Jan Kounen's over-the-top action thriller Dobermann before gaining notable stateside exposure in such arthouse hits as CQ and Le Divorce. While some may have suspected that the broodingly handsome rising star was...Read More

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Afterwards

Actors: John Malkovich, Evangeline Lilly, Romain Duris, Pascale Bussières, Reece Daniel Thompson

Synopsis: As helmed by Gilles Bourdos, this supernatural thriller - a Franco-German-Canadian co-production - continues John Malkovich's career-long tradition of playing offbeat, enigmatic figures with a menacing air. Romain Duris stars as Nathan Del Amico, an attorney doubly haunted by his past, as the Read More

1/14/09
Persécution

Actors: Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Alex Descas

Synopsis: A man struggling with a failing romantic relationship now has to deal with an admirer he doesn't want in this drama from French filmmaker Patrice Chereau. Daniel (Romain Duris) is a successful self-employed businessman who has been dating Sonia (Charlotte Gainsbourg) for nearly three years. Daniel Read More

2009
Paris

Actors: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Albert Dupontel, François Cluzet

Synopsis: Love and life pose dilemmas for a handful of friends in the City of Lights in this romantic drama from French filmmaker Cedric Klapisch. Pierre (Romain Duris) has enjoyed a successful career as a dancer performing in Parisian nightclubs, but when he's diagnosed with a serious heart condition, his Read More

2/20/08
Dans Paris

Actors: Romain Duris, Louis Garrel, Guy Marchand, Joana Preiss, Alice Butaud

Synopsis: French sex symbols Romain Duris and Louis Garrel join screen icons Guy Marchand and Marie-France Pisier in writer-director Christophe Honoré's four-character chamber drama Dans Paris (Inside Paris). Duris plays Paul, a young man in his early thirties who splits with his girlfriend. Feeling Read More

8/10/07
Molière

Actors: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier

Synopsis: In 1645, the French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- better known as Molière -- mysteriously disappeared for several weeks, and this lavish comedy drama imagines a scenario that could explain what may have happened to him. At this time, Molière (Romain Duris) is touring the French Read More

7/27/07
Russian Dolls

Actors: Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Bishop

Synopsis: A French writer finds his life is once again being turned sideways by his footloose European friends in this sequel to the international hit L'Auberge Espagnole. Five years after we last saw him, Xavier (Romain Duris) has given up his aspirations of a career in international finance, but his new Read More

5/10/06
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

7/1/05
Exils

Actors: Romain Duris, Lubna Azabal, Leila Makhlouf, Habib Cheik, Zouhir Gacem

Synopsis: French-Algerian filmmaker Tony Gatlif wrote and directed this tale of a voyage of unexpected discoveries. Zano (Romain Duris) and Naima (Lubna Azabal) are a pair of footloose bohemian lovers living in Paris who decide to pull up roots and travel to Algeria, even though they don't know the language Read More

1/1/04
Osmose

Actors: Romain Duris, Clément Sibony, Mathilde Bertrandy, Rachid Djaidani, Stephanie Braunschweig

2004
Arsène Lupin

Actors: Romain Duris, Kristin Scott Thomas, Pascal Greggory, Eva Green, Robin Renucci

2004
Le Divorce

Actors: Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, Jean-Marc Barr, Leslie Caron, Stockard Channing

Synopsis: Based on the 1997 National Book Award-nominated novel of the same name by Diane Johnson (co-writer of the script for Stanley Kubrick's The Shining), Le Divorce is a romantic comedy from director James Ivory. Revisiting the "Americans in France" theme that Ivory explored in 1998's A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Read More

8/8/03
L'Auberge Espagnole

Actors: Romain Duris, Cécile De France, Judith Godrëche, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly

Synopsis: A man eager to learn Spanish gets an education he wasn't expecting in this comedy drama. Xavier (Romain Duris) is a French economics student who is nearing the completion of his degree and is looking for work. Xavier's father arranges for him to meet a ranking member of the Ministry of Finance Read More

5/16/03
Shimkent Hotel

Actors: Yann Collette, Thibault de Montalembert, Melvil Poupaud, Caroline Ducey, Romain Duris

2003
Pas Si Grave

Actors: Sami Bouajila, Romain Duris, Jean-Michel Portal, Leonor Varela, Pepe Munne

Synopsis: French writer/director Bernard Rapp (Une Affaire de Goût) creates a neo-fable, of sorts, with his 2003 film, Pas Si Grave (No Big Deal). About a quarter of a century ago, Spanish artist Pablo (director Alejandro Jodorowsky) and his musician wife, Pilar (Pascale Roberts), escaped their native Read More

2003
17 Fois Cécile Cassard

Actors: Béatrice Dalle, Romain Duris, Jeanne Balibar, Ange Ruze, Johan Odeiro-Robles

Synopsis: Directed by Christo Honore, 17 fois Cecile Cassard stars Beatrice Dalle as Cecile, who is having a terrible time getting over the accidental death of her husband, Thierry (Jerome Kircher). Hoping to find solace, Cecile drives to Toulouse and rents a room in a seamy hotel. Within days, Cecile has Read More

2002
Adolphe

Actors: Isabelle Adjani, Stanislas Merhar, Jean Yanne, Romain Duris, Jean-Louis Richard

Synopsis: Adolphe, French director Benoît Jacquot's adaptation of Benjamin Constant's novel of the same name, tells the story of a young man's passion for 30-year-old Ellenore (Isabelle Adjani). After much resistance, Ellenore falls for Adolphe (Stanislas Mehrar), only to find out that his love for her has Read More

2002
Being Light

Actors: Jean-Marc Barr, Romain Duris, Élodie Bouchez, Isabelle Candelier

2001
Peut-être

Actors: Romain Duris, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Géraldine Pailhas, Vincent Elbaz, Riton Liebman

Synopsis: What if you could step 70 years into the future from a portal in your bathroom? French director Cedric Klapisch asks this question and many others in this oddball sci-fi flick. The film opens at a wild Buck Rogers-themed New Year's Eve party on December 31, 1999. After smoking a requist amount of Read More

1999
Je suis né d'un cigogne

Actors: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Christine Pignet, Marc Nouyrigat

Synopsis: Acclaimed director Tony Gatlif spins this wildly anarchic tale about three young punks, a bevy of cinematic inside jokes, and a talking stork. Otto and Louna (Romain Duris and Rona Hartner), along with their brainy pal Ali (Ouassini Embarek), rescue a wounded stork who turns out to be an illegal Read More

1999
Les Kidnappeurs

11/25/98
Déja Mort

Actors: Romain Duris, Benoît Magimel, Zoe Felix, Clément Sibony, Isaac Sharry

Synopsis: With echoes of Rebel Without a Cause, Boogie Nights and Less Than Zero, this French drama keeps pace with some fast-moving 20-year-olds, as seen from the point of view of ambitious Laure (Zoe Felix). She narrates as the film flashes back to a period spanning April 20 to July 14. Go-Karter Andrea Read More

4/22/98
The Crazy Stranger

Actors: Romain Duris, Rona Hartner, Izidor Serban, Florin Moldovan, Ovidiu Balan

Synopsis: In this comedy-drama, Stephane (Romain Duris), a young man from France, travels to Romania on a mission; his father has recently passed away, and since the old man's favorite singer was an unrecorded gypsy vocalist from Romania, he has come to track her down and put her music on tape. However Read More

4/8/98
Dobermann

Actors: Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Tchéky Karyo, Antoine Basler, Dominique Bettenfeld

Synopsis: The seedy, pscyho characters from author Joel Houssin's popular 1980s series of hip French crime novels come to vivid life in this rip roaring actioner. The directorial debut of French/Dutch video maker Jan Kounen, the film presents a super violent, drug ladened world ruled by ultramacho men and Read More

6/18/97
When the Cat's Away...

Actors: Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem, Renee Le Calm, Olivier Py

Synopsis: When the Cat's Away is a gentle French comedy that explores the problems and anxieties of contemporary urbanites. When Chloe (Garance Clavel), a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay Read More

1996
Memoires D'un Jeune Con

Actors: Christophe Hemon, François Perier, Daniel Russo, Patrick Aurignac

Synopsis: An easily influenced teenage boy takes a ruinous road when he chooses to become an outlaw. This drama, without artifice or unnecessary embellishment, tells the semi-autobiographical story of screenwriter/first-time director/actor Patrick Aurignac, who instead of playing himself, portrays the Read More

1996
Le Péril Jeune

Actors: Julien Lambroschini, Nicolas Koretzy, Vincent Elbaz, Joachim Lombard, Romain Duris

Synopsis: This French comedy-drama chronicles the reunion of five high school friends who come to witness the birth of a child whose father, a former friend, recently died. The boys graduated in 1975 and now, five years later they have come to a Parisian hospital to await the birth. As they wait, the try to Read More

1994
Freres: La Roulette Rouge

Actors: Saïd Taghmaoui, Samy Naceri, Veronique Octon, Maureen Diot

Synopsis: The gritty, grungy lives of urban teens provide the focus of this taut drama. This film is the last in the "Tous les Garcons et les Filles de Leur Age" series which profiles the teen eras of nine prominent directors. This film is set in Paris, 1990. Zakari, though only 13-years old, is running for Read More

1994