Ticky Holgado Filmography

A Very Long Engagement

Actors: Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Clovis Cornillac

Synopsis: Audrey Tautou, who rose to international stardom with the title role in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's worldwide smash Amélie, reunites with the director for this drama, set during the darkest days of World War I and its immediate aftermath. Mathilde (Tautou) is a pretty but frail young women who was left Read More

Les Parisiens

Actors: Mathilde Seigner, Maiwenn, Arielle Dombasle, Agnes Soral, Massimo Ranieri

Tais-toi!

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Jean Reno, Richard Berry, André Dussollier, Leonor Varela

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen

Actors: Jeremy Irons, Patricia Kaas, Thierry Lhermitte, Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marie Bigard

Synopsis: Valentin (also known as And Now...Ladies and Gentleman) is directed by Claude Lelouch and features Jeremy Irons as Valentin, a criminal mastermind whose jewel-stealing business, despite having made him rich, does not offer him much room for personal growth. Hoping to find meaning for his Read More

3 zéros

Actors: Gérard Lanvin, Samuel Le Bihan, Lorant Deutsch, Gérard Darmon, Ticky Holgado

Synopsis: When diminutive soccer player Tibor (Lorant Deutsch) is placed in a prison cell with dimwitted giant Manu (Samuel Le Bihan) the duo soon begin to forge a friendship based on their mutual love of soccer. Agreeing that upon their release Manu will serve as Tibor's manager, Manu attempts to use his Read More

Amélie

Actors: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Yolande Moreau, Artus de Penguern, Urbain Cancelier, Dominique Pinon

Synopsis: One woman decides to change the world by changing the lives of the people she knows in this charming and romantic comic fantasy from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Amelie (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, Amelie Read More

Les Acteurs

Actors: André Dussollier, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Jacques Villeret, Claude Rich

Synopsis: The son of actor Bernard Blier, director Bertrand Blier is known throughout France for his documentaries and dark depictions of sex and its impact on society. Though his influences and personal opinions clearly shine through, Les Acteurs is a satirical take on the ups, downs, and numerous Read More

Meilleur espoir feminin

Actors: Gérard Jugnot, Bérénice Bejo, Antoine Dulery, Sabine Haudepin

Synopsis: Gerard Jugnot directs and stars in this comedy about a doting father and his daughter who managed to get cast in a film. Yvon Rance (Jugnot), who runs a hair salon in Brittany, only wants his beloved teenaged daughter Laetita (Berenice Bejo) to be happy, something he believes she'll be able to Read More

Que La Lumière Soit

Actors: Hélène de Fougerolles, Tchéky Karyo, Ticky Holgado, Pierre Arditi, Gordon Tootoosis

Synopsis: Arthur Joffe directed this French comic fantasy, in French and English dialogue, about God (voice of Pierre Arditi), invisible and spinning through Heavenly space on an asteroid, along with his sidekick angel Rene (Ticky Holgado). God observes Earthly events on His television set. After hacking Read More

Amour et Confusions

Actors: Patrick Braoudé, Kristin Scott Thomas, Gérard Darmon, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

Synopsis: The debate between gender roles and the nature of masculinity and femininity in the '90s provides the basis of this romantic comedy. Dan is divorced and designs ladies lingerie for a living. Sarah is a powerful business executive. She and Dan spend one night making passionate love and then lose Read More

Rhinoceros Hunting in Budapest

Actors: Glenn Fitzgerald, Karine Adrover, Alexei Sayle, Ewen Bremner, Ticky Holgado

Synopsis: The title of this British-French production refers to the dream of the film's hero -- aka The Young Man (Glenn Fitzgerald) -- to hunt an African rhino. After a failed suicide, The Young Man treks across Europe in an effort to track the girlfriend who walked out on him. In Paris, he attempts to Read More

Le Plus Beau Métier du Monde

Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Michèle Laroque, Souad Amidou, Ticky Holgado

Synopsis: A genteel teacher finds himself out of his element when his request to be assigned to a Parisian school lands him in an impoverished, multi-cultural ghetto suburb outside of Paris. There Laurent Monier (Gerard Depardieu) finds himself forced to live in a project apartment and teach classes full of Read More

Hommes, Femmes: Mode d'Emploi

Actors: Fabrice Luchini, Bernard Tapie, Alessandra Martines, Pierre Arditi

Synopsis: A feather-light and funny musing on the nature of love, fate and starting over, Claude Lelouch's comedy begins with the meeting of Fabio Lini, an actor turned undercover Paris cop and the notorious lawyer-cum-businessman Benoit Blanc . Both have come to the same clinic to have their ulcers Read More

Pourvu Que Ca Dure

Actors: Gérard Darmon, Ticky Holgado, Emmanuelle Seigner, Jean-Pierre Bisson

Funny Bones

Actors: Oliver Platt, Lee Evans, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Caron, Jerry Lewis

Synopsis: Tommy Fawkes (Oliver Platt) is a struggling stand-up comedian who has tried for years to get out from under the shadow of his father, George Fawkes (Jerry Lewis), himself a famous humorist. Tommy finally scores a showcase spot at a major resort in Las Vegas, but when opening night rolls around Read More

Les Misérables

Actors: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Boujenah, Alessandra Martines, Annie Girardot, Philippe Léotard

Synopsis: Not a strict adaptation of the oft-filmed Victor Hugo classic, director Claude Lelouch's ambitious epic instead focuses on the story of two men, a father and a son, whose life stories bear striking similarities to Hugo's character Jean Valjean. The father is Henri Fortin (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a Read More

French Twist

Actors: Victoria Abril, Josiane Balasko, Alain Chabat, Ticky Holgado

Synopsis: In this French comedy, a man discovers that he has something unexpected in common with his wife -- they're both involved with another woman. Loli (Victoria Abril) is a woman of Spanish blood married to a French businessman, Laurent (Alain Chabat). Loli is not especially happy as a housewife Read More

Les Milles

Actors: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: This French WW II action-adventure is based on a fascinating footnote in history. Set just after the Franco-German armistice was signed in June 1940, it chronicles the courage of a compassionate French officer who defied his superiors and, acting alone, redirected a train full of German refugees Read More

The City of Lost Children

Actors: Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Genevieve Brunet

Synopsis: This visually inventive French sci-fi/fantasy tale began winning a cult following practically from the moment it was released. Krank (Daniel Emilfork) is a foul, monstrous creature who lords over the inhabitants of a small island; Krank's emotional being is every bit as ugly as his physical Read More

Le Batard De Dieu

Actors: Pierre-Olivier Mornas, Ticky Holgado, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Bernard Haller

Tango

Actors: Richard Bohringer, Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Noiret, Miou-Miou, Judith Godrëche

Synopsis: If such a thing as gentle humor can be wrung from murderous misogyny, this all-star comedy is the embodiment of it. The basic point of the film seems to be this: unattached men long to live with women, and once they do, they long to live without them. In this story, Paul (Thierry Lhermitte) is Read More

Justinien Trouve, Ou Le Batard De Dieu

Actors: Pierre-Olivier Mornas, Ticky Holgado, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Patrice Valota, Roland Blanche

Synopsis: If this engaging costume adventure is perhaps just one notch shy of being a full-fledged swashbuckler, it is only because it so lovingly recreates the era in which its story takes place. In the film, it is 1685 and a baby is being left on the steps of a monastery, but not before the mysterious Read More

L'Honneur de la Tribu

Actors: Said Amadis, Thierry Lhermitte, Brigitte Roüan, Ticky Holgado

Synopsis: Though this is billed as a combination drama and comedy, but the storyline gives no clue as to the humorous elements of this Algerian picture. In the story, a brother and his sister are orphaned when their father accepts a challenge to fight a trained bear and is killed by it. Two decades later Read More

Tombes du Ciel

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Ticky Holgado, Marisa Paredes, Laura del Sol

Synopsis: It is not necessary to know that this story is based on a true incident in order to enjoy it; in real life, a man landed in a major European airport without the necessary papers, and while authorities worked (slowly, ever-so slowly) to resolve his citizenship status, he lived and worked there Read More

Drôle d'oiseaux

Actors: Bernard Giraudeau, Patrick Chesnais, Ticky Holgado, Isabelle Gélinas

Le Souper

Actors: Claude Brasseur, Claude Rich, Ticky Holgado, Yann Collette, Stephane Jobert

Synopsis: France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand (Claude Rich), a shrewd politician of flexible convictions, invites chief of police and zealous Read More

Delicatessen

Actors: Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Karin Viard, Ticky Holgado, Pascal Benezech

Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic future becomes the setting for pitch black humor in this visually intricate French comedy. The action takes place within a single apartment complex, which is owned by the same man that operates the downstairs butcher shop. It's a particularly popular place to live, thanks to the Read More

Une Epoque Formidable

Actors: Gérard Jugnot, Richard Bohringer, Victoria Abril, Ticky Holgado, Chick Ortega

Synopsis: Like the factory boss in The Full Monty, Berthier (Gérard Jugnot) is a former executive who finds it easier to pretend to his family that he wasn't fired than to suffer their concern and pity, and possibly the loss of their love. He goes off to "work" each day and returns home with presents for Read More

Uranus

Actors: Philippe Noiret, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michel Blanc, Florence Darel, Michel Galabru

Synopsis: Uranus is set in a post-war French village that has been all but obliterated by the bombing. Jean-Pierre Marielle plays a middle-class family man who agrees to shelter many of those who've lost their homes. The polyglot of political beliefs held by these new tenants sows the seeds of discontent. Read More

My Mother's Castle

Actors: Philippe Caubère, Julien Ciamaca, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Therese Liotard

Synopsis: This charming motion picture relives the beautiful childhood memories of noted film director and writer Marcel Pagnol. While attending school in Marseilles, Marcel Julien Ciamaca daydreams about the nearby hills where he and his family spend vacations at a cottage. It is not enough to sojourn Read More

The Hairdresser's Husband

Actors: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Henry Hocking, Roland Bertin, Maurice Chevit, Philippe Clevenot

Synopsis: Erotic, funny, and very French, this film relies heavily on the critically-acclaimed performance of Jean Rochefort. As a child, Antoine (Rochefort) was obsessed with the ample beautician who cut his hair, and since then, his single ambition in life has been to marry a hairdresser. As an adult Read More

Sans Peur et Sans Reproche

Actors: Gérard Jugnot, Remi Martin, Victoria Abril, Gérard Darmon, Martin Lamotte, Gerard Klein, Ann-Gisele Glass, Ticky Holgado

Synopsis: Bayard (Remi Martin) is a lowly squire who joins the army of King Charles (Patrick Timsit) after he is rejected by the noblewoman Blanche de Savoie (Anne-Gisel Glass). Bellabre (Gerard Jugnot) is the army captain who trains Bayard for the proposed invasion of Naples. Bayard returns a conquering Read More

Les Keufs

Actors: Josiane Balasko, Isaach de Bankolé, Ticky Holgado, Jean-Marie Marion, Patrick Olivier, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Synopsis: Mireille (Joisane Balasko) is a female cop who leads a crusade against the neighborhood pimp in this comedy drama. She falls for the black detective who is sent to investigate charges of corruption. Their relationship is adversarial before it becomes congenial. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide Read More

Levy et Goliath

Actors: Richard Anconina, Jean-Claude Brialy, Souad Amidou, Maxime Leroux

Synopsis: In this comedy, young Moses Levy is a Hassidic Jew who lives a quiet existence, avoiding entanglement with the modern world. However, his job requires that he travel between the diamond capital of Antwerp to Paris to deliver diamond powder to an auto assembly plant. Without his knowledge, a gang Read More

Manon of the Spring

Actors: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, Hippolyte Girardot, Elisabeth Depardieu

Synopsis: Manon of the Spring (Manon des Sources) has also been released as Jean de Florette II in the US, as it is a sequel to Claude Berri's Jean de Florette. Both films are drawn from the same source: Filmmaker/novelist Marcel Pagnol's 1952 rural romance, also titled Jean de Florette. Manon (Emmanuelle Beart Read More