Kad Merad
Kad Merad is a French-Algerian filmmaker and actor who has acted both on stage and on screen.
Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on March 27, 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother.
During his teens, he played drums and sang with various rock bands. Soon afterwards, he started playing as an animator in Club Med alongside the Gigolo Brothers troop.
In 1990, he was hired by Ouï FM, the Paris Rock genre station where he met Olivier Baroux. The duet most known as Kad & Olivier began working together and started their own show, the Rock'n Roll Circus, introducing some of their most famous sketches (Pamela Rose, Teddy Porc Fidèle...). The early success of the show allowed them to meet Jean-Luc Delarue who brought their act to TV.
In 1999, they began appearing on the French Satellite TV channel Comédie+ on their own show, La Grosse Emission. At the same time, Merad started his Cinema career with a lot of secondary roles.
In 2003, he scored his First box-office success with Mais Qui a tué Pamela Rose?, co-written with Baroux.
In 2007, Kad received the César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Je vais Bien, ne t'en fais pas! and appears in AaRON's film soundtrack video clip. His best challenger was Dany Boon. During the shooting of Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, this friendly struggle was a running joke between the two of them.
That same year, he made his first appearance with Les Enfoirés music troop and is still one of its members. He was also inducted as the Godfather of the Telethon.
The next year, he starred as Phillipe Abrams in the French movie Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis. The film was a surprise - and phenomenal - success in France and Europe, becoming the best-attended movie ever made in France, with 21 million moviegoers.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 5.337 |
| Birthday | 1964-03-27 |
| Place of Birth | Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria |
| Also Known As | Kadour Merad, 카드 므라드, |
2006
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
7.212/565
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.
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Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2007
Could This Be Love?
6.3/28
Lucas, a wealthy, 43 year-old divorced businessman, is irresistibly attracted to Elsa, a 38 year old renowned sculptor from whom he has commissioned a...
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Could This Be Love?
2021
Kad Merad on Stage
0/0
French comedian Kad Merad is now a singer for one night only!
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Kad Merad on Stage
2023
Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
7.8/4
In January 2023, the Enfoirés performed at La Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon. True to the caused started by Coluche in 1985, forty-seven renowned artists...
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Les Enfoirés 2023 - Enfoirés un jour, toujours
2021
Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
6.7/3
Thirty-four years ago, Johnny Hallyday performed for the first time on the Bercy stage. He remains the artist who played the venue the greatest number...
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Johnny Hallyday : Que je t'aime
2003
Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
6.123/317
FBI Agents Bullit and Riper investigate the murder of a young dancer called Pamela Rose, found dead in her motel room in Bornsville, a small american...
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Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ?
2008
Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés
7.2/8
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2004
The Chorus
7.725/2399
In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
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The Chorus
2006
J'invente rien
5/19
Paul has no specific life goal, and Mathilde, who provides for their household, despairs that he can find one. If he continues like this, she may well...
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J'invente rien
2023
Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel
6/2
A look back at the French Internet collective as they celebrate their 10th year anniversary.
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Les 10 ans de Studio Bagel
2009
Little Nicholas
6.047/1106
Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. Ho...
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Little Nicholas
2007
3 Friends
5.1/33
Three childhood friends support each other through life's ups and downs in this comedy/drama. Each goes through a difficult time in their life, and is...
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3 Friends
2008
Welcome to the Sticks
6.678/2407
Although living a comfortable life in Salon-de-Provence, a charming town in the South of France, Julie has been feeling depressed for a while. To plea...
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Welcome to the Sticks
2009
RTT
4.891/243
When Florence, his companion of five years, shocks him with the news that she's leaving him, moving to Miami and marrying another man, Arthur loses it...
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RTT
2018
L'Étrange Noël de Jeff Panacloc
0/0
Alongside his impertinent puppet, ventriloquist Jeff Panacloc celebrates Christmas with humour, surrounded by personalities from music, cinema and TV...
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2006
A Ticket to Space
5.2/140
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2010
22 Bullets
6.668/1194
A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
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22 Bullets
2008
My Stars
5/54
Robert, a fan of three French actresses is a bald-headed, potbellied man on the fifties, but fully devotes himself to them, and sometimes works for th...
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My Stars
2009
Safari
4.6/333
Richard Dacier owns a tour agency specialized on organizing safaris for European tourists eager to confront the African wild life. Actually, he took t...
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Safari
2008
Paris 36
6.1/128
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...
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2014
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
8/2
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2011
Images of Women of the Social Corset
0/0
A man asks himself about the image of women who are offered for his gaze. A documentary about the image of women in fashion, film, and life.
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2010
The Italian
5.3/173
Dino Fabrizzi is the number one seller of the Maserati dealership in Nice. At 42, he arrives at a turning point in his life, the position of director...
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The Italian
2011
The Well Digger's Daughter
6.9/170
It's the beginning of the WWII. South of France. Patricia, 18, is the oldest daughter of a well-digger, Pascal, who considers her a princess because o...
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The Well Digger's Daughter
2010
Protect and Serve
4.5/101
A pair of bumbling French cops team up to take on the underworld.
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Protect and Serve
2008
Modern Love
4.5/13
Several couples break up and get back together.
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Modern Love
2003
The Pharmacist
5.3/13
An ecological pharmacist uses ancient Celtic techniques to murder industrial magnates whose practices harm the planet.
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The Pharmacist
2011
Father
5.5/88
Monsieur Papa is a moving portrait of a modern family, centering around 12 year-old Marius Vallois. Born in a wealthy family, Marius is the son of Mar...
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Father
2006
Les Irréductibles
5.5/14
On the day that his son fails his baccalaureate, Michel loses his job. He has been employed at the same factory for twenty years and now he has no job...
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2007
Tonight I'll Sleep at Yours
5/56
Alex and Laetitia appear to make the perfect couple. But, as much as he loves his gorgeous fun-loving sweetheart, Alex isn’t yet ready for her to move...
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2003
The Car Keys
5.1/74
Who would think losing car keys could lead us that far ? Be careful, adventure is on every street corner...
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2003
The Dope
4.7/193
Alphonse Brown, who firmly believes he is the bastard son of James Brown, meets up with his best friend Scotch after Brown gets out of jail. On their...
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The Dope
2007
Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
8/3
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Kad et Olivier - Antotologie
2003
Don't Worry, Be Happy
4/2
With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Dé...
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
2011
War of the Buttons
6/468
Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Naz...
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War of the Buttons
2006
Try Me
6.1/56
When Yves-Marie, 9, asks Jacqueline, who is her age: "Marry me", she replies with a pirouette: "The day you go to the stars, I give you my hand."
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Try Me
2024
At The End Of The Day
6.5/8
In an increasingly crazy world, Lino, who has decided to leave everything behind, will come to realise that, at the end of the day, everything that ha...
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2007
Pur week-end
4.8/31
Former school friends get together one weekend a year, this year in the mountains.
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Pur week-end
2011
Les Enfoirés 2011 - Dans l'oeil des Enfoirés
5.8/10
Dans l’œil des Enfoirés est le vingt-et-unième album des Enfoirés, enregistré lors de leurs sept concerts à l’Arena Montpellier du mercredi 26 janvier...
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2007
In Mom's Head
5.2/16
Lulu's mother is depressed and has been as far back as she can remember, Lulu is determined to discover the truth behind her listlessness.
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In Mom's Head
2001
Kad et Olivier vous font montrer... Le Gros DVD
7/2
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2001
The Strategy of Failure
6.3/27
My various experiences in the field of failure have allowed me to highlight specific areas in which it is crucial to get disorganized and to recognize...
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The Strategy of Failure
2022
Citoyen d'honneur
6.1/31
Samir Amin is a fulfilled writer, Nobel Prize for Literature, who lives in Paris, far from his native country, Algeria.He systematically refuses all t...
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Citoyen d'honneur
2012
Superstar
5.1/80
An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
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Superstar
2012
Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure
5.5/1
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Guerre d'Algerie - La déchirure
2002
Bloody Christmas
6.1/7
This Christmas Eve is going to be one the most pleasant that Gérard has ever spent. However it turns into a nightmare when the Christmas tree suddenly...
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Bloody Christmas
2011
The Tuche Family
6/1264
Everyone in the village of Bouzolles knows the Tuche family, who live by the philosophy "Man is not made to work." Despite their lack of money, they s...
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The Tuche Family
2012
Play It Like Godard
4.1/18
Jean-Christophe Kern, known as JC, is not a teenager like any other: he won the Palme d’Or at the age of 15, the Cesar at 16. This year, he is trying...
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Play It Like Godard
2017
La télé de Valérie Lemercier
0/0
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La télé de Valérie Lemercier
2012
Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
5.7/199
French filmmaker Eric Lartigau directs the anarchic buddy comedy Bullit and Riper, originally released as Mais qui a tue Pamela Rose? French comedic t...
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Mais qui a re-tué Pamela Rose ?
2001
The High Life
5.4/7
On a hospital bed, Marcello is plunged into a deep coma. His guardian angel asks the angel in charge of bringing him back to the afterlife to extend t...
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The High Life
2013
It Happened in Saint-Tropez
5.4/75
Zef’s stormy relationship with his brother Roni is further aggravated when Roni marries his daughter just as he is attending to his wife’s funeral. Th...
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It Happened in Saint-Tropez
2023
Life For Real
5.414/110
Tridan Lagache has spent his whole life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigns from the vacation spot where he was born, determ...
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Life For Real
2020
Irrésistiblement Kad !
0/0
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Irrésistiblement Kad !
2013
The Big Bad Wolf
5.3/132
Once upon a time in 2012, three brothers lived happily. One day their mom fell into a coma. So Henri, Philippe, and Louis suddenly started wondering a...
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The Big Bad Wolf
Popemobile
0/0
To mark his recent appointment, the new Pope prepares for a tour of Latin America, only to find that the Vatican is bankrupt. A rich Mexican woman off...
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Popemobile
2014
Superchondriac
5.5/1060
Romain Faubert is a 39 year old, single, medical photographer... and a raging hypochondriac. His doctor and only friend Dr. Dimitri Zvenka thinks he k...
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Superchondriac
2022
Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
5.7/120
Imagine a world where the worst behaviour you could ever have is to forget your store's loyalty card in your other trousers...that's what happens to A...
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Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï
Tout un poème
0/0
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Tout un poème
2014
Nicholas on Holiday
5.345/451
It's the end of the school year. The long-awaited moment of the holidays is arrive. The little Nicolas, her parents and Grandma take the road towards...
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Nicholas on Holiday
2025
On ira
0/0
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On ira
2022
Jamel et ses amis au Marrakech du rire 2022 : 10 ans
5.8/10
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Héro(s)
0/0
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Héro(s)
2014
Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
5/107
Serge Renart, a television journalist who's now a has-been, and Natacha Bison, a war reporter who has been laid off because she posed too much of a da...
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Bangkok, We Have A Problem!
2022
Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
9/2
Dark suit, white shirt, earpiece and wooden plate ..., his style remains anchored in the collective memory. Favorite host́ of the French during the 20...
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Jean-Luc Delarue, 10 ans déjà : de succès en excès
2019
Sixty
6.5/11
60 comedians in 60 minutes, that's what Kyan Khojandi has to offer tonight.
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Sixty
2015
Disappeared in Winter
5.9/25
Daniel is a former police officer turned debt collector. Now in his late fifties, he goes about his "dirty job" without emotion or sympathy. One winte...
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Disappeared in Winter
2015
Bis
5.3/542
Éric and Patrice have been friends since high school. Over the years, they have both taken very different paths: Éric has become a hedonist, has a str...
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Bis
2020
Bullit & Riper
0/0
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Bullit & Riper
2024
Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
6.9/7
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Les Enfoirés 2024 - On a 35 ans !
2024
Le Larbin
4.8/14
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Le Larbin
2015
Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
6.5/15
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Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés
2022
Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show
0/0
Musical Christmas Special hosted by Benjamin Biolay.
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Benjamin Biolay - Christmas Show
2015
We Were Young
5.7/70
Five long-term pals confront ageing and mortality as they enjoy their last weeks together before taking different paths.
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We Were Young
2023
Florent Pagny : un homme libre
8/1
This exceptional documentary, rich in anecdotes and revelations thanks to the rare testimonies of his family (his wife, his sister...) and his closest...
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Florent Pagny : un homme libre
2025
Last Breath
0/0
In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in...
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Last Breath
2003
Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier
8/4
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Kad et Olivier - Le Meilleur de Kad et Olivier
2016
Marseille
4.9/133
Faced with the insistence of his brother Joseph, whom he has not seen for 25 years, Paolo resolves to give up his calm and harmonious life in Canada,...
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Marseille
2006
Beyond the Ocean
0/0
Journey of an african migrant through Europe.
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Beyond the Ocean
2024
Les Boules de Noël
0/0
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Les Boules de Noël
Cent millions !
0/0
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Cent millions !
2017
Alibi.com
6.5/1663
Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppa...
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Alibi.com
2017
Orchestra Class
6.4/113
A violinist looks to inspire his students at a challenging music school.
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Orchestra Class
2004
Lucky Luke and the Daltons
3.667/342
Joe and Averell are the eldest and youngest of the four Dalton brothers, the worst outlaws in Wild West history...
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Lucky Luke and the Daltons
2017
Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
7.5/14
In January 2017, Les Enfoirés set the Zénith in Toulouse alight with seven exceptional concerts. Faithful to the cause started by Coluche in 1985, th...
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Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés
2016
Max & Leon
6.3/781
In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of “La Grande Vadrouille” – our two heroes, Max and Léon, two lazy and partier pals, will try by all possible me...
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Max & Leon
2018
Brillantissime
4.9/134
After getting dumped on Christmas Eve, Angela must rebuild her life surrounded by her rebellious teenager, her tyrannical mother, her hysterical best...
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Brillantissime
2004
Kad et Olivier - La traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2
4/1
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Kad et Olivier - La traversée de l'Atlantique en solitaire à 2
2018
Kings for a Day
5.7/38
A wannabe actor must chose between his passion and his father, a crook.
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Kings for a Day
2002
The Tombs
6.5/2
At a mundane evening, Joseph recalls the strange love affair he lived with a young widow, met during a visit to Père-Lachaise. But was it really a lov...
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The Tombs
2018
Looking for Teddy
5.4/266
A father enlists the help of an airport employee on a quest to find his daughter's teddy.
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Looking for Teddy
2018
Dad Friend
5.6/173
Stéphane defers his frustration at not having had a son on his sons-in-law. So when her younger daughter decides to leave a rugby player than the idol...
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Dad Friend
2018
Family Is Family
5.8/720
Valentin D is a hot designer architect who claims to be an orphan because he is too ashamed to admit he is the son of working-class scrap metal mercha...
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Family Is Family
2019
Just a Gigolo
5.3/180
How to live happy and rich without working? To be Gigolo. But after 25 years of living with Denise, Alex the "gigolo" gets fired without notice and fi...
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Just a Gigolo
2019
Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
7/37
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Ce soir, c'est Palmashow
2019
A Wolf's Journey
8/1
Cast out by his pack, a young wolf has to face his destiny alone and try to survive in a world reigned over by Man. From the forests of Romania to the...
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Jeu de vilains
4/1
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2020
Queens of The Field
6/144
After its football team is disqualified for insulting a referee during a major game, a small country town risks losing its funding along with its fiel...
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Queens of The Field
2015
The Parisian Bitch
5.8/468
Thirty-year-old Camilla, realizes that she doesn't have the life she deserves and decides that the only destiny worthy of her is that of a royal princ...
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The Parisian Bitch
2019
Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
7.2/6
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Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés
2019
Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
7.5/5
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Les Enfoirés jouent le jeu
2020
Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
7.4/9
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Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés
2016
Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
7.2/10
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Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés
2014
Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
7.8/10
Show recorded at the Zénith in Strasbourg on January 19 and 20, 2014 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.
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Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés
2018
Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !
7.1/7
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2015
Gad Elmaleh - 20 ans de scène !
7.3/27
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2020
The Big Hit
7.076/172
Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to s...
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The Big Hit
2005
Community Property
0/0
They are about to divorce, but can not agree how to share the community property.
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Community Property
2016
La Folle Soirée du Palmashow 3
7.1/23
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2018
On refait les grands duos d'humour
0/0
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On refait les grands duos d'humour
2021
Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous
7/4
Les Enfoirés "À côté de toi" is the 31st album/show by Les Enfoirés, recorded from January 14 to 17, 20211 at Lyon's Halle Tony-Garnier. The show was...
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2010
Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs
7/9
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2021
Amis
10/1
A comedy about friendship that has many surprises in store for us! How can we find the perfect friend? By connecting to Amitic, the friendly version o...
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Amis
2005
Iznogoud
4/254
In Baghdad the Magnificent reigns Haroun al Plassid, who is the Caliph. There also dwells Iznogoud, who wants to be the Caliph. The irascible Grand Vi...
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Iznogoud
2022
The Year of the Shark
4.41/111
A small coastal town in the south-west of France is on high alert after a surfer disappeared - Soon the incredible truth is revealed : a shark is prow...
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Lune de miel avec ma mère
0/0
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Lune de miel avec ma mère
2003
Même pas Mal
2/2
A young woman with a vivid imagination breaks down a car in a forest...
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Même pas Mal
2024
40
0/0
Primetime special to celebrate 40 years of CANAL+.
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2019
La part du soupçon
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