Maurice Bénichou
Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke (Code inconnu, Le Temps du Loup, and Caché), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.027 |
| Birthday | 1943-01-23 |
| Place of Birth | Tlemcen, Algeria |
| Also Known As | André Bénichou, |
2001
Amélie
7.9/11471
At a tiny Parisian café, the adorable yet painfully shy Amélie accidentally discovers a gift for helping others. Soon Amelie is spending her days as a...
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Amélie
2005
Caché
7/1085
George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that...
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Caché
2008
The Great Alibi
5.1/45
Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around...
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The Great Alibi
2000
Adventures of Félix
5.8/22
A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily wi...
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Adventures of Félix
1981
Instinct de femme
0/0
Young - beautiful - married, fulfilled, Martha is bored. Passive in an active society, she took a first step by serving as a "guinea pig" to her broth...
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Instinct de femme
2008
Paris
6.48/330
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has...
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Paris
1979
I... For Icarus
7.675/146
Following the assassination of President Marc Jarry, a member of the investigation committee refuses to sign off on the committee's final findings.
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I... For Icarus
2009
Every Jack Has a Jill
5.3/46
Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adve...
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Every Jack Has a Jill
2008
Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
4.9/26
The writer and college professor, Alexandre Fayard, researches and gives lectures about the gruesome literary work of the mysterious Japanese writer S...
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Inju: The Beast in the Shadow
2007
The Candidate
5.4/19
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The Candidate
2004
Loser Takes All!
5.4/21
Serge Vaudier, a mathematics teacher, wins the lotto twice and claims he can do it again, thanks to an infallible system he has designed. Is a he geni...
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Loser Takes All!
2011
Omar Killed Me
6.684/128
In the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill...
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Omar Killed Me
2009
Great life
4.7/7
Philosophy teacher in the provincial city of Saint-Etienne, Gregoire is a discreet man of integrity. He strives to instill the fundamentals of wisdom...
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Great life
2011
The Rabbi's Cat
6.983/177
The story of a rabbi and his talking cat, a sharp-tongued feline philosopher brimming with scathing humor and a less than pure love for the rabbi's te...
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The Rabbi's Cat
2002
Special Delivery
4.8/14
An unexpected phone call from a certain Kirsch sets off a crisis between Catherine and Raphaël that will affect all those around them, be they close f...
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Special Delivery
1993
À la Mode
4.7/9
Fausto enters an orphanage and is initially bullied, but then makes friends with a new bunkmate, Raymond. He is apprenticed to Mietek, a tailor in the...
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À la Mode
1993
Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
5.8/19
This bright domestic drama captures a moment in time when, for a large number of idealistic and grateful French men and women, the promise of Russian...
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Not Everybody's Lucky Enough to Have Communist Parents
2008
Off and Running
5.4/16
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Off and Running
2005
The Passenger
5.6/9
When he learns of the death of his older brother Richard, Thomas sets out for Marseilles to identify the body. Having collected his brother’s possessi...
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The Passenger
2011
If You Die, I'll Kill You
6/12
In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track...
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If You Die, I'll Kill You
1997
Mordbüro
0/0
The neologistic title of this film translates as "Death Bureau," a secret vigilante organization used by ordinary working folk to rid the city of crim...
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Mordbüro
1969
Paris Does Not Exist
5.4/8
In this film, an artist attending a party smokes some dope and develops the ability to see into the future and the past. He returns to his apartment w...
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Paris Does Not Exist
1991
Cross My Heart
7/11
Young Martin has been acting strange. At his school, his teacher and classmates notice that he is less talkative and more withdrawn. When those around...
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Cross My Heart
2011
Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
1/1
Simon, a forty-year-old filmmaker, is more prone to shooting himself in the foot than he is to shooting films. After losing a bet, he shaves off his h...
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Au cas où je n'aurais pas la palme d'or
2007
Boxes
5.3/6
Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives...
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Boxes
1982
La Cerisaie
0/0
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La Cerisaie
1998
Man Is a Woman
5.5/29
Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homopho...
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Man Is a Woman
1978
Sale rêveur
0/0
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Sale rêveur
2000
Quand on sera grand
7/1
At thirty, Simon is juggling with life and it's problems. He is torn between his job as a journalist at "Tobacco Monthly", his girlfreind Christine wi...
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Quand on sera grand
2001
Candidature
5/3
Jean, a young Parisian philosopher, travels to Angoulême to take part in a recruitment competition for the National Education. On the bus, he meets tw...
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Candidature
1972
The French Calvinists
6/5
A few years after the revocation of theEdict of Nantes, the Camisards, Protestants from the Cévennes region, mostly peasants and silk workers, formed...
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The French Calvinists
2007
Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
6.2/4
An old man living in an attic in a rundown part of Paris, becomes increasingly lonely and prey to ill-health.
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Beneath the Rooftops of Paris
1970
Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
0/0
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Reportage sur un squelette ou Masques et bergamasques
2010
La Tueuse
6.8/3
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La Tueuse
2000
Code Unknown
6.7/234
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France...
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Code Unknown
1994
The Patriots
6.619/67
Ariel, a young French Jew, decides to leave his family to go to Israel and secretly become an agent of Mossad, the Israeli secret service. After years...
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The Patriots
1993
The Little Apocalypse
5.6/5
An unknown Polish writer can't publish his novels, so his ex-wife decides to help him and get some of the profit for herself. She finally finds a publ...
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The Little Apocalypse
1982
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
5.1/5
David, a Jewish filmmaker in his thirties, is working on a screenplay with autobiographical overtones. His girlfriend, Anna, with whom he lives, finds...
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Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David ?
1976
Little Marcel
0/0
A homeless young man, living in his delivery truck, is simultaneously adopted by a pranksome group of youngsters and made into a police informer. Beli...
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Little Marcel
1973
Marriage a la Mode
6.8/4
The main character is a woman trapped in the long stifling marriage in a boring province. She has an affair with a traveling photographer, follows him...
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Marriage a la Mode
2003
Time of the Wolf
6.09/177
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learn...
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Time of the Wolf
1978
Roads to the South
3.6/8
France, 1975. Jean, an exiled Spanish Communist, is a successful screenwriter who, after a tragic event, struggles with his political commitment, his...
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Roads to the South
2011
Comment je me suis réveillé
0/0
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Comment je me suis réveillé
1976
Pardon Mon Affaire
7/199
On an otherwise normal day, Étienne, a happily married man and a good father, sees something that stops him dead in his tracks: a gorgeous woman in a...
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Pardon Mon Affaire
1977
The Question
5.5/6
1957. For several months, Henri Charlègue, the ex-director of the newspaper "Alger democratic", banned, has been living in hiding. Suspected of belong...
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The Question
1974
Travail du comédien
0/0
We follow the rehearsals and the staging work of Bertold Brecht's play 'Dans la jungle des villes' in 1972 by the company Théâtre de l'Espérance. The...
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Travail du comédien
1981
Le jardinier
0/0
This is a surreal comedy is about a factory set in a barren landscape that dispenses a minute portion of water to stragglers carrying pans as receptac...
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