Thierry Nenez

Acting

Thierry Nenez

Born 1956-04-23 · Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France

Acting credits

The Emperor of Paris poster
6.3

Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.

The Emperor of Paris

2018

Ruby & Quentin poster
6.7

After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, brooding outlaw Ruby befriends Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin, Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money.

Ruby & Quentin

2003

At Eternity's Gate poster
7.0

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

At Eternity's Gate

2018

The Valet poster
6.0

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.

The Valet

2006

Désiré Landru poster
5.8

Désiré Landru - husband, lover - and murderer. Based on documented facts, this is the full story of one of the most ambiguous criminals and lovers of the 20th century, the first modern serial killer.

Désiré Landru

2005

Don't Worry, I'm Fine poster
7.2

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

2006

Chocolat poster
6.8

Chocolat the clown, the first black stage performer in France, goes from anonymity to fame after forming an unprecedented duo with fellow performer Footit in the very popular in Belle Epoque Paris. But easy money, gambling, and discrimination take their toll on their friendship and Chocolat's career.

Chocolat

2016

War of the Buttons poster
6.0

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 Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.

War of the Buttons

2011

One Nation, One King poster
5.6

„Un peuple et son roi" crosses the destinies of the men and women of the population, and those of historical figures. Their meeting place is the newly founded National Assembly. At the heart of the story lie the fate of the king and the birth of the French Republic.

One Nation, One King

2018

Ile Flottante poster
NR

Île flottante is not an island, nor a dessert, but a somewhat unusual cinema, floating, that's for sure! While in his booth, a young projectionist, nervous about launching his first screening, panics a little, at the entrance to the building, whose contours are difficult to make out in the foggy night, a queue forms, resembling a huge centipede of impatient people.

Ile Flottante

1988

Paris 36 poster
6.1

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 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.

Paris 36

2008

The Small Victories poster
6.7

Between her roles as mayor and teacher in the small village of Kerguen, Alice's days are very full. When an unexpected new student, 60-year-old Emile, finally decides to learn to read and write, her daily life threatens to become unmanageable. Especially since Alice will also have to save her village and her school...

The Small Victories

2023

Encore heureux poster
5.5

Okay, Marie is a little tired of the insouciance of her husband Sam, framework sup unemployed for 2 years. Agree, it is very tempted to be seduced by this beautiful stranger who made him the Court. Okay, there is also the daughter piano competition... If this balance light and crazy about standing, an unexpected event throws the family on an even crazier way.

Encore heureux

2016

Violette poster
5.9

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in postwar Saint-Germain-des-Près. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette's quest for freedom through writing and on Simone's conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.

Violette

2013

The Vets poster
6.5

In the heart of Morvan, Nico, the last vet in the area, struggles to save his patients, his clinic, and his family. When Michel, his partner and mentor, announces his retirement, Nico knows that the hard part is yet to come. "Don't worry, I've found the next generation" Except that ... The next generation is Alexandra, a 24-hour graduate, brilliant, misanthropic, and not at all willing to return to bury herself in the village of her childhood. Will Nico manage to make her stay?

The Vets

2019

Miracle of Marcellino poster
6.0

In the 15th century, in a poor Italian village, the monks of a modest convent take up an abandoned baby. Unfortunately, for all their efforts, they prove unable to trace his parents. So they set up providing tender loving care to the little boy. Marcellino lives a happy life among the men of God but, as he grows up, he misses his mother more and more.

Miracle of Marcellino

1991

On the Run poster
NR

A little boy abandoned by his mother crosses paths with a thug on the run who decides to take him with him. The man and the child will soon learn to love each other and be inseparable like a father and a son.

On the Run

2023

An Unlikely Couple poster
6.5

Two men on the brink of divorce are thrown together, yet everything opposes them: their tastes, habits, personalities. They have only one thing in common: their desire to get their wives back.

An Unlikely Couple

2001

The Poisoner poster
7.6

Loudun, October 1947. Leon Besnard and Marie celebrate their eighteenth wedding anniversary with friends and Ady, a former German prisoner they have "adopted". A few days later, Leon dies. Louise, a friend of the couple's and probably Leon's mistress claims that, on his deathbed, the deceased told her that Marie was poisoning him. The whole town soon condemns Marie and she is arrested and sent to jail. Did she really kill Léon as well as twelve other members of her family as she finds herself charged with?

The Poisoner

2006

Une preuve d'amour poster
8.0

A beautiful, cultured Parisian nurse working in a backwards French region, ends up falling in love with a seemingly crass farmer. She finds out that he actually is very intelligent, and she tries to help him to study again.

Une preuve d'amour

2003

Mystery at the Louvre Museum poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Mystery at the Louvre Museum

2017

La dernière échappée poster
5.7

In July 2010, Laurent Fignon, the great cycling legend, commented on the Tour de France. Although the two-time tour winner of the 80s has incurable cancer, he follows as a reporter day by day the entire race. His doctor should treat him medically during the tour. After facing each other in disgust, the two men develop more understanding for each other from stage to stage. For Laurent, ending this tour means upholding life, even though broadcasting efforts are reducing the chances of a successful life-prolonging therapy.

La dernière échappée

2014

Meurtres sur les îles du Frioul poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Meurtres sur les îles du Frioul

2022

No artwork available
7.0

Take a handsome, friendly 40-year-old family man looking for a job. Put him in a room with a young executive woman, who's single, resolute and yearning for motherhood. Add a delightful little pony-tailed siren named Laura. Sprinkle with smiles and tuck into a charming tale... It's just that delightful little siren sometimes turn out to be terrible liars and a young "widower" can conceal a happily married man, wibly in love with his wife. Trouble's brewing...

Petite menteuse

1998