Stéphane Ferrara

Acting

Stéphane Ferrara

Born

1956-12-25 (69)

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 4 titles

Let the Corpses Tan poster
6.1

With a heavy haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion, the grizzled criminal mastermind, Rhino, and his ruthless gang of cutthroats, head to a ramshackle retreat somewhere in the Mediterranean to lay low on a scorching day of July. However, the unexpected and rather unwelcome arrival of the bohemian writer, Bernier, his muse, Luce, along with a pair of no-joke gendarmes further complicates things, as the frail allegiances will soon be put to the test.

Let the Corpses Tan

2017

Chronologia Human poster
NR

Love, the Odyssey, life, wars, animals, the destruction of the earth by man. Man is a destroyer, the earth will regain these rights little by little.

Chronologia Human

2017

Dharma Guns poster
3.0

The film opens on a water-skiing accident - a girl (Délie) drives a speedboat and pulls a young man (Stan). They are both challenging their own limits when a crash occurs... Stan wakes up from a coma after this serious accident, to find out that genealogists are looking for an individual whose identity corresponds to his. Instead of asking himself questions about this testamentary filiation, he subscribes for Professor Starkov's legacy, and embarks for the country of Las Estrellas... Purging odyssey where intuition and telepathy accelerates the journey in time. Dharma Guns revisits the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice fighting with the tyranny of Time-God...

Dharma Guns

2011

Force poster
4.6

Following a series of unsolved robberies, the authorities decide to give carte blanche to commander Clara Damico to neutralize a particularly organized gang. Manual Makarov, a well-known figure in organized crime, is currently serving a sentence of twelve years in prison. Commander Damico promises him freedom in exchange for his cooperation. He refuses. There is no other solution, she is obliged to compel him by force.

Force

2011

2000s · 5 titles

Alexander poster
6.0

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

Alexander

2004

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... poster
5.8

A jazz singer and a British jewel thief are brought together by their mutual desire to forget the past.

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

2002

The Code poster
5.1

Dris is an ex-con, living in the borderline between a decent and a criminal life. He has a regular and simple work and lives a simple life with his wife Lise and loves his family. However, his childhood friends from his Arab community, including his best friend Yanis, are mobsters and his brother is a small time delinquent. Yanis tries to bring Dris back to his gang, and uses his former lover Nina to seduce him, taking him to expensive places to feel the importance of big money. Dris fights against the temptation, but an event will route him back to Yanis' gang and in a fight between gangs with tragic consequences for the whole community.

The Code

2002

A Day in the Life of French Cinema poster
7.0

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, directors, producers and technicians at work, from Hawaii to Paris and from New York to Lisbon.

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

Vendues poster
3.6

7 young women from Eastern Europe accept to become prostitutes for a year in exchange for a journey that will take them from Belgrade to Marseilles and provide them with a French passport. Irina, a worker from a Moscow suburb, brings along Enki, her young son, hidden among her luggage. She's ready to do anything to give him a brighter future.

Vendues

2004

1990s · 16 titles

Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez poster
4.3

Four stories intertwine during summer at Saint-Tropez: a couple tries to recapture their spark; a girl falls for a male stripper she met at a night club; a famous pianist tries to prevent his ex-wife from re-marrying; an unsuspecting suicidal man gives a gorgeous female Mafia hitman a run for her money.

Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez

1992

Olga O's Strange Story poster
4.5

When Olga Roli returns to her birthplace after a nervous breakdown, it quickly becomes much worse for her. Anonymous, threatening phone calls to deal with her as Olga O, her stage name from her time working in a local strip club, soon followed by a near miss with a murderous motorcyclist.

Olga O's Strange Story

1995

Paprika poster
7.2

In 1957 Trieste, a few months before the general ban on brothels, inexperienced country girl Mimma becomes Paprika to finance her useless boyfriend as a prostitute. Amid the hustle and bustle of Rome, Paprika drifts from one brothel to another as she learns the ropes and works her way up one client at a time. However, as Paprika embarks on a stormy journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation, the sense that something is missing haunts her. Is Paprika meant to experience a passionate romance and solve the great mystery of true love?

Paprika

1991

Marie poster
4.5

Pregnant girl in trouble teams up with a young boy to find the mother of the boy.

Marie

1993

Who Wants to Kill Sara? poster
5.5

A beautiful lawyer about to be married is stalked by a mysterious man who knows her too well.

Who Wants to Kill Sara?

1992

A Case of Love poster
7.0

Thriller revolving around the investigation of the apparently drug gang-related murder of a woman by her dealer.

A Case of Love

1996

Treasure of the Bitch Islands poster
6.7

The world after the atomic age. An engineer disappears, together with his consortium (Kryo'Corp) and his discovery: a new energy source powered by the fusion of two primary substances. Ulysses, Kryo'Corp's heir, organises an expedition to the only place these substances occur.

Treasure of the Bitch Islands

1990

Balkan Runner poster
3.8

To avenge the murder of her husband, Mirna dedicates herself to the destruction of the beautiful but villainous Sura who ships arms to the Middle East in exchange for drugs. Aiding her in this task is handsome undercover agent, Marc.

Balkan Runner

1994

Inner City poster
5.8

Pierre, a young man in his thirties, grew up with his two brothers in a city in the suburbs of Paris. He still lives there today with his wife, Deborah. His everyday life is divided between a job where he is exploited, discussions with his friends and brothers, family meals and unpreventable altercations with the cops.

Inner City

1995

Safari poster
10.0

Marco, a young Roman reporter, travels to Zaire to carry out a report commissioned by an important naturalistic magazine, but when he arrives in Africa he comes across an illicit drug trafficking.

Safari

1991

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Passi sulla luna

1991

Doctor Chance poster
5.8

Angstel trades in forged paintings, under the guidance of his mother, Milady. Their network extends into other murky affairs, provoking the wrath of a rival gang. Angstel falls in love with Ancetta, a prostitute, and flees with her to the north of Chile. - IFFR

Doctor Chance

1998

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Portagli i miei saluti - Avanzi di galera

1993

High Risk poster
7.0

A spy must come to the aid of a computer genius, the sole witness to a mass murder at the high-powered firm where she works.

High Risk

1993

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Un amore sconosciuto

1990

No artwork available
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tentazioni metropolitane

1993

1980s · 10 titles

Ace of Aces poster
7.1

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.

Ace of Aces

1982

The Outsider poster
6.8

Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.

The Outsider

1983

Detective poster
5.2

Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.

Detective

1985

Cop's Honor poster
5.4

Cop's Honor (Parole de Flic) is a 1985 French crime movie directed by José Pinheiro and starring Alain Delon as retired police officer Daniel Pratt. His teenager daughter was killed by a gang of mysterious hooded killers so Pratt began his own investigation to avenge the killers and their backroom leader.

Cop's Honor

1985

Domino poster
5.3

A woman director is making a film about Billie Holiday. She wants to learn from her how to "feel" again, how to love again.

Domino

1988

The Kiss of the Tiger poster
3.3

With the dangerous smoothness of a tiger stalking his prey, Peter has circled the au pair Michèle. She quickly succumbs to his fascinating charisma and experiences for the first time a hitherto unknown, tender security. "I'll kill you," says Peter, as gently as cold-bloodedly. A macabre joke or a serious warning?

The Kiss of the Tiger

1988

My True Love, My Wound poster
4.2

An intensive, eager adore tie together two very separate individuals. Catherine, a young celebrity, is very severe about her aspiring career. But she is overloaded by Patrick's aggressive sexuality. This idol of the slums gambles his lifetime not even close to the theater community of Catherine. They each maintain going furthering their love, not able to manage the circumstance.

My True Love, My Wound

1987

The Cowboy poster
4.7

Cesar Cappucino is a French inspector of Italian origin specialized in the fight against drugs in Nice. His best friend have been assassinated by drug injection.

The Cowboy

1985

La nuit du risque poster
6.0

After leaving boxing, Stéphane is employed as a bodyguard for a politician. One night, Stéphane and his friend Pierre-Marie confront some belligerent billposters. Pierre-Marie is murdered. For Stéphane, the anger is so strong that he pursues the murderer, who dies accidentally. Accused of the crime, Stéphane seeks help from a journalist, who will help him get his side of the story heard.

La nuit du risque

1986

Vaines recherches poster
8.0

An anonymous phone call puts Commissioner Schneider's entire career and personal life in question. While his couple suffers from his impossible schedules, he finds himself running after a provocative murderer who announces his crimes over the phone. Very quickly, a doubt comes over him: could the culprit be closer to him than he thought?

Vaines recherches

1987

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