Mani Soleymanlou

Acting

Mani Soleymanlou

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Acting

Credits

48 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2010s · 11 titles

Rabid Dogs poster
5.5

After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.

Rabid Dogs

2015

Boucherie Halal poster
NR

A muslim couple opens a butcher shop in Montreal and wishes to successfully integrate into Quebec society. But the butcher's father is an imam who sets up a little mosque in the back room and uses it to spread his fundamentalist views. When he is arrested by the RCMP on suspicions of past terrorist activities, his son, torn between love for his wife and allegiance to his father, gets involved in a plot to free him. Fed up by her husband's unwillingness to stand up to his father's wishes, the butcher's wife leaves to live a more fulfilling life away from the muslim community.

Boucherie Halal

2012

A Brother’s Love poster
6.4

Sophia, a brilliant doctoral student, has always maintained a symbiotic relationship with her brother Karim. The arrival of a new lover in Karim’s life significantly alters their dynamic.

A Brother’s Love

2019

Les brigands de l'hôtel bleu poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Les brigands de l'hôtel bleu

2015

No artwork available
6.0

A nurse working in a center for the disabled is confronted to his principles when he's asked to accomplish a particular task.

Take Me

2014

For Those Who Don't Read Me poster
5.9

A rebellious poet befriends a woman and her son, leading him from the verge of self-destruction to the path of redemption.

For Those Who Don't Read Me

2018

Nous autres, les autres poster
NR

A cinematic essay that immerses viewers in the world of four author-actor-directors and one actor, whose works explore the question of identity. All based in Montreal, they affirm the urgency and necessity of a new perspective on the collective that reflects a changing world and an increasingly mixed culture.

Nous autres, les autres

2016

Gerry poster
5.6

Born into a modest family, Gerry Boulet found fame with the Québec rock group Offenbach. After a life of drug and alcohol abuse and a great love story, Gerry died of cancer in 1990.

Gerry

2011

News, news poster
NR

That winter in Montréal, there is a girl. Three captains are wooing her. Cinema killed Jean-Baptiste Lamirande, the disastrous Liberator, who comes back to life just before Christmas. Héloïse, an amnesiac actress who lost her watch, has been reported missing.

News, news

2014

Malek poster
3.2

Malek, a Lebanese immigrant from Montreal, is haunted by the violent death of his sister. Convinced that he could have avoided this tragedy, he is consumed with guilt. He lives alone, poor, jobless until he meets Shohreh, an Iranian girl, with whom he falls in love. A new life opens up to him and he quickly finds work. Malek gradually regains his dignity but the past resurfaces to the point where he is pushed, almost in spite of himself, to finally settle his accounts with himself.

Malek

2019

Chinatown poster
NR

A florist borrows $10,000 from a pawnbroker. When it’s time to pay, he can’t come up with the money. Short reckonings make long enemies.

Chinatown

2016

Series credits

Bonsoir bonsoir! poster
4.0

Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions.

Bonsoir bonsoir!

2019

Génial! poster
2.9

Two teams composed of a known personality and a contestant chosen from the public battle to guess the outcomes of astonishing scientific experiments.

Génial!

2010

On va se le dire poster
2.0

Host Sébastien Diaz, known for his curiosity, is interested in absolutely everything that's going on in the world. At the rate things are changing, every day brings surprising new trends, unusual developments and contradictory social movements. Sébastien is joined by regular contributors and invites various celebrities to talk about the hottest topics in this modern round table.

On va se le dire

2019

Les Enfants de la télé poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Les Enfants de la télé

2010

Des squelettes dans le placard poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Des squelettes dans le placard

2006

En direct de l'univers poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

En direct de l'univers

2009

Y'a du monde à messe poster
7.5

Public figures from different backgrounds meet each week. At first glance, these guests would seem to have little in common. However, something does unite them all: an event or experience that they have graciously agreed to share that justifies their seat at the same table. As the program unfolds, their shared history is gradually revealed.

Y'a du monde à messe

2017

Les échangistes poster
NR

Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping contributors who will intervene, make critical comments and spice up the conversations!

Les échangistes

2016

Silence, on joue! poster
3.6

In a friendly atmosphere, two teams consisting of two celebrities and a contestant face off in a variety of clever, fun games where they win points for their quick wit, powers of logic, and general knowledge.

Silence, on joue!

2015

Dans les médias poster
NR

Joined by contributors, and with a different guest each week, Marie-Louise Arsenault hosts this magazine that highlights the week’s top stories, casting a critical eye on the national and international media and the images that surround us in journalism, advertising and social networks.

Dans les médias

2017

Sucré salé poster
9.3

Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a front row seat to events happening across the province, the show is the reference for summer culture. Above and beyond the artists featured, the show puts our entire province in the spotlight.

Sucré salé

2002

The Wall poster
6.8

Fermont: A remote mining colony in the endless frozen hell that is Canada's far North. The body of a young exotic dancer is found and the Quebec City police sends one of their toughest, most experienced detectives to investigate. Céline sure is always up for a challenge. Being cooped up in the massive structure that is the colony – the inhabitants simply call it “The Wall” – soon presents her with some challenges that exceed her investigative efforts.

The Wall

2019

Cette année-là poster
NR

A culture show set hosted by Marc Labrèche and his collaborators, Simon Boulerice, Émilie Perreault and Fred Savard. Each week, based on a significant year in history, they revisit a cultural event of a previous era and compare it with today’s yardstick. The hosts and their guests examine subjects that link the chosen year to what’s hot in cultural circles right now.

Cette année-là

2018

Freefall poster
7.6

Everyone can have a bad day now and then, but we meet Valerie on a morning that divides her life neatly into before and after. It took one inconsequential setback – a silly thing, really – to cause a slight delay in Valerie’s schedule, resulting in a regrettable distraction, causing an unfortunate incident, which leads her to the police station….. making her miss the single most important event she had on her agenda: The Meeting! That’s when the dam breaks. All that control to build the fragile framework of her life collapses instantly. Valerie gets fired, is obliged to restrain her lifestyle, and now with the shared custody of her son in question, Valerie has to review her priorities and reorganize her life.

Freefall

2017

Happily Married poster
6.5

In 1974, in the quiet suburb of Sainte-Foy, two discontented couples bring their kids to summer camp. Once home, they must face the pitiful state their marriages are in. Unable to deal with their problems, they become the most infamous criminals in the history of organized crime in Quebec City.

Happily Married

2020

Tournée Générale poster
NR

Bryan Audet and his two acolytes talk about everyday life, about the subjects who annoy them and those who bring them together, serious or much lighter subjects. Debate, laughter and fun in a relaxed atmosphere.

Tournée Générale

2019

Esprit critique poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Esprit critique

2016

Outbreak poster
7.2

A dangerous virus appears in a group of homeless people, causing a risk of outbreak. How long will it take Anne-Marie Leclerc, director of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory, to realize that an actual epidemic is starting to take shape?

Outbreak

2020

Gâtées pourries poster
NR

Kim, Fred and Justine are three friends in their mid-thirties who, although privileged in life, are dissatisfied with where they are.

Gâtées pourries

2025

Avant le crash poster
8.2

No synopsis available yet.

Avant le crash

2022

Survivre à ses enfants poster
NR

Kamyar and Nadine have four kids aged 8 to 17. Josée has joint custody of her 8-year-old daughter with her ex, Daniel, with whom she has a fraught relationship. Annie and Philippe are new parents, with a child just over a year old. Watch as they learn to navigate parenthood through birthday parties, barbecues, restaurant outings, ringette games, driving lessons, school concerts ... and cocktail hours- their saving grace!

Survivre à ses enfants

2021

Angles morts poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Angles morts

2026

Hubert & Fanny poster
8.0

Hubert is a good-looking guy and a well-known, talented tattoo artist. Love isn't one of his top priorities, and neither is family. And then there's Fanny, a hard-working, dedicated social worker who has trouble keeping her working life separate from her private life. Guillaume, her boyfriend of the last seven years, understands her and gives her his unconditional support. They're trying for their first baby. So nothing predestined Hubert and Fanny to meet. But during a hold-up, they experience the most intense emotions they've ever felt. During the time when they're fearing for their lives, they rely on each other to survive. After the event, an irresistible desire to see each other again compels them to wonder whether spending a few hours together is really enough to change the course of their lives.​​​​​​

Hubert & Fanny

2018

L’avenir nous appartient poster
NR

A cultural rendez-vous, hosted by journalists and real-life friends Monic Néron and Émilie Perreault. The friends seek to understand today’s society and, above all, the people in it who are trying to create change. Guided by solution journalism, they unpack the problems and look at innovative ways to resolve them.

L’avenir nous appartient

2021

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Connexion en cours

2016

Virage poster
7.0

Frédérique Lessard, three-time Olympic medalist, is retiring. She decides to leave her spouse, with whom she had planned to start a family. Faced with emptiness, she will discover that life is not a race and will have to learn to live without performing. Freely inspired by the life of Marianne St-Gelais, but also by several Olympians.

Virage

2021

In Memoriam poster
4.7

Following the death of their father, a businessman's heirs must go through a series of troubling tests that bring back the wounds of their childhood, in order to get their hands on $84 million. But their memories of an abusive childhood put their family bond in jeopardy.

In Memoriam

2024

La revue culturelle poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La revue culturelle

2016

Jowanne, la psy des stars poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jowanne, la psy des stars

2021

En famille poster
1.0

This sketch comedy follows the daily life of a family like any other. Between the grandparents who want to enjoy their retirement, the parents who are discovering the joys of raising children and the teenagers who want break free, there’s no shortage of conflicts, or tender moments.

En famille

2017

Corbeaux poster
7.0

When bodies start to appear, with a crow bone stuck in their throat as their common signature, two tough investigators, Gabrielle and Clémence, must team up to solve these crimes that shock the province... and the whole world. Circumstances will force them to reveal themselves to each other, to forge an imperishable bond and to question what is real and what is not.

Corbeaux

2024

L'aventure du Monde des mondes poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

L'aventure du Monde des mondes

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