Laurent Borel

Acting

Laurent Borel

Born

1973-02-26 (53)

Known for

Acting

Credits

13 titles

Laurent Borel is an actor and composer, known for All the Gods in the Sky (2018), Indésirables (2013) and My Friend Victoria (2014).

Known for

Poor Things poster
7.6

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Poor Things

2023

Monsieur Spade poster
6.2

Detective Sam Spade is pulled out of his tranquil retirement in France to investigate a series of brutal murders.

Monsieur Spade

2024

Frantz poster
7.3

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

Frantz

2016

No artwork available
NR

Having gone blind, Rak returns to live with Elsa, his ex-wife. Faced with a reality he cannot see, he slowly withdraws into the memory of what is no more. The poetic emancipation of a bird in its cage.

Rak

2026

Indésirables poster
4.2

Aldo, a young male nurse, is Lucie’s boyfriend, who is a student. When he loses his job, he desperately needs to find money so that he can keep paying for his fiancée’s studies. Persuaded by two blind friends of Lucie, he ends up becoming a sexbuddie for handicapped people, both men and women. Keeping this a secret from his fiancée, Aldo embarks on a new life that will totally transform him.

Indésirables

2015

Renaître poster
NR

After the death of her young actor husband, Rose, a 60-year-old artist, tries to overcome her grief with the help of her gay friend Ivan. He introduces her to "hot guys" just as she likes them, hoping to revive her taste for life. First off is Rémi, a homeless ex-teacher, then Omar, an undocumented, street living, dancer ready to do anything to get by... With Renaître, Remi Lange, surrounded by a group of friends, offers us a tender and simple film, camp and borderline, a film that navigates between moments of sadness, pleasure, fun and happiness. Queer and cheap but already a cult classic!

Renaître

2025

Film credits

2020s · 7 titles

Poor Things poster
7.6

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

Poor Things

2023

No artwork available
NR

Having gone blind, Rak returns to live with Elsa, his ex-wife. Faced with a reality he cannot see, he slowly withdraws into the memory of what is no more. The poetic emancipation of a bird in its cage.

Rak

2026

Renaître poster
NR

After the death of her young actor husband, Rose, a 60-year-old artist, tries to overcome her grief with the help of her gay friend Ivan. He introduces her to "hot guys" just as she likes them, hoping to revive her taste for life. First off is Rémi, a homeless ex-teacher, then Omar, an undocumented, street living, dancer ready to do anything to get by... With Renaître, Remi Lange, surrounded by a group of friends, offers us a tender and simple film, camp and borderline, a film that navigates between moments of sadness, pleasure, fun and happiness. Queer and cheap but already a cult classic!

Renaître

2025

Que notre joie demeure poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Que notre joie demeure

2024

Il était une fois le printemps poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Il était une fois le printemps

2026

Je m'abandonne à toi poster
8.0

Paul, a Padre in the Foreign Legion, is immersed in the sufferings of war. One by one, he is solicited by the families of the dying and by tormented soldiers. Always present at the side of others, Paul also tries to comfort a person who is dear to him: his mother.

Je m'abandonne à toi

2023

Moi, Abou, menacé de mort poster
NR

In 2029, Europe is under the rule of far-right regimes. In France, the National Party has just come to power. Homosexuality is criminalized across Europe, except in France. Abou, a gay migrant, arrives in Marseille to seek asylum. Left homeless, he endures the violence of life on the streets. When he finally manages to contact the only association authorized by the regime to assist migrants, he is confronted with a brutal reality.

Moi, Abou, menacé de mort

2026

2010s · 5 titles

Frantz poster
7.3

In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

Frantz

2016

Indésirables poster
4.2

Aldo, a young male nurse, is Lucie’s boyfriend, who is a student. When he loses his job, he desperately needs to find money so that he can keep paying for his fiancée’s studies. Persuaded by two blind friends of Lucie, he ends up becoming a sexbuddie for handicapped people, both men and women. Keeping this a secret from his fiancée, Aldo embarks on a new life that will totally transform him.

Indésirables

2015

Underground Time poster
6.6

After eight years of close collaboration with her supervisor, Mathilde suddenly finds herself inexplicably victim of moral harassment by him. In parallel, Thibault has just split up with his girlfriend after a frustrating two-year relationship where they exchanged very little. Mathilde and Thibault have never met, they are just two figures among millions of others. Two people who may bump into each other or who may merely pass each other by. But one day in September, their paths meet.

Underground Time

2015

Cornelius, the Howling Miller poster
4.8

An isolated village welcomes a new miller with open arms. Problem is, the man howls at the moon every night. His integration is starting well… French comedy at its best.

Cornelius, the Howling Miller

2018

All the Gods in the Sky poster
5.7

30-year-old factory worker Simon lives a solitary existence on a decrepit farm in the remote French countryside. Devoting his time to caring for his sister Estelle, who was left severely disabled when a childhood game went horribly wrong, Simon is plagued by guilt and depression. But he sees a way out, looking to otherworldly forces as a means of liberating both himself and his sister from the corporeal prisons in which they are confined.

All the Gods in the Sky

2019

Series credits