Kacey Mottet Klein

Acting

Kacey Mottet Klein

Born 1998-10-20 · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Kacey Mottet Klein is a Swiss actor. He made his screen acting debut at the age of ten in Ursula Meier's "Home", winning a Swiss Film Award for Best Emerging Talent. He followed this with another Swiss Film Award for Best Actor and a César nomination for the lead in Meier's "Sister".

Acting credits

De Gaulle: Résistance poster
7.8

June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom.

De Gaulle: Résistance

2026

De Gaulle: Liberté poster
7.8

Part two of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career.

De Gaulle: Liberté

2026

Happening poster
7.2

France, 1963. Anne is a bright young student with a promising future ahead of her. But when she falls pregnant, she sees the opportunity to finish her studies and escape the constraints of her social background disappearing. With her final exams fast approaching and her belly growing, Anne resolves to act, even if she has to confront shame and pain, even if she must risk prison to do so.

Happening

2021

High Fever poster
1.0

On the eve of a film shoot, Kacey, a 22 year old actor, tests positive for Covid, his role and involvement in the project now in jeopardy. Forced to quarantine in his hotel room and facing solitude and boredom, Kacey takes it upon himself to mislead his co-star, a beautiful and talented actress, into joining him.

High Fever

2022

Gemma Bovery poster
6.2

Martin, an ex-Parisian well-heeled hipster passionate about Gustave Flaubert who settled into a Norman village as a baker, sees an English couple moving into a small farm nearby. Not only are the names of the new arrivals Gemma and Charles Bovery, but their behavior also seems to be inspired by Flaubert's heroes.

Gemma Bovery

2014

The Suicide Shop poster
6.3

In a cold French city where suicide is a common urge, there is a colorful shop, managed for many years by the Tuvache family, where it is very easy to obtain the necessary tools to satisfy the sinister desires of so many depressed citizens.

The Suicide Shop

2012

Ride Above poster
6.8

Growing up among horses at her parents' stud farm, Zoé dreams of becoming a jockey and forms a deep bond with a young horse. A terrible accident threatens to end their racing careers, but they fight to reach victory together.

Ride Above

2022

The Royal Exchange poster
6.3

After many years of confrontation, the treasures of Spain and France are empty. In 1721, the regent of France draws up an ambitious plan to inaugurate an era of peace and prosperity that will heal the economies of both nations: his intention is to build a solid network of marriage alliances that will involve four children of very different ages who know nothing of betrayals and power games…

The Royal Exchange

2017

The Vourdalak poster
6.4

The Marquis d’Urfé finds refuge in the home of a strange family after becoming lost in a hostile forest while working as an emissary for the King of France.

The Vourdalak

2023

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Cadrage/débordement

2013

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life poster
6.9

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

2010

The Lost Princess poster
6.3

After an Ayahuasca vision transports him to a haunted castle, Alec meets Hanna who tales him the story of her mother's forced marriage and how the forbidden passion with her father was in danger when the princess pregnancy became obvious

The Lost Princess

2025

Being 17 poster
6.8

Damien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father, a pilot, is on a tour of duty abroad with the French military. At school, Damien is bullied by Thomas, who lives in the farming community up in the mountains. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them while his mother is ill in hospital. Damien must learn to live with the boy who terrorized him.

Being 17

2016

Just Kids poster
5.7

Jack, 19, Lisa, 17, and Mathis, 10, abruptly become orphans. Each sibling reacts differently to the family tragedy: Lisa spreads her wings. Jack, having just become of age is appointed as his brother’s guardian by court decision. A new life begins. But how does someone just barely out of adolescence himself become responsible for a child? And how does one construct a future when the past has become a dangerous obsession? Fortunately, youth’s strength and energy can work miracles…

Just Kids

2020

Lonely Fans poster
NR

Laurent is a wind turbine mechanic with a special affinity for fans. When he stays at Anais' hotel for a night, sparks fly and the elements begin to collide.

Lonely Fans

2022

A Mother poster
5.3

Marie lives alone with her 16 year old son. She struggles to get by with this teenager who gets deeper and deeper in violence and juvenile delinquency. Speaking sentimentally, things are not going better: the relationship with her lover has come to an end. It may seems depressing, but Marie doesn’t give up, even if love seems to be an inaccessible dream. But love, there is. We can feel the affection of this mother for her troublesome child, thanks to Mathilde Seigner, who gives an astonishing performance. A subtle directing, a strong and captivating story, in short: a must see.

A Mother

2015

Sister poster
6.7

A drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.

Sister

2012

No artwork available
NR

Two Swiss soldiers are given an urgent mission : to prevent the Swiss army from invading France by mistake.

19h17

2020

Warriors poster
NR

Gnawed at by his desires as much as by his frustrations, sixteen-year-old Thomas is having difficulties in shaping his identity. To such a degree that it will soon be impossible for him to contain this muted rage driving him. But far from destroying him, anger is his first impulse toward freedom.

Warriors

2015

Home poster
6.8

Along with her husband and three children, Marthe lives in an eden of her own creation, nearly isolated from the rest of the world. The arrival of a construction vehicle, however, pierces their tranquil, hermetic existence—before long a disused highway has been re-opened, and the family finds their home situated in the midst of rush-hour traffic. While the privileges of clean air, quietude and privacy are thus denied them, Marthe remains determined to stay no matter the cost.

Home

2008

Last Dance poster
5.9

Germain, an introspective retiree, abruptly becomes a widower at 75. He barely has the time to realize what has happened to him before his family forces their way into his daily life: non-stop phone calls and visits, meals and activities organized in advance – all meant to make his life as regular as clockwork. But Germain’s mind is elsewhere. Honoring a promise he made to his dear departed wife, he suddenly finds himself at the heart of a contemporary dance company’s newest work.

Last Dance

2023

Kings for a Day poster
5.7

A wannabe actor must chose between his passion and his father, a crook.

Kings for a Day

2018

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Fête sauvage

Farewell to the Night poster
6.1

Muriel is overjoyed, as her beloved grandson Alex is staying at her place for a few days before moving to Canada to work. But when the changes in his behavior arouse her curiosity, she is led to the discovery of a dark secret.

Farewell to the Night

2019