Christian Charmetant

Acting

Christian Charmetant

Born

1956-03-22 (70)

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Known for

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

Do Not Disturb poster
5.3

Michel, who's crazy about jazz, has just found a rare album that he dreams of quietly listening to in his living room. But the world seems to have conspired against him: his wife chooses this moment to divulge an ill-timed revelation, his adult son makes a surprise visit, one of his friends knocks on the door, while his mother keeps calling him on his smartphone. Not to mention that today the residents in his apartment building are holding their annual House Party. Manipulative and a liar, Michel is ready to do anything to have a moment of peace and quiet. Is it still possible, in this day and age, to just have one hour of peace?

Do Not Disturb

2014

Murder in the Jura Mountains poster
8.1

The body of a healer was found covered in white petals.

Murder in the Jura Mountains

2019

La Trouvaille de Juliette poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Trouvaille de Juliette

2014

Le piège afghan poster
6.0

A doctor on a French military base in Afghanistan, Nadia, in her thirties, works for the coalition of major Western powers. When she is sent on a mission to a village in a strategic location, her convoy falls into an ambush. Nadia and a soldier of Tajik origin are captured by a group of Taliban led by Abdullah, a Pakistani. The soldier is beheaded, while Nadia is miraculously released thanks to the intervention of a Pashtun leader, Hassan Walli, whom she had met ten years earlier in Paris. Using this friendship, Colonel Leroy of the DGSE asks the young woman to get closer to Hassan, who is seen as a moderate opposed to Al-Qaeda…

Le piège afghan

2011

Vagabondes poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Vagabondes

2019

Au revoir… et merci ! poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Au revoir… et merci !

2018

Torpédo poster
5.9

Michel Ressac wins a dinner with cyclist legend Eddy Merckx in an advertising campaign to promote the sales of sofas and hopes that he can do his own father, who is a huge cycling fan, a favour. But unfortunately he arrives too late at the dinner. Ressac then tries to reclaim his prize and win his family's sympathy back...

Torpédo

2012

2000s · 14 titles

The Widow of Saint-Pierre poster
6.6

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.

The Widow of Saint-Pierre

2000

The Libertine poster
5.6

French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.

The Libertine

2000

Harrison's Flowers poster
6.5

1991. Harrison Lloyd, a renowned photojournalist covering the war in Yugoslavia, is reported missing. Sarah, his wife, convinced that he is not dead, decides to go to Bosnia to find him.

Harrison's Flowers

2000

Le Cactus poster
4.9

Sami and Patrick are long-time friends. Sami is a hypochondriac. One day, following a misunderstanding at the hospital, Sami thinks he has an incurable neurological disease. He decides to live his last moments to the fullest and goes to India to be treated by a great local "doctor". In the meantime, his friend Patrick, who has been accompanying and supporting him without knowing that this illness is in fact fictitious, finds himself without a wife or job. The initial situation seems to be reversed; Patrick is out of luck and Sami seems less and less ill.

Le Cactus

2005

Beauties at War poster
4.9

A ski resort town struggles to become the top tourism spot.

Beauties at War

2009

Marty's World poster
8.5

One morning Martin Sauvier ten years, said Marty opens the door of the room Berrant Antoine, Permanent resident service geriatrics. This septuagenarian paralyzed and mute most of his time going to search for Alzheimer's is definitely appropriate password. Retaining all its lucidity, he shares his emotions and his thoughts through a voice that we are alone has heard. This meeting will be born an unusual friendship.

Marty's World

2000

Les Insaisissables poster
5.7

Romain, a well read and articulate real estate agent, protects his grandmother from a bailiff that wants to seize her property,

Les Insaisissables

2000

Les Insaisissables poster
5.7

Romain, a well read and articulate real estate agent, protects his grandmother from a bailiff that wants to seize her property,

Les Insaisissables

2000

The High Life poster
5.6

On a hospital bed, Marcello is plunged into a deep coma. His guardian angel asks the angel in charge of bringing him back to the afterlife to extend the contract of his protégé.

The High Life

2001

L'empreinte de l'ange poster
8.0

In a highly civilized society of the future, a capsule is sent on an expedition, in search of parallel universes. Astronaut Oria will soon realize that, beyond this ultimate frontier, no human proportion can anymore be conceived: the creature she’s been riding to get there is about to regenerate itself in this parallel dimension.

L'empreinte de l'ange

2004

Clara and Me poster
5.4

Antoine has what every young single man could wish: a promising career, true and loyal friends, and an apartment of his own. However, he's a lonely man, until he meets Clara, a beautiful and exciting woman, and deeply falls in love with her. All his loneliness turns into joy... but then he learns something that makes it all extremely complicated.

Clara and Me

2004

Marie's Children poster
6.7

During the German occupation of France, a young woman - Marie - finds a Jewish boy in her room. His parents and other Jewish neighbors have been just been deported, but Maurice (the boy) escaped. Marie decides to hide him, secretly.

Marie's Children

2002

93, rue Lauriston poster
5.7

93, rue Lauriston, in the 16th arrondissement de Paris, is an address of bleak memory. It was indeed the headquarter of the French Gestapo, which was active between 1941 and 1944 and was headed by Henri Lafont and Pierre Loutrel, two wanted criminals. On the day of 1940 he was demobilized, little did well-meaning Léon Jabinet know that he would be associated with such disreputable characters. And yet, some time later, Odile Panzer, the Jewish girl he has been hiding at his parents'place, is arrested by the Gestapo. On this occasion Léon is offered a deal for her release: collaborating with the Carlingue (another name for the French auxiliaries of the Nazi police) and Odile will be free. Or else... What should he do?

93, rue Lauriston

2004

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Une femme neuve

2000

1990s · 18 titles

Bimboland poster
4.4

A shy French anthropologist who happens to be secretly in love with her college superior, chooses "bimbos" as the subject of her thesis. She becomes one of them in order to do that, and the professor she loves falls for her new identity.

Bimboland

1998

Men, Women: A User's Manual poster
5.9

Benoit Blanc loves living, he loves women, he loves daring. He is a famous businessman who suffers from stomach-ache. Fabiolini, a would-be actor, is a policeman and he too suffers from the same sickness. The two man face suffering in opposite ways: Benoit Blanc is optimistic while Fabiolini, always unsure of himself, is persuaded he is seriously ill. The two men meet by chance while doing a gastroscopy and become friends. After having known their real different conditions, they will change and will understand better their lives. Around them, other people, women and men, will see their lives changed, by chance, by love or solely by the life stream.

Men, Women: A User's Manual

1996

Boxer poster
5.0

Patrick, a not so successful boxer, meets Nathaniel - and adventures started.

Boxer

1995

All That... for This?! poster
6.1

The plot is about a trial against three men who tried to earn loads of money by illegal methods to get to Canada and about the lawyers and the judge who get on with the trial and who are being unfaithful to their couples.

All That... for This?!

1993

The Austrian poster
6.8

A woman is detained at La Conciergerie. She's 37 but her hair are already white. She's suffering from terrible haemorraghe. Her name is Marie-Antoinette of Lorraine, from Austria, and she's living her last four days.

The Austrian

1990

Pétain poster
6.3

During second world war,Philippe Pétain gets absolute powers.The war ends with the arrival of allied forces by Petainism has not been put on trial.

Pétain

1993

Les collègues poster
5.9

This is the story of a small Marseilles football club on the verge of extinction that ends up in an amateur tournament organised during the World Cup (inevitably referred to as "La Mondialette"). It's their opportunity to save the club. The team, made up of temperamental hotheads, will have to dodge all kinds of low blows.

Les collègues

1999

A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love poster
3.8

French TV star Nagui, described by Variety as "popular for his lowbrow-Letterman approach," portrays Zak, who learns about "the curse of Onan" experienced by males in his family. If Zak does not impregnate a woman before his 33rd birthday, the joys of sex evaporate forever. However, Zak's interest in married women creates a roadblock. Even his current girlfriend, art auctioneer Florence (Cristiana Reali) is a married mother of triplets. So Zak's rabbi cousin Joseph (Thomas Langmann) fixes him up with an attractive supermodel (Joanna Rhodes). It's a race against time before permanent impotence strikes.

A Woman Very Very Very Much in Love

1997

Un petit grain de folie poster
NR

Franck and Florence share not only their lives, but also their practice. She is a psychologist, beautiful and cheerful. He is a psychoanalyst, grumpy and jealous. His wife's frequent absences fuel this jealousy. Florence is, however, a model wife, but she prefers that her husband believe her to be unfaithful rather than learn the truth

Un petit grain de folie

1997

Une journée de merde ! poster
5.0

This is an important day for Marc Chanois, an insurance advisor heading toward middle age: it's his fiancée Sabine's birthday, her parents arrive in Paris and Marc will meet them for dinner to announce the engagement (her father can't stand him), he's bought Sabine a Spitfire, and his most important client is to sign a policy. But, as the day wears on, he's vexed by an incompetent secretary, the unexpected return of a girlfriend he hasn't seen in five years, squatters who use his office at night, the jealous former lover of a flight attendant who lives in the building, and his boss's unexpected return from a Swiss clinic. Will he reach Sabine in one piece?

Une journée de merde !

1999

Le Voleur et la menteuse poster
4.7

The thief: a gangster on the lam, is waiting for a boat which is to sail away from this harbor,a dead end. The liar: a young woman he meets in a restaurant tells him the story of her life based on the screenplay of a movie she was to make. They fall head over heels in love. The convict who has just escaped from jail wants to keep her out of his predicament, but after a night of desperate love, she refuses to leave him.And the police are tracking him down.

Le Voleur et la menteuse

1993

Pierre and Marie poster
6.8

A humoristic view of the lives of Maria Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.

Pierre and Marie

1997

The Liars poster
5.2

Zac is a well-respected French filmmaker who creates a major uproar when for no apparent reason he suddenly vanishes from his posh Parisian apartment leaving behind his lover Helene, a popular star. Marcus, his producer searches for eight months before locating Zac who has since become a homeless street bum in an expensive neighborhood. Marcus sends Zac to a posh hotel. He then sends Daisy, an ambitious secretary and aspiring screenwriter to learn what happened to the great director. It takes a lot of mutual verbal sparring and false turns (which are presented as creatively filmed vignettes that are done using a variety of techniques) from Zac before he finally tells her the truth. The two then decide to turn the story into a film. As they write, Daisy and Zac slowly fall in love. At the same time, Marcus has his hands full trying to avoid some tough Russian Mafiosos who want the money they invested back.

The Liars

1996

News from the Good Lord poster
7.5

When novelist Alessandro Battavia commits suicide, a taxi driver named Evangile and her brother Nord believe they are characters imagined in a novel, probably one written by God.

News from the Good Lord

1996

As in Heaven poster
6.2

Set on a remote farm on the west coast of Iceland in late summer 1936. Hrefna, encouraged by her grandmother’s stories, begins to mix past and future in her imagination, travelling back to the 14th century.

As in Heaven

1992

Une fille à papas poster
9.0

An energetic teenager gives a hard time to her father, an artist, and her stepfather, an unemployed executive not very comfortable with young people.

Une fille à papas

1996

Tonka poster
6.5

A famous sprinter considers quitting competition, when he gets to meet Tonka, an Indian woman living in a big advertising coke can near Roissy Charles De Gaulle airport. She is naturally talented for running, and the sprinter decides to train her to become a sprinter like him. As they fall in love, Tonka cheers him up, and then tries to pursue him to take over competition.

Tonka

1997

No artwork available
8.0

An investigating judge uncovers a corruption case in which his own politician brother is compromised.

Mauvaises affaires

1997

1980s · 4 titles

On a volé Charlie Spencer ! poster
4.7

Students of film history will appreciate the many tributes to famous films of yore which appear in this first-time feature directed and written by former drama teacher Francis Huster. In the story, a mild-mannered bank clerk has heroic dreams of being a real he-man. Given his diffident, shy nature, it comes as a bit of a surprise that not only does he actually have a girlfriend, but he has managed to get her pregnant. However, she doesn't fit his image of himself, and he can't bring himself to marry her. When the bank he works in is robbed by a daring group which includes a magnetically attractive woman, the clerk throws his lot in with them and becomes an outlaw.

On a volé Charlie Spencer !

1986

Frankenstein 90 poster
5.8

French cybernetics genius Victor Frankenstein carries on the work of his notorious ancestor and creates a monster, albeit one with a penchant for philosophy, etiquette and occasional bouts of murderous rage. But when the creature develops a hunger for l'amour, Frankenstein and his understanding fiancé use a cache of freshly murdered strippers to build the creature a beautiful yet dutiful bride. Can the undead find true love in a cold world, or will the French ways of passion unleash some monstrous surprises upon them all?

Frankenstein 90

1984

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands! poster
5.5

The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, also invited, discovers the hidden reason for this party - and decides to take advantage of it.

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

1982

Moitié-moitié poster
4.2

A man and a woman quarrel over an old building, a heritage they share. Their opposing characters make the situation conflictual.

Moitié-moitié

1989

Series credits

Sacrée soirée poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Sacrée soirée

1987

Murders in... poster
7.3

Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.

Murders in...

2013

Police Commissioner Moulin poster
7.1

The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and his team as they solve crimes.

Police Commissioner Moulin

1976

Famille d'accueil poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Famille d'accueil

2001

Chillers poster
6.7

A 1990 horror anthology series, with host Anthony Perkins presenting and screening tales based on Patricia Highsmith's short stories that display a sinister atmosphere, and delve into the darkest depths of human nature.

Chillers

1990

Resistance poster
8.0

In occupied France, 17-year-old Lili encounters war before love, and joins the Resistance. Through the interconnecting destinies of its teenage heroes, Resistance tells the story of young people going to any lengths to defend their country.

Resistance

2014

Love (and Trouble) In Paris poster
7.0

Julie, 36 years old, unemployed and single, wants to take control of her life: lying and cheating in order to finally meet the perfect man, Max. Who doesn't even know that she exists.

Love (and Trouble) In Paris

2022

All Those Things We Never Said poster
8.2

Three days before her wedding, Julia receives a phone call saying her father will not attend the ceremony because he is dead. After the funeral, the daughter receives a coffin containing a father-like android with all his memories.

All Those Things We Never Said

2022

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le lycée

2000

Laura, le compte à rebours a commencé poster
2.3

No synopsis available yet.

Laura, le compte à rebours a commencé

2006

Brigade des mineurs poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Brigade des mineurs

2002

Où es-tu ? poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Où es-tu ?

2008