Jean-François Gallotte

Acting

Jean-François Gallotte

Born 1953-11-18 · Paris, France

Jean-François Gallotte est un acteur français né le 18 novembre 1953 à Paris (France). Il débute en pratiquant le théâtre de rue et travaille avec plusieurs troupes (le Théâtre Imaginaire, la Compagnie de la Jacquerie et leThéâtre du Soleil d'Ariane Mnouchkine) puis se tourne vers la réalisation à la fin des années 1970. Il a également été animateur sur la radio Carbone 14, sous le pseudonyme de David Grossexe. Depuis, il tourne fréquemment pour la télévision et le grand écran et se produit sur les scènes des théâtres parisiens.   

Acting credits

Desire poster
6.3

In a social context deteriorated by a countrywide economic crisis, the life of several people will be turned upside down after they meet Cécile, a character who symbolizes desire.

Desire

2011

Grève party poster
5.4

While France is on strike, Jean, a Parisian bookseller, opens his shop. A former trade unionist, he has in fact decided not to take part in the movement. However, a phone call from his friend René awakens his enthusiasm.

Grève party

1998

Espace détente poster
4.5

In the middle of the Veule, imaginary French province, the Geugène Electro Stim, a medium-sized company, which survives thanks to the manufacture and sale of the C14, an old but inexpensive electrical stimulation device.

Espace détente

2005

Marry Me poster
6.0

Oriane and Hadrian's couple is going through a crisis. Determined to save their marriage, Oriane visits a Gypsy fortune teller who foresees a dark future. But Oriane won't hear of anything but a happy ending and the psychic is forced to read another future which, unfortunately, also happens to end bitterly. Will the third reading satisfy the young woman?

Marry Me

2000

Christ(Off) poster
5.4

At 33 years old, and after numerous failed attempt to make it as a musician, Chris still lives with his mother. One day he crosses paths with a young missionary in need of a guitarist for his new religious band, he recruits Chris and disguises him as Father Christophe.

Christ(Off)

2018

The Octopus poster
6.6

Gabriel, dit Le Poulpe (The Octopus) is a laid-back private investigator who works on cases for his own pleasure. He is drawn to the fictional Loire Valley port of Angerneau, with his lover Clotilde who has been summoned by the police concerning the defacement of a deceased relative's grave. Since Angernau is her home town, she wants to leave it as soon as possible to avoid old acquaintances, but Gabriel stumbles on intriguing events concerning the cargo of a ship in port.

The Octopus

1998

Zonzon poster
4.9

In a French prison, three men are coming to terms with the emotional and physical torment which their incarceration brings them. Arnaud is serving a six-month sentence for drug smuggling; he protests his innocence and will do anything to secure an early release. Francky is a hardened criminal who has all but lost his wife and family and who seeks comfort in self-inflicted abuse. Kader is in prison for theft; he is the most philosophical of the three men, he is growing accustomed to prison life and seems to prefer it to the world outside.

Zonzon

1998

By Mutual Agreement poster
8.2

In the darkness of their living room Guillaume and Caroline are fighting for their common goods, splitting them with a dice game. All their goods... Including their ultimate one: their"flesh and blood". That’s precisely when they realise that the birth of their son is the reason why their relationship is broken. So they decide to fix it...

By Mutual Agreement

2014

Roboflash Warrior poster
9.0

Post-apocalyptic future: in 2020, a group of mercenaries attempts to escape a bloodthirsty robot designed by the army, a remnant of the ancient civilization: the Roboflash.

Roboflash Warrior

1994

Adrenaline poster
6.1

"Adrénaline" proposes a string of short surrealist films presenting at various levels an interesting mix of mild gore, cynical humor and absurd surrealism.

Adrenaline

1990

First Snow poster
4.4

On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.

First Snow

1999

Recrue d'essence poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Recrue d'essence

2007

Carbone 14, le film poster
9.0

Supernana, David Grossexe, Simone Cuisse d'Acier, Jean-Yves Lafesse occupy during three nights of summer 82, with their guests, Radio Carbone locals, one of those numerous « free radio » created in France at this period.

Carbone 14, le film

1983

Grand ciel poster
NR

A handsome 17-year-old who is actually only 14, Lionel is an adopted child living in a rural area. While his father sees him as deficient, even retarded, his mother surrounds him with immense, symbiotic, and protective love. Initially fascinated by the boy's charm, Claire, a young engineer from the neighboring construction site, helps him pursue a budding passion. But by not respecting the limits she has set for him, Lionel finds himself caught in a trap that closes in on him.

Grand ciel

2003

Bankable poster
5.8

The wealthy Deville family loses their fortune at the same time the unassuming Ricci family suddenly become internet millionaires; things look bleak until their mutual banker suggests Mr. Deville goes to work for the Riccis!

Bankable

2012

Time Demon poster
5.5

Hitler is still alive, protected by a sect of nazi soldiers and sexy satanic women. He plans on invading the world again but… he has become old and senile. To regain his power, he must find a magical talisman that grants eternal life. Jack Gomez, a failed and megalomaniac actor, owns the coveted object. Will this heir to a brave conquistador manage to stop the evil plans of the Führer?

Time Demon

1996

Fard poster
NR

In the near future, the world seems to function in an efficient and controlled way...

Fard

2011

Late August, Early September poster
5.9

A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.

Late August, Early September

1999

La voie est libre poster
7.0

This comedy is about a Métro worker, Jules, who penned seventeen unanswered letters to France's Minister of Transportation protesting being fired. When he learns that the Minister is to appear in person at the Lyons station to dedicate a new rail line, Jules is there hoping to speak with him in person; he carries a concealed gun and when he is unable to speak to the Minister, the normally mild Jules snaps and takes an entire train car hostage

La voie est libre

1998

Ducoboo poster
5.0

Ducoboo is a very inventive dunce and joker, he is very resourceful at finding new ways to copy from his neighbor, to cheat or to defy the teacher's authority.

Ducoboo

2011

My Life in Pink poster
6.9

Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, she believes she was meant to be a little girl -- and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where she expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation, and guilt -- as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble.

My Life in Pink

1997

Gomez vs. Tavarès poster
4.3

Two crooked lawmen (Stomy Bugsy, Titoff) search for a precious stone to collect an inheritance.

Gomez vs. Tavarès

2007

No artwork available
7.0

"Psy-Show" concerns a man approaching middle age, a fragile soul who becomes the plaything of his psychoanalyst who surreptitiously re-positions his quiet motorized chair as his patient lies on the couch.

Psy-Show

1999

The Heart at Work poster
4.2

A porn film director convinces his producer to make a romantic film, but the cast is grappling with tensions in their private lives.

The Heart at Work

2000

Behind the camera

Carbone 14, le film poster
9.0

Supernana, David Grossexe, Simone Cuisse d'Acier, Jean-Yves Lafesse occupy during three nights of summer 82, with their guests, Radio Carbone locals, one of those numerous « free radio » created in France at this period.

Carbone 14, le film

1983

Igor poster
9.0

Igor lives in an apartment that he shares with Sabine, who uses and sells drugs. Igor, who also uses drugs, provides her with a roof over her head in exchange for her needs, but he is also in love with her. As drugs become scarcer, their life becomes more difficult. One crazy night when he goes looking for her, he has an accident and ends up in the hospital with a broken leg. During his hospitalization, Sabine is arrested and imprisoned. At the hospital, his family discovers that he is HIV-positive and that he is using drugs. His mother decides to take the problem in hand and takes him to the countryside for several months to get him out of his world. For a while, they are very close, but then slowly the space between them begins to grow again. Tired of the countryside, Igor returns to Paris, looking for an apartment and to resume his life.

Igor

1998

The Dog poster
9.0

Grotesque and artless, this repugnant sexploitation film is about two unbalanced brothers who try to force an itinerant bum to rape their mother, and then all three men go after the promiscuous woman who lives next door. When it is revealed that the homeless man is none other than the father of the two brothers, the plot slides even further downhill.

The Dog

1984

Point final à la ligne poster
7.0

Jean-François loves Constance with a tender and passionate love. It is enough to see the behavior of this lunar clown to realize that every moment passed away from his beloved is a real torture. Shared between endless trips in the corridors of the metro and evenings between friends, it is not good in his skin. In search of complete happiness, he tries to satisfy his vocation: to become acrobatic with Constance, but, as a result of mediocre performances, even null, this aspiration leads to a dead end.

Point final à la ligne

1981

Louise poster
5.0

A young woman, aged 20–25, with an arrogant look on her face, appears in a photo in the film. We know that she has the same first name as Louise Michel. But who is she? What connects her to Madeleine?

Louise

2015