Alain Souchon

Acting

Alain Souchon

Born 1944-05-27 · Casablanca, Morocco

Alain Souchon (born Alain Édouard Kienast; 27 May 1944) is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films. Alain Souchon was born in Casablanca, Morocco. His family on his mother's side is Swiss, and he has dual French-Swiss nationality. Six months after he was born, his family moved to France. When he was 15 his father died in an accident. His mother sent him to a French college in England, but due to problems registering he decided to stay in London and work. Upon returning to France he took up guitar, influenced by English and American music. In 1970, he married and had his first son continuing to play in the cabarets and bars in the Rive Gauche of Paris. Souchon signed his first contract in 1971 with the Pathe-Marconi label but had no success. Bob Socquet, the artistic director of RCA encouraged him to perform his song "L'amour 1830" at the Rose D'Or of Antibes contest. Souchon then began to collaborate with composer/arranger Laurent Voulzy (b. 1948); they would write together, but each released albums under his own name. Souchon's first hit was "J'ai 10 ans" (1974), from the album of the same name. He continued releasing albums and in 1978 wrote the theme for François Truffaut's 1979 film Love on the Run (L'amour en fuite). At this time his second son was born. In 1980, he was invited to perform at l'Olympia. He also began his acting career, most notably starring in the 1983 film L'été Meurtrier. Following the album 'On avance', he left RCA and signed with Virgin Records at 40 years old. In 1989 "La beauté de Ava Gardner" was voted best title of the year by the Victoires de la Musique. Then came Souchon's biggest hit "Foule sentimentale" from 1993's million-selling C'est déjà ça. At the 20th anniversary of the Victoires de la Musique in 1995, Alain Souchon received the award for best "Chanson Originale" for his song "Foule Sentimentale." In 1996, he received the "le Prix Vincent Scotto" award given by the SACEM (Societe des Auteurs Compositeurs) for his song "Sous les Jupes des Filles". Souchon returned in 2005 with the hugely successful album La vie Théodore which contained the hit single "...Et si en plus y'a personne". Source: Article "Alain Souchon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Acting credits

Taratata numéro 600 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Taratata numéro 600

2025

One Deadly Summer poster
7.0

Shortly after Elle Wieck moves to a small French village, she begins dating Pin-Pon, a quiet young mechanic who has grown obsessed with the beautiful newcomer. But Elle has her own reason for the relationship...

One Deadly Summer

1983

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000 poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

1999

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés poster
7.0

As Les Restos du Cœur have just celebrated their 40th anniversary, you voted for your favorite tracks from among 40 legendary Enfoirés songs…

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

2025

Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Eddy Mitchell, itinéraires

2016

Tryo - Sous les étoiles poster
4.2

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Tryo - Sous les étoiles

2009

I Love You All poster
6.0

Alice invites her past two lovers and her current to Christmas dinner uniting them all in her house. In sentimental flashbacks she recalls the former times with each of them. While she reminisces, she also fixates on a new relationship that blooms and dies within the same calendar year leaving her to wonder if she's meant to be with anyone for any extended time.

I Love You All

1980

Jane B. by Agnès V. poster
6.8

The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fourtieth birthday—a milestone she admits to have some anxiety over—Jane B. by Agnès V. contrasts the private, reflective Birkin with Birkin the icon.

Jane B. by Agnès V.

1988

Unleaded poster
7.3

Passionate about the singer Elvis Costello, Ulysses works every Saturday at a gas station in the middle of nowhere to pay for his meteorology studies. Shy and suffering from stagnation when confronted with a conflict situation, he does not respond to the insistent advances of Marie, who lives across the street. At the same time, Anton and Mirek, two English gangsters, are combing all the gas stations in the area in search of a loot hidden in the toilets.

Unleaded

2000

Comédie ! poster
4.3

In this comedy drama, two lovers go on vacation to the fellow's summer home in southern France. Once there, the woman becomes quite jealous because she knows that many women have been at this house with him. She herself is not as experienced as he and secretly dreams of having many different lovers. Time passes and things become increasingly tense between them and they begin verbally attacking each other. Finally they make peace and love.

Comédie !

1987

Lest We Forget poster
7.0

A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.

Lest We Forget

1991

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président poster
7.2

In May 1974, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing became President of the Republic and wanted to bring about a new era of modernity. One of his first decisions was to break up the ORTF with the creation of three new television channels: TF1, Antenne 2 and FR3. Three new public channels but autonomous and competing. It is a race for the audience which is engaged then, and from now on the channels will make the war! This competition will give birth to a real golden age for television programs, with variety shows in the forefront. The stars of the song are going to invade the living rooms of the French for their biggest pleasure. This unedited documentary tells the story of the metamorphosis of this television of the early 1970s, between freedom of tone, scandals, political intrigues and programs that have become mythical.

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

2022

All Fired Up poster
5.9

Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for the whole family, has begun to work for the Ministry of Finance. Pauline thwarts his new projects but when she realizes gangsters are looking for Victor she will put her life at risk to help him and save their family.

All Fired Up

1982

Une journée avec Jacques Brel poster
7.0

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Une journée avec Jacques Brel

2023

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui poster
8.0

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Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

2014

Les Victoires de la musique, 40 ans d'émotion en chansons poster
NR

Documentary on the annual French award ceremony where the Victoire accolade is delivered by the French Ministry of Culture to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.

Les Victoires de la musique, 40 ans d'émotion en chansons

2025

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique poster
6.0

Show recorded at the Opéra Comique in Paris on March 6, 1995 for the benefit of the Restos du Coeur.

Les Enfoirés 1995 - Les Enfoirés à l'Opéra-Comique

1995

The Pink Soldier poster
5.5

A little boy hides in the toy section of a department store at night, where the toys come to life.

The Pink Soldier

2006

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

1997

L'Homme aux yeux d'argent poster
4.4

After serving his sentence, a robber returns to his small, quiet hometown to retrieve the loot. But a ruthless Police inspector and his equally nasty young subordinate are after the criminal.

L'Homme aux yeux d'argent

1985

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés

1996

La Fête De La Chanson Française poster
NR

La Fête De La Chanson Française is an annual live television program that has been paying tribute to French-language song since 2005.

La Fête De La Chanson Française

2005

Charité biz'ness poster
5.8

Two friends organize a fake solidarity concert in order to seize the recipe. But their amateurism leads to many misunderstandings.

Charité biz'ness

1998

M. Eddy & sa tribu poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

M. Eddy & sa tribu

2018