Mata Gabin

Acting

Mata Gabin

Born

1972-02-29 (54)

Place of birth

Toulépleu, Ivory Coast

Known for

Acting

Credits

38 titles

Mata Gabin is an actress, author, and actress of theatre, born in 1972 in Toulépleu, Côte d'Ivoire. She is of French nationality.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 8 titles

The Project poster
NR

An Afro-Brazilian filmmaker and a Swiss-Serbian photographer embark on a personal and political journey to confront the colonial mindset that still shapes relationships in today’s world. From Brazil, one of the most unequal countries marked by structural racism, to Switzerland, one of the richest and most privileged nations, they face uncomfortable questions: how can a Black woman thrive in a society built on racism? And how do you decolonize the mind when you’ve grown up surrounded by privilege? In search of answers, they dive into transformative conversations with inspiring voices around the world, while reflecting on their own contradictions, complicities, and hopes.

The Project

2026

Vulkan poster
NR

A short film that shows the encounter and love between three women of different ages and backgrounds. As they build a new way of being together, Etna, Nadia and Indigo, in their intimacies, fears and memories, live a volcanic story.

Vulkan

2025

À mon tour poster
5.7

Chateauneuf-sur-Valone, Mayor Félix de Ponte is preparing for his re-election, hoping to beat the far-right candidate Jean-Luc Molment Martinez. But when a video revealing his extra-marital affair is broadcast on the networks, Félix's life will be turned upside down. Devastated, betrayed and humiliated, his wife, Rose, decides to react and runs against him in the elections.

À mon tour

2022

L'Étrange Histoire de Mr. Anderson poster
7.0

Jey, a young rapper, quits his daily life to embrace his musical career but is confronted to his second personality: Mr. Anderson.

L'Étrange Histoire de Mr. Anderson

2021

The Nameless Woman: The Story of Jeanne & Baudelaire poster
9.0

The story, hidden by historians and biographers, of Jeanne, a black woman, whose real name is unknown, who was the muse and companion of the mythical French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867).

The Nameless Woman: The Story of Jeanne & Baudelaire

2021

Noir comme neige poster
5.9

It's peak season at Morzine-Avoriaz ski resort. French high mountain state police officer Constance Vivier and Swiss cop Andreas Meyer investigate the suspect death of a teenager, found freezing on a slope after an alcohol coma.

Noir comme neige

2021

Le dérapage poster
NR

This morning, Paul Sérédat, a member of parliament campaigning for reelection, hears it on the radio: he has slipped up. And apparently, not just a little! He panics: what on earth could he have said to deserve such a media storm? He rushes to his computer to uncover the source of the scandal.

Le dérapage

2025

Un destin inattendu poster
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

Un destin inattendu

2024

2010s · 11 titles

The African Doctor poster
6.8

1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.

The African Doctor

2016

Bye Bye Blondie poster
5.5

A love story of two women who meet up in their late forties and attempt to retrieve the romance they had in their youth.

Bye Bye Blondie

2012

Kennedy's Brain poster
NR

A young Swedish freelance investigative journalist dies under mysterious circumstances in South Africa, and his mother sets off in a relentless pursuit of the truth behind his death.

Kennedy's Brain

2010

Black Moon poster
5.0

One island. Three men. An old manuscript. A funeral march heading to insanity.

Black Moon

2014

Par amour poster
5.8

No synopsis available yet.

Par amour

2012

French Touch: Coming of Age poster
1.0

Unfamiliar stories that are universally relatable, these teenagers are put into situations which they have no experience deal with. A reflective anthology of French short films exploring the elation and heartbreak of not quite knowing who you are yet.

French Touch: Coming of Age

2019

Me and El Che poster
NR

GO is not just an aging college teacher. He still is the young 18 year-old idealist who dared to engaged in social and political action to defend his principles. As a matter of fact, he was one of El Che’s last companions. It was somewhere over there, in Bolivia, in 1967. At least, that’s what he tells everyone...

Me and El Che

2018

Under the Starry Sky poster
6.7

The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a place for oneself in the world.

Under the Starry Sky

2014

Moon poster
7.0

Is a spectacular journey across 4 billion years of evolution exploring how the Moon has been essential in setting up the pace to create life on Earth and how it has been a source of inspiration and fascination for men ever since

Moon

2015

Mama Lova poster
NR

Adèle has just lost her teenage son during a fight between cities. Idle in front of the trampling of the investigation, she can not manage to mourn. The impunity of traffic and delinquency creates tensions in the neighborhood. Adèle will have to show courage and fighting spirit to protect her other children.

Mama Lova

2019

The Red, White and Blue of My Hair poster
6.7

Seyna, a young Cameroonian woman fascinated by French history, dreams of gaining citizenship of the country she so loves as soon as she reaches 18. Will it be just a formality, or a much tougher path?

The Red, White and Blue of My Hair

2016

2000s · 11 titles

Monsieur Ibrahim poster
7.0

Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.

Monsieur Ibrahim

2003

Lumumba poster
6.8

The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.

Lumumba

2000

A Souvenir poster
2.0

At a turning point in his life, Thomas Lebey, a famous writer, decides to return to the location of his first love. That was in 1960 in a small coastal resort town in the south of England. Sheila was 17 and he was not yet 20.

A Souvenir

2009

Tag! poster
5.5

"Tag!" - About the American malaria researcher Nkruma who arrives with a family to Gothenburg for a lecture at Sahlgrenska Hospital. Nkruma ends up in a strange prank. The adults play tag in the streets. Nkruma refuses to participate in the game. This will be fatal for him and his family.

Tag!

2007

Black poster
5.3

A Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France is getting over a disastrous heist. As he considers going straight, his cousin calls him from Dakar with an easy opportunity.

Black

2009

Sex, Okra & Salted Butter poster
6.0

An extramarital affair leads to Hortense’s separation from her very traditional African husband, who is in for a ride as he learns about her love affair, his eldest son’s secret love life, and the responsibilities of single parenthood.

Sex, Okra & Salted Butter

2008

Death on the Island poster
NR

Violette Castillon, a young Parisian lawyer, goes to the Île de Ré where a criminal named Stany claims her to ensure his defense. In exchange, he will tell her the truth about his father, the late robber José Rocca. The day after Violette's arrival on the island, Stany is attacked, a notable from the region is found hanged and other misfortunes befall the island. While the dead are multiplying around her, Violette is determined to discover the truth.

Death on the Island

2008

With a Little Help from Myself poster
4.5

Besieged matriarch Sonia tries to make certain her daughter's nuptials come off flawlessly even as events spiral out of control is in this dark comedy helmed by François Dupeyron. With Sonia's wayward eldest son under arrest on drug charges, she then discovers that her no-account hubby has gambled away the money set aside for the reception. Will Sonia and her family triumph or crumble in the face of adversity?

With a Little Help from Myself

2008

Machination poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Machination

2009

Expectations poster
4.7

Moussa attempts to cross the desert to escape his debts, only to return to his village defeated and dejected.

Expectations

2008

Just for Sex poster
2.8

In fifteen minutes, Olivier receives a “quickie”. But is it as simple as that?

Just for Sex

2009

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