Élie Chouraqui

Directing

Élie Chouraqui

Born 1950-07-03 · Paris, France

Élie Chouraqui (born 3 July 1950) is a French film director and scriptwriter. His 1996 film Les menteurs was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He made several films with Anouk Aimée. In his younger days he was a volleyball enthusiast and was captain of the French Volleyball team at the European and World championships winning 112 caps. He commentated on volleyball from French Television at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Source: Article "Élie Chouraqui" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Acting credits

The Party 2 poster
6.4

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have already done it.

The Party 2

1982

TOVAH poster
NR

Through exclusive interviews, rare archival footage, and intimate behind-the-scenes access, TOVAH traces Tovah Feldshuh’s ascent from a daring young actress to a Broadway institution and cultural icon.

TOVAH

2026

The Student poster
5.8

An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.

The Student

1988

Money Money Money poster
6.6

When they realize the times are changing, five crooks decide to switch from bank robberies to personality abductions.

Money Money Money

1972

O Jerusalem poster
6.1

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

O Jerusalem

2006

Happy New Year poster
7.3

Released from prison under a New Year amnesty, a criminal tries to pick up the threads of a life changed not only by his daring plan to rob a jewelry store in out-of-season Cannes, but also by a very special someone he met there.

Happy New Year

1973

The Slap poster
6.6

A Parisian teacher loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.

The Slap

1974

The Beautiful Story poster
7.1

A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male gypsy Jesus, and the female thief and con-artist Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past. These stories are juxtaposed.

The Beautiful Story

1992

And Now My Love poster
6.0

The movie follows the lives of a woman and a man starting from several generations earlier. The story spans a whole century and several continents.

And Now My Love

1974

Behind the camera

Man on Fire poster
5.7

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.

Man on Fire

1987

Man on Fire poster
5.7

Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.

Man on Fire

1987

Les Héros du Louvre poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Héros du Louvre

2026

Les Héros du Louvre poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Les Héros du Louvre

2026

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

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

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

O Jerusalem poster
6.1

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

O Jerusalem

2006

O Jerusalem poster
6.1

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

O Jerusalem

2006

O Jerusalem poster
6.1

A tale of friendship between two men, one Jewish and the other Arab, as the state of Israel is being created.

O Jerusalem

2006

Miss Missouri poster
6.4

Nathan loved Helen, a young American comedian. He lets her return back to the United States. When he realized he made a mistake, he decides to go to Chicago and find her.

Miss Missouri

1990

Miss Missouri poster
6.4

Nathan loved Helen, a young American comedian. He lets her return back to the United States. When he realized he made a mistake, he decides to go to Chicago and find her.

Miss Missouri

1990

Paroles et musique poster
5.0

When Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds herself the single parent of two near teens. She also gets a new assignment at work: to find, sign, and promote new rock singers. She discovers a duo, Jeremy and Michel, and jump-starts their music careers. Jeremy is attracted to the older Margaux, asserts himself with her, befriends her children, and neglects Michel and their music. The kids go to New York to be with their father Peter, freeing Margaux to respond to Jeremy. Does that relationship have any future? And what of the musical duo?

Paroles et musique

1984

Paroles et musique poster
5.0

When Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds herself the single parent of two near teens. She also gets a new assignment at work: to find, sign, and promote new rock singers. She discovers a duo, Jeremy and Michel, and jump-starts their music careers. Jeremy is attracted to the older Margaux, asserts himself with her, befriends her children, and neglects Michel and their music. The kids go to New York to be with their father Peter, freeing Margaux to respond to Jeremy. Does that relationship have any future? And what of the musical duo?

Paroles et musique

1984

Paroles et musique poster
5.0

When Peter, Margaux's American writer husband, leaves Paris in a funk and heads home, she finds herself the single parent of two near teens. She also gets a new assignment at work: to find, sign, and promote new rock singers. She discovers a duo, Jeremy and Michel, and jump-starts their music careers. Jeremy is attracted to the older Margaux, asserts himself with her, befriends her children, and neglects Michel and their music. The kids go to New York to be with their father Peter, freeing Margaux to respond to Jeremy. Does that relationship have any future? And what of the musical duo?

Paroles et musique

1984

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

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

Une page d'amour poster
6.7

In Passy, ​​Paris, 1895. The young widow Hélène calls the doctor Henri Deberle during the night, when her daughter Jeanne suddenly gets breathless. Together they spend the night at the bedside, and it develops from a trusting encounter a love relationship. When the doctor Hélène one day confesses his love, the daughter comes from jealousy in another, life-threatening crisis. A film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Émile Zola, which addresses the social milieu of the bourgeois family in the "Second Empire".

Une page d'amour

1980

Une page d'amour poster
6.7

In Passy, ​​Paris, 1895. The young widow Hélène calls the doctor Henri Deberle during the night, when her daughter Jeanne suddenly gets breathless. Together they spend the night at the bedside, and it develops from a trusting encounter a love relationship. When the doctor Hélène one day confesses his love, the daughter comes from jealousy in another, life-threatening crisis. A film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Émile Zola, which addresses the social milieu of the bourgeois family in the "Second Empire".

Une page d'amour

1980

The Origin of Violence poster
6.0

A French teacher makes a startling discovery while on a trip to Buchenwald.

The Origin of Violence

2016

The Ten Commandments poster
7.0

The Ten Commandments is a French musical comedy

The Ten Commandments

2001

The Ten Commandments poster
7.0

The Ten Commandments is a French musical comedy

The Ten Commandments

2001

Spartacus le gladiateur poster
NR

Spartacus is a Thracian from the 1st century AD. A peasant and then a fighter, he joins the Roman army, which immediately makes him a slave. His resistance leads his masters to send him to a place where men live only a few months, a marble mine, in one of the hottest parts of Africa. In this hellish place, he sees a child die, which makes him furious. He is then "saved" by Batiatus, who turns him into a gladiator. He befriends other gladiators, Draba and David, and meets a slave who will become his wife, Calicia.

Spartacus le gladiateur

2004

Spartacus le gladiateur poster
NR

Spartacus is a Thracian from the 1st century AD. A peasant and then a fighter, he joins the Roman army, which immediately makes him a slave. His resistance leads his masters to send him to a place where men live only a few months, a marble mine, in one of the hottest parts of Africa. In this hellish place, he sees a child die, which makes him furious. He is then "saved" by Batiatus, who turns him into a gladiator. He befriends other gladiators, Draba and David, and meets a slave who will become his wife, Calicia.

Spartacus le gladiateur

2004