Arié Elmaleh

Acting

Arié Elmaleh

Born

1975-01-07 (51)

Place of birth

Casablanca, Morocco

Known for

Acting

Credits

66 titles

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Treasure Hunters: On the Tracks of Khufu poster
5.8

An eccentric archaeologist goes on an unexpected journey to find King Khufu's lost treasure with his daughter and grandson.

Treasure Hunters: On the Tracks of Khufu

2025

When Granny Meets Grandpa poster
5.5

Everyone's favorite fun-loving Granny Aurore goes overboard while partying and has a little accident! She loses her memory and gets put in a nursing home. When her grandkids hear her mention a mysterious man named "Gerry", they put all seven of their heads together to figure out who he is: Aurore's first and only true love who just might turn out to be their long-lost grandfather, too! Hoping to trigger old memories that could snap her out of her amnesia, they join forces to sneak Aurore out of the nursing home and set out into the wilderness on a mission to find the legendary "Grandpa Gerry". But the adventure turns out to be a lot more than they bargained for!

When Granny Meets Grandpa

2021

Two Much for the Job poster
5.0

After five years enduring horrible work conditions, Sophia finally gets chosen for a long-awaited transfer from her thankless teaching job at a rough middle school. Ecstatic to start a new life teaching at the French Lycée in Barcelona, her hopes are dashed to bits when a well- connected, over-qualified teacher at an upscale Paris school cuts in to take the position. Determined to stand her ground, Sophia and her clever neighbour Mr. Picard join forces to sabotage her competitor’s candidacy.

Two Much for the Job

2022

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï poster
5.7

Imagine a world where the worst behaviour you could ever have is to forget your store's loyalty card in your other trousers...that's what happens to Adrien. This serious misconduct forces him to go into hiding, as both police and media hunt him down.

Zaï Zaï Zaï Zaï

2022

Belle belle belle poster
4.8

Alice is a thirty-something woman with a lot of hang-ups. She thinks she's ugly and fat, and her lack of self-confidence prevents her from doing anything, professionally or romantically. After a fall on her head, she wakes up convinced that she has magically become a beautiful girl. Armed with her new-found self-confidence, nothing stands in her way: she lands her dream job and finds love in Benjamin. But what happens if this illusion disappears? Will Alice be able to maintain the self-esteem that has been so lacking up to now?

Belle belle belle

2020

Le souffle du dragon poster
6.5

In Reims, a group of women meet every week aboard a strange boat with a dragon head. Sandrine, Rose-Marie, Poups and Fanny don't know each other, but they all have in common that they have been fighting breast cancer. On the advice of their oncologist, Dr. Cuvelier, they will row to prevent recurrence, to rebuild themselves physically and morally, but also to exorcise the fear that lives inside them.

Le souffle du dragon

2022

Meurtres en Corrèze poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Meurtres en Corrèze

2020

L'amour chez les autres poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'amour chez les autres

2025

Drame en haute mer poster
7.4

The trawler Marie-Morgane sinks suddenly and inexplicably with all its crew, including Captain Lenormand and his son. When Nolwenn Lenormand hears the news she's convinced that a submarine on maneuvers must have been responsible.

Drame en haute mer

2021

2010s · 22 titles

We Are Family poster
6.3

Thirteen-year-old Bastien is the center of a reconstructed family: six half-brothers and sisters, eight "parents," and as many houses. His tasks within the family are far more complex than what he has to do at school. But enough's enough: the children decide to wage a revolution and turn the rules upside down. All together, they squat a large apartment and now it'll be up to the parents to come to them!

We Are Family

2016

The Brats poster
6.0

Newly engaged, Thomas meets his future father-in-law Gilbert, who has been married for 30 years to Suzanne. Disillusioned Gilbert is convinced that his marriage has meant he's missed out on life. He persuades Thomas not to marry his daughter Lola and encourages him to drop everything else in his life as well. The two men then throw themselves into a new brats' life full of adventure, convinced that freedom is elsewhere. But at what cost do we rediscover our adolescent dreams?

The Brats

2013

Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape poster
5.2

Based on the novel 'Evolution Man' by Roy Lewis, this tells the story about the first man - young Edward - to descend from apes. Edward is ejected by his tribe, but is very resourceful. He learns to walk, discovers fire, manages to hunt - and we follow him as he evolves. He has a generous nature, and search for true humanity - a world where we don't eat our fathers.

Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape

2015

Plan de table poster
5.7

A brief but intense hug will have the effect of throwing a meticulously planned wedding into chaos. Is chance about to give fate a helping hand?

Plan de table

2012

To Each, Her Own poster
5.0

Just as Simone works up the courage to tell her conservative Jewish family she's a lesbian, she finds herself attracted to a male Senegalese chef.

To Each, Her Own

2018

Un enfant en danger poster
7.3

Rebecca is a cop in the Juvenile Division. One day, Mathieu Francoeur comes to the station, saying his son, Joachim, has been kidnapped by his mother Christelle, with whom he's separated. However Rebecca had seven years earlier witnessed the man being extremely abusive to his ex-wife and child...

Un enfant en danger

2013

Caged poster
5.3

Somewhere in Eastern Europe. Carole is a young nurse with a humanitarian aid group that has reached the end of its mission. But just then, the young woman and her two colleagues are kidnapped by strangers for mysterious reasons. Held captive, cared for and kept alive in an oppressive and sinister setting, the three prisoners soon discover with horror what their kidnappers truly have in store for them.

Caged

2010

One Role for Two poster
5.5

After a failed plastic surgery, an actress hires a double to replace her on the set - Unaware that it's her twin sister, whom she didn't even know existed.

One Role for Two

2019

What's with This Granny?!‎ poster
5.8

Aurora's life suddenly gets complicated after her seven grandkids arrive to her house for vacation.

What's with This Granny?!‎

2019

Don't Tell Her poster
5.5

Laura, Eve, Anouch and Yaël are four cousins, very different and very endearing, who have one thing in common: they lie, but always for love! When the first three discover a few weeks before their little cousin's wedding that her perfect fiancé is cheating on her, they vote in unison "Don't tell him"!

Don't Tell Her

2017

Mens poster
3.0

At his grand-mother's death, Jean, a fourteen-year old teenager inherits the file of a mysterious court case from 1895. Fascinated by this archive, both real and fictitious, Jean becomes the judge of a criminal case completed more than a century ago.

Mens

2019

Le Plus Beau Jour poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Le Plus Beau Jour

2016

Online Billie poster
NR

The story of a wannabe actor who falls in love with a camgirl.

Online Billie

2019

Loue-moi ! poster
5.5

Lea opens an agency where anybody can rent her to play the part the clients need: a daughter, a girlfriend, a customer, you name it...

Loue-moi !

2017

Thelma, Louise et Chantal poster
5.5

Chantal, Gabrielle and Nelly, three fiftyish women, decide to make the trip to the wedding of an ex together.

Thelma, Louise et Chantal

2010

No artwork available
3.3

No synopsis available yet.

Le fil d'Ariane

2012

Depression and Friends poster
5.3

When Frank is diagnosed with depression, his friends try to cheer him up -- and it quickly becomes clear that they're just as down and out as he is.

Depression and Friends

2012

State Conspiracy poster
6.2

French territory is threatened by a terrorist organization just before the presidential election. If the government doesn't answer its demands, programmed bombs will explode gradually on the national railway network. Despite the operation deployed by the anti-terrorist unit, the Home Office has no other choice but to call Franck Barrot, police superintendent well-known for his controversial methods, to neutralize the armed group. His investigation will lead him to the very top level of the terrorist organization: the government itself.

State Conspiracy

2012

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Je vous aime très fort

2014

Nadia poster
5.7

Nadia raised, alone, her son Noé in Paris suburbs. She is proud when he is accepted in second in the prestigious high school Henri IV. To promote her studies, she moved to Paris and went into debt to offer what others have. She discovers the pleasure of buying, unknowingly developing an addiction to consumption. Even as her son manages to adapt to his new high school, she can not stop.

Nadia

2016

Goldman poster
5.3

As a veteran of the Latin-American guerilla wars, Pierre Goldman became a mythical figure of the French protest movement of the '60s.

Goldman

2011

Welcome to China poster
7.0

Gad Elmaleh has agreed to be the guest star for the opening of a karaoke in China but the date doesn't suit him. He asks his brother Arie to stand in for him.

Welcome to China

2013

2000s · 13 titles

Persepolis poster
7.9

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

Persepolis

2007

Moliere poster
6.4

Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise, hilarity ensues.

Moliere

2007

Chouchou poster
5.3

Choukri, alias Chouchou, a transvestite Maghrebi with clear eyes, comes illegally to Paris to find his nephew. Hired as an assistant by a psychotherapist, known for his good mood, he also work as a waiter in a transvestite cabaret of Clichy where he meets Stanislas.

Chouchou

2003

Lovers of the Nile poster
6.5

During the Second World War, in 1943, Anne Frendo, a young dreamer and artist, living alone with her father in Tunisia, discovers, by chance, the lifeless body of a French soldier, parachuted in. At the invitation of her aunt, Sophie Frendo, an Egyptologist, she sets out on a journey that leads her to Sfax, Egypt, taking with her a letter that the soldier had begun to write, and which seems to be intended for her.

Lovers of the Nile

2002

Every Jack Has a Jill poster
5.4

Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adventure, when his luggage is swapped for a French businesswoman's belongings who soon takes a liking to his belongings -- especially his shoes -- and sets out to find him.

Every Jack Has a Jill

2009

Let's Dance poster
5.3

In the Bellinsky family: there is Solomon the father, 80 years old, brimming with life. He is fighting not to be buried too quickly, between tap dance lessons under the high patronage of Fred Astaire and the search for a companion... The mother, Geneviève, dreams of only one thing: quietly continuing her infantilisation, with her household help, protector and guardian angel, Mr Mootoousamy.

Let's Dance

2007

I Hate My Best Friends' Kids poster
5.1

A month of vacation with friends: difficult to bear the kids of his friends, especially when the methods of education differ and that some prove to be unbearable.

I Hate My Best Friends' Kids

2007

Nina's House poster
5.8

Starting in 1944 in the wake of the Liberation and continuing into the '60s, 'houses of hope' were established to lend a semblance of continuity to youngsters orpahaned by the war. Nina's Home takes place between September 1944 and January 1946 in an orphanage housed in a chateau outside Paris. At the outset, the country residence is run by Nina who has a core population of French Jewish children whose parents are probably dead. Food is scarce. News of the Concentration Camps hasn't hit yet, but some months later, a contingent of youths arrive form the liberated camps. The children are a disparate, wild, damaged group and conflicts ensue. Nina's challenge is to help them make their first delicate moves toward the future and in the process restore all of them, including herself, to life.

Nina's House

2005

Change My Life poster
5.2

Slightly over-the-hill actress Nina has a fainting spell in a Paris park and Sami, an Algerian man, out for a run comes to her aid. She seeks him out afterwards to return some property and discovers he works at night as a female prostitute. Nina is drawn to him and a friendship develops as he attempts to kick his drug habit and she tries to revive her acting career that sidelined when she moved to Russia for years.

Change My Life

2001

School for All poster
5.1

Jahwad is thirty years old and going nowhere fast. He flunked out of school, and slipped into petty crime. Now, he has the police on his tail. So Jahwad is no longer going nowhere, he is getting out of town as fast as he can. He hitches a ride with a schoolteacher, who is desperate at being posted to one of the toughest high schools in the Paris suburbs. The man is so frantic, he rams his car into a tree. For Jahwad, the opportunity is too good to miss, but the high school dropout hardly looks the part.

School for All

2006

The Venus Project poster
8.5

A crazy race through spatial tunnels and futuristic infrastructures, longing to be the first and achieve the one and only regenerating aim: conquering Venus!

The Venus Project

2005

Ces jours heureux poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Ces jours heureux

2002

Bataille Natale poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bataille Natale

2006

Series credits

Fort Boyard poster
7.5

A game show set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard in France. The contestants have to complete in physical and endurance challenges to win prize money.

Fort Boyard

1990

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

Vendredi, tout est permis poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Vendredi, tout est permis

2011

On n'est pas couché poster
5.1

On n'est pas couché was a French talk show broadcast on France 2 on Saturdays at 11 p.m., hosted by Laurent Ruquier assisted by various columnists.

On n'est pas couché

2006

The Unexpected Getaway poster
9.0

In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.

The Unexpected Getaway

2022

The Spy poster
7.4

In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.

The Spy

2019

La Stagiaire poster
5.9

After a miscarriage of justice that has led her behind bars, Constance Meyer has decided to take a new career path. At age 50, the farmer and mayor of her village became a student at the National School of the Judiciary.

La Stagiaire

2016

The Traitors France poster
7.7

In a magnificent castle, personalities will take part in an experience they will never forget. A game of lies, manipulation, and betrayal, hosted by Éric Antoine, where anything goes. Among the players, some will be designated as traitors, while the others will be loyal. Day and night, the traitors must lie about their true identity, devise strategies to deceive the loyal players, and secure their place in the game. To achieve this, they must win challenges, withstand psychological pressure, outwit strategies, and mislead their enemies. Most importantly, they must avoid elimination to be the last one standing and win the game!

The Traitors France

2022

The Wagner Method poster
6.6

Police Captain César Wagner is a compulsive hypochondriac, obsessed with his work. His singular, distinctive style unsettles not only his suspects but also the members of his squad.

The Wagner Method

2020

Crimes parfaits poster
4.7

Murderers think they have committed the perfect crime. But the investigators will do everything to find the flaw in the Machiavellian plan devised by each killer.

Crimes parfaits

2017

Six Women poster
6.8

The story of an unlikely group of six women, united by their struggle with cancer, who come up with a wild idea: to hike up the Dôme de la Lauze mountain in the French Alps.

Six Women

2023

HMC : Habillage, Maquillage, Coiffure poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

HMC : Habillage, Maquillage, Coiffure

2025

Brigade anonyme poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Brigade anonyme

2024

He Even Has Your Eyes poster
5.8

When Sali and Paul Aloka, a Black couple, adopted Benjamin, their white son, they knew they were heading into unchartered territory, right until the day Benjamin announces he wants to meet his birth parents.

He Even Has Your Eyes

2020

Up All Night poster
NR

Accompanied by his friends, Bertrand Chameroy promises us evenings where anything is possible. It's all about surprises and unpredictable sequences that our guests and viewers don't expect... because, at night, anything can happen when you're not sleepy!

Up All Night

2024

Presque parfaites poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Presque parfaites

2015

Dans de beaux draps poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Dans de beaux draps

2025

That's My Chair! poster
NR

Welcome to XXL-style musical chairs! A wild, hilarious, family-friendly race packed with twists and turns! There’s only one rule: grab a seat when the music stops, or you’re out! Who will make it to the next round? Who will reach the final and win money for their charity?!

That's My Chair!

2026

Darknet-sur-Mer poster
5.9

No synopsis available yet.

Darknet-sur-Mer

2022

Tu vivras ma fille poster
5.7

When Nathalie learns that her 3-month-old daughter has a fatal orphan disease, she decides to do everything to save her. Is there no treatment? When she find it, nobody wants to finance it? She will move heaven and earth to find the funds and the authorizations. Bianca must be operated before her 6 year, after it will be too late.

Tu vivras ma fille

2018

Le Grand Test poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le Grand Test

2024

Rendez-vous avec le crime poster
4.0

When Samson Brion, an undercover cop, arrives in his native village in the depths of Brittany, fifteen years after having abruptly left it, most of the inhabitants see this return in a very bad light. Notably Lila Sept-Vents, an impetuous native entrepreneur, who is trying to save her online dating agency from bankruptcy. When a series of suspicious deaths strikes this quiet village, and Lila discovers that all the victims were clients of her agency, having a cop under her roof could prove invaluable.

Rendez-vous avec le crime

2022