Arié Elmaleh

Acting

Arié Elmaleh

Born 1975-01-07 · Casablanca, Morocco

Acting credits

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

L'amour chez les autres poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

L'amour chez les autres

2025

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

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

Meurtres en Corrèze poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Meurtres en Corrèze

2020

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

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