Bastien Bouillon

Acting

Bastien Bouillon

Born 1985-05-19 · France

Bastien Bouillon began his career in 2009, acting in the series RIS, Central Nuit, and Boulevard du Palais. His role in Declaration of War was the beginning of a lasting collaboration with Valérie Donzelli, with whom he would work again in Hand in Hand (2012) and Marguerite et Julien, in Competition at Cannes in 2015. In 2014, his role in Julie Lopes-Curval’s High Society earned him a Lumières Award nomination for Most Promising Actor. A loyal actor, he has worked notably several times with Dominik Moll, in Only the Animals in 2019 and in the lead role of The Night of the 12th, presented in the Cannes Première strand at Cannes 2022. A role for which he has again been nominated, three years after Sébastien Betbeder’s Up the Mountain, for a César Award for Most Promising Actor.

Acting credits

The Count of Monte Cristo poster
7.9

Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.

The Count of Monte Cristo

2024

The Money Maker poster
7.1

A Polish engineer relocates to France and becomes a legendary counterfeiter. Working solo, he crafts flawless fake francs worth millions over 14 years, earning the nickname "Cézanne of counterfeit money" for his artistic skill and output.

The Money Maker

2026

The Night of the 12th poster
6.9

Young and ambitious Captain Vivés has just been appointed group leader at the Grenoble Criminal Squad when Clara's murder case lands on his desk. Vivés and his team investigate Clara's complex life and relations, but what starts as a professional and methodical immersion into the victim's life soon turns into a haunting obsession.

The Night of the 12th

2022

Monsieur Aznavour poster
7.2

From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one of the most immortal singers of all time: MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR.

Monsieur Aznavour

2024

Simone: Woman of the Century poster
7.9

Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist message still keenly relevant today.

Simone: Woman of the Century

2022

Only the Animals poster
6.7

Following the disappearance of the glamorous and secretive Evelyne Ducat during a blizzard in the highlands of southern France, the lives of five people inextricably linked to Evelyne are brought together to devastating effect as the local police investigate the case.

Only the Animals

2019

The Players poster
4.8

Eight short films explore the subject of male infidelity. Serial cheaters, Fred and Greg, spend a night on the town doing what they do best, and with absolutely no regrets. The duo play various characters in assorted extracurricular situations, ranging from sexist to the darker sides of carnal desires.

The Players

2012

Umami poster
5.8

Following a near-death experience France's leading chef throws himself into a quest seeking the flavor that has confounded his life since he was defeated by a Japanese chef's bowl of noodles as a young man.

Umami

2023

At Work poster
6.6

A successful photographer gives up everything to devote himself to writing and discovers poverty.

At Work

2026

Promise at Dawn poster
7.2

From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.

Promise at Dawn

2017

Leave One Day poster
6.2

Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack and she is called back to the village where she was born. Far from the hubbub of Paris life, she runs into her teenage crush. The memories come flooding back, destabilizing her certainties.

Leave One Day

2025

No artwork available
NR

Biopic about the famous French lawyer and politician, Robert Badinter.

Badinter

2027

La contribution poster
NR

2084. The global economic crisis, ecological disasters, and the depletion of natural resources have forced the World Organization of Problem-Aware Nations to adopt a pledge: at the end of each year, a randomly selected country must eliminate all individuals aged thirty. Louise and Ivan, newlyweds, are invited to a lavish reception where they will experience their last New Year's Eve. Louise yearns for one last breath of freedom, even if it means pushing Ivan into the arms of another.

La contribution

2014

Marguerite & Julien poster
5.7

Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion.

Marguerite & Julien

2015

Jumbo poster
5.7

Jeanne, a shy young woman, works as a night guard at an amusement park and has a close relationship with her mother. While no man can compete with this opposed duo, Jeanne begins to develop strange romantic feelings for Jumbo, the latest attraction at the theme park...

Jumbo

2020

Carnivores poster
5.5

At the dawn of her thirties, Mona tries relentlessly to take off as an actress. Time passes and proposals do not arrive. Short of resources, she is forced to move to Sam, her younger sister.

Carnivores

2018

The Destructions poster
NR

Test and spiritual training of a young man of today. When the risk of youth threatens to take everything

The Destructions

2011

Still Happy poster
NR

Leaving the screening of Of Gods and Men, Martin, upset, tells his girlfriend Juliette that the film has affected him to the point of thinking about becoming a monk. Juliette is not very enthusiastic about this prospect. She tries to dissuade him.

Still Happy

2010

Indésirables poster
4.3

Aldo, a young male nurse, is Lucie’s boyfriend, who is a student. When he loses his job, he desperately needs to find money so that he can keep paying for his fiancée’s studies. Persuaded by two blind friends of Lucie, he ends up becoming a sexbuddie for handicapped people, both men and women. Keeping this a secret from his fiancée, Aldo embarks on a new life that will totally transform him.

Indésirables

2015

The Mystery of Henri Pick poster
6.5

In a bizarre Breton library that collects rejected, never published manuscripts, a young editor discovers a novel that she considers a masterpiece. It was written by a certain Henri Pick, a cook who died two years earlier and who, according to his widow, had never read a book in his life or written anything but a shopping list... Did he have a secret life? When the book becomes a huge best-seller, Jean- Michel Rouche, a skeptical and stubborn literary critic, teams up with Joséphine, Pick’s daughter, to unravel the mystery.

The Mystery of Henri Pick

2019

The Horla poster
6.0

Damien and Nadia, 34, leave Paris with Chloé, their 8-year-old daughter, to settle in the provinces. Graphic designer for an events company, the first negotiated a full-time telework to follow his partner who has just been offered a position at the Rivière Research Institute where her friend and colleague Marion already works. The couple are expecting a child. But behind this new beginning hides a deaf threat that will soon implode the happiness of this seemingly perfect family.

The Horla

2023

Pharmakon poster
NR

A man lives alone on an island in the Mediterranean. He will see his habits turned upside down by the sudden arrival of a mysterious swimming woman. Unable to communicate, a strange bond develops between them, between fantasies, dreams and unfulfilled desires.

Pharmakon

2023

Nocomodo poster
5.3

In the summer of her seventh birthday, Selma is molested by an associate of her father’s who soon appears to her in the guise of an animal. Shocked, Selma discovers the power of her own language as a bulwark against adult violence.

Nocomodo

2022

Le Locataire poster
5.5

Nicole's pregnancy test is conclusive: she is pregnant. At fifty-four, Nicole is anything but prepared for this discovery. Down-to-earth and pragmatic, not prone to despair or doubt, she usually strives to be the pillar of a family on which everyone ultimately depends. With her full-time job as a toll booth cashier, she manages to feed her little world and keep the house running. But this news shakes the family a little.

Le Locataire

2012

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