Maïwenn

Maïwenn

Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco, known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Maïwenn starred in several films as a child, then teen, actress—notably as "Elle, as a child" (the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani) in the 1983 hit film L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer). Following her marriage to director Luc Besson and the birth of their daughter in 1993, Maïwenn interrupted her career for several years. During this period, she only appeared in a supporting part in Besson's Léon (1994), in which she was credited as Ouin-Ouin. She also directed the film's making-of. Perhaps Maïwenn's most internationally-seen film role was her appearance as the alien Diva Plavalaguna in Besson's The Fifth Element (1997). After she and Besson divorced, Maïwenn returned to France. She performed as a stand-up comedian in an autobiographical one-woman-show, and reentered the movie business after several filmmakers saw her comedy routine in Paris. She appeared in several notable movies, including the horror film Haute Tension (English title: High Tension), in which she starred opposite Cécile de France. By the time the film came out in 2003, she had decided she wanted to try directing. In 2006, Maïwenn wrote and directed her first feature film, Pardonnez-moi, a drama about a dysfunctional family.[6][10] She also starred in the film which earned her nominations for the César Award for Best First Feature Film and César Award for Most Promising Actress in the 2007. Her second film was Le bal des actrices (2009, All About Actresses), in which she appears as herself making a documentary. She achieved international recognition when her third film, the social drama Polisse (2011), won the Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Maïwenn's 2015 film Mon roi was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. She co-wrote, directed, and starred in the 2020 film, DNA, an Official Selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival which was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. She co-wrote, directed, and starred in her first period film, the 2023 film Jeanne du Barry about the life of Madame du Barry with Louis XV portrayed by Johnny Depp, which opened the 2023 Cannes Film Festival out of competition and earned the highest French gross for a Cannes opening film since 2013.

  • Title: Maïwenn
  • Popularity: 1.5683
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1976-04-17
  • Place of Birth: Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
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  • Also Known As: Maïwenn Le Besco, Maiwen Lebesco, Maiwen, מייוון, Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco
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Maïwenn Movies

  • 1997
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    The Fifth Element

    The Fifth Element

    7.561 1997 HD

    In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

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  • 1988
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    The Other Night

    The Other Night

    1 1988 HD

    When Éric and Marie go to meet their parents at the harbor for the holidays, the latter are victims of an overnight hit-and-run. Marie hides the truth from Éric, investigates the accident alone, and soon finds the presumed culprit.

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  • 2002
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    The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002

    The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002

    7.5 2002 HD

    1. Dreams 2. Linger 3. Zombie 4. Ode To My Family 5. I Can´t Be With You 6. Ridiculous Thoughts 7. Salvation 8. Free To Decide 9. When You´re Gone 10. Promises 11. Animal Instinct 12. Just My Imagination 13. You & Me 14. Analyse 15. Time Is Ticking Out 16. This Is The Day 17. Stars

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  • 2003
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    High Tension

    High Tension

    6.765 2003 HD

    Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.

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  • 2009
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    All About Actresses

    All About Actresses

    5.867 2009 HD

    A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgotten ones... Filming everything, with or without their consent, the director gets caught up in the game and lets herself be devoured by these women, who are as fragile as they are manipulative.

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  • 2023
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    Jeanne du Barry

    Jeanne du Barry

    6.891 2023 HD

    The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.

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  • 2011
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    Polisse

    Polisse

    7.775 2011 HD

    Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.

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  • 1986
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    State of Grace

    State of Grace

    2.333 1986 HD

    She is Florence Vannier-Buchet. Married to Protestant banker Jean-Marc Buchet. Florence leads a major sporting goods company with happiness and firmness. He is Antoine Lombard, Professor, son of a teacher, he is Secretary of State at the Universities. He divides his time between his ministerial activity and his riding in the working class suburb of Chartres. An elected member of the "pink wave". They met during a stormy assembly of the CNPF. The action takes place in 1983. Florence is engaged in a daring industrial and financial operation, while Antoine is putting the finishing touches to a bill for the renovation of Higher Education. Everything separates them and yet they do not manage to live separated from each other ...

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  • 2006
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    Pardonnez-moi

    Pardonnez-moi

    5.75 2006 HD

    Expecting her first child, actress Violette decides to dive deep into her dysfunctional family's history by filming a documentary about them.

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  • 2005
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    The Courage to Love

    The Courage to Love

    5.3 2005 HD

    A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.

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  • 2004
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    Osmosis

    Osmosis

    7 2004 HD

    Abel awash in his conquests phone numbers, Remi raises metaphysical questions about his look, Lucia movie fan obscure authors while its Fab him is he loves boxing. Between party, laundromat and small cafe in the sun chronicle their friendship and their complicity.

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  • 2004
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    Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens

    Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens

    5.6 2004 HD

    Paris, December 1999. A group of Parisians cross paths. A police commissioner madly in love with his colleague's wife, a director looking for a subject. A man who learns that he has lung cancer. A waitress in love with her boss. A wealthy owner of a pizza chain who falls in love with a former member of the Comédie Française when he wanted to buy her castle. Among them, there is also Shaa. She dreams of becoming a singer and starts a duet with Massimo, a street singer of Italian origin. They quickly fall in love with each other. But one day, a producer spots Shaa and offers her a solo career.

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  • 2012
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    Pirate TV

    Pirate TV

    5.305 2012 HD

    It all began when camcorders replaced cameras. Making TV programs then became within everyone's reach. Jean-Lou, Yasmina, Victor, Clara, Adonis, and the others didn't only want to create their own television channel, they above all wanted to make a revolution. Thus Télé Gaucho was born, as anarchic and provocative as the main channels were conformist and reactionary. Five years of mayhem, brutal pirate TV demonstrations, drunken parties, and thwarted love.. And that was my idyllic interlude.

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  • 2022
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    Our Ties

    Our Ties

    6.4 2022 HD

    Moussa has always been gentle, altruistic and present for his family. This is the opposite of his brother Ryad, a TV presenter of great notoriety who is reproached for his selfishness by his entourage. Only Moussa defends him, who has great admiration for his brother. One day Moussa falls and hits his head violently. He suffers a head injury. Unrecognizable, he now speaks without a filter and tells his relatives the truth. He ends up falling out with everyone except Ryad.

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  • 1992
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    La Gamine

    La Gamine

    4.1 1992 HD

    A teen girl is wrongfully suspected for a crime. A former cop helps her to proof her innocence. There's only one problem : her behavior brings the two of them more than once in trouble.

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  • 2013
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    Love Is the Perfect Crime

    Love Is the Perfect Crime

    5.589 2013 HD

    Marc, in his 40s, is a professor of literature at the University of Lausanne. Still a bachelor — and still living with his sister Marianne in a huge, isolated chalet that they inherited when they were very young — he carries on one love affair after another with his students. Winter has almost ended when one of his most brilliant students, Barbara, suddenly disappears. Two days later, Marc meets Barbara’s mother, Anna, who wants to find out more about her vanished daughter.

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  • 2023
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    Neneh Superstar

    Neneh Superstar

    5.848 2023 HD

    Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet School. Despite her enthusiasm, she will have to redouble her efforts to escape from her condition and be accepted by the director of the school, Marianne Bellage, the guarantor of traditions and the bearer of a secret that links her to the little ballerina.

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  • 2024
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    Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

    5.82 2024 HD

    Mathieu owes everything to his friend Vincent : his house, his job, and even his life, ten years ago. With their wives, they are an inseparable quartet, and live the easy life on the French Riviera. But Mathieu discovers Vincent is cheating on his wife.

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  • 1987
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    Double Face

    Double Face

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1994
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    Léon: The Professional

    Léon: The Professional

    8.299 1994 HD

    Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

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  • 2004
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    I'm an actrice

    I'm an actrice

    1 2004 HD

    Baba, a preteen from Belleville, Paris, must deal with her mother's determination to turn her into an actress.

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  • 2017
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    The Price of Success

    The Price of Success

    5.6 2017 HD

    A comedian's relationship with his family crumbles when his career begins to take off.

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  • 1983
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    One Deadly Summer

    One Deadly Summer

    6.9 1983 HD

    In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she's myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon's mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother's sorrows, her father's injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate?

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  • 2001
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    L'Oiseau rare

    L'Oiseau rare

    6 2001 HD

    A woman in her forties takes stock of her past years. She has led a full life, with lots of outings with her friends. She has certainly not had time to be bored and has built the life that suits her. Professionally, she has an interesting job and her friends find her beautiful and funny. The only shadow in this almost idyllic picture is the absence of a child. Unfortunately, she has not yet found the rare pearl who would be a perfect father for her descendants. Determined to remedy the situation, she sets out to find the ideal man. Several male representatives are on the starting line.

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  • 2019
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    All Inclusive

    All Inclusive

    3.927 2019 HD

    A man goes on an all-inclusive vacation to the Caribbean and finds out he must share his room with someone else.

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  • 2021
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    Sisters

    Sisters

    4.912 2021 HD

    For thirty years, French-Algerian sisters Zorah, Nohra and Djamila have been living in the hope of finding their brother Rheda, abducted by their father, and hidden in newly decolonised Algeria. Their relationship is shaken when Zorah, the eldest sister, decides to write a play based on the traumatising events of their childhood that haunted them their whole life. But when they learn that their father is dying, the three sisters decide to go to Algeria to seize their last opportunity to have him reveal where their brother is. When the past catches up, the three sisters have no choice but to put their differences aside.

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  • 1990
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    The Elegant Criminal

    The Elegant Criminal

    4.778 1990 HD

    On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.

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  • 2020
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    The Man in the Hat

    The Man in the Hat

    6 2020 HD

    The Man In The Hat sets off from Marseilles in a small Fiat 500. On the seat beside him is a framed photograph of an unknown woman. Behind him is a 2CV into which is squeezed Five Bald Men. Why are they chasing him? And how can he shake them off? As he travels North through France, he encounters razeteurs, women with stories to tell, bullfights, plenty of delicious food, a damp man, mechanics, nuns, a convention of Chrystallographers and much more, coming face to face with the vivid eccentricities of an old country.

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  • 2020
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    DNA

    DNA

    5.9 2020 HD

    A woman has a close bond with her beloved Algeriann grandfather, who protected her from a toxic home life as a child; his death triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate, revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.

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  • 2021
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    Tralala

    Tralala

    5.55 2021 HD

    A 48-year-old homeless singer and composer receive a cryptic message that makes him believe he has been visited by the Virgin Mary.

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  • 2009
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    All About Actresses

    All About Actresses

    5.867 2009 HD

    A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgotten ones... Filming everything, with or without their consent, the director gets caught up in the game and lets herself be devoured by these women, who are as fragile as they are manipulative.

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  • 2009
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    All About Actresses

    All About Actresses

    5.867 2009 HD

    A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the forgotten ones... Filming everything, with or without their consent, the director gets caught up in the game and lets herself be devoured by these women, who are as fragile as they are manipulative.

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  • 2006
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    Pardonnez-moi

    Pardonnez-moi

    5.75 2006 HD

    Expecting her first child, actress Violette decides to dive deep into her dysfunctional family's history by filming a documentary about them.

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  • 2006
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    Pardonnez-moi

    Pardonnez-moi

    5.75 2006 HD

    Expecting her first child, actress Violette decides to dive deep into her dysfunctional family's history by filming a documentary about them.

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  • 2011
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    Polisse

    Polisse

    7.775 2011 HD

    Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.

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  • 2011
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    Polisse

    Polisse

    7.775 2011 HD

    Paris, France. Fred and his colleagues, members of the BPM, the Police Child Protection Unit, dedicated to pursuing all sorts of offenses committed against the weakest, must endure the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer commissioned to graphically document the daily routine of the team.

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  • 2023
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    Jeanne du Barry

    Jeanne du Barry

    6.891 2023 HD

    The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.

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  • 2022
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    Our Ties

    Our Ties

    6.4 2022 HD

    Moussa has always been gentle, altruistic and present for his family. This is the opposite of his brother Ryad, a TV presenter of great notoriety who is reproached for his selfishness by his entourage. Only Moussa defends him, who has great admiration for his brother. One day Moussa falls and hits his head violently. He suffers a head injury. Unrecognizable, he now speaks without a filter and tells his relatives the truth. He ends up falling out with everyone except Ryad.

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  • 2015
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    My King

    My King

    7.136 2015 HD

    Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.

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  • 2015
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    My King

    My King

    7.136 2015 HD

    Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident. Dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers, she takes time to look back on a turbulent relationship that she experienced with Georgio.

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  • 2023
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    Jeanne du Barry

    Jeanne du Barry

    6.891 2023 HD

    The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.

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  • 2019
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    Perfect Nanny

    Perfect Nanny

    6.025 2019 HD

    When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume her activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they hire Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of children and gradually occupies a central place in the home. Gradually the trap of mutual dependence will close, until the tragedy.

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  • 2019
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    Perfect Nanny

    Perfect Nanny

    6.025 2019 HD

    When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume her activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they hire Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of children and gradually occupies a central place in the home. Gradually the trap of mutual dependence will close, until the tragedy.

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  • 2004
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    I'm an actrice

    I'm an actrice

    1 2004 HD

    Baba, a preteen from Belleville, Paris, must deal with her mother's determination to turn her into an actress.

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  • 2004
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    I'm an actrice

    I'm an actrice

    1 2004 HD

    Baba, a preteen from Belleville, Paris, must deal with her mother's determination to turn her into an actress.

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  • 2020
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    DNA

    DNA

    5.9 2020 HD

    A woman has a close bond with her beloved Algeriann grandfather, who protected her from a toxic home life as a child; his death triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate, revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.

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  • 2020
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    DNA

    DNA

    5.9 2020 HD

    A woman has a close bond with her beloved Algeriann grandfather, who protected her from a toxic home life as a child; his death triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate, revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.

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  • 2006
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    Salut les Terriens !

    Salut les Terriens !

    3.7 2006 HD

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  • 2016
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    Quotidien

    Quotidien

    5.438 2016 HD

    Quotidien is a French television program presented by Yann Barthès and broadcast from September 12, 2016 on TMC.

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  • 1993
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    Zone interdite

    Zone interdite

    5 1993 HD

    For thirty years, Zone Interdite has been the magazine that documents and analyzes the upheavals in French society. Conducted over time, the investigations broadcast in the program reveal the taboos, passions, and struggles of the French people at the heart of current events.

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  • 2018
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    Nox

    Nox

    6.389 2018 HD

    A mother, herself retired from the police, embarks on an underground exploration of Paris to find her daughter, a missing investigator on a mission.

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  • 2006
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    On n'est pas couché

    On n'est pas couché

    4.6 2006 HD

    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.

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  • 1970
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    On n'est pas couché

    On n'est pas couché

    3.857 1970 HD

    Five women and Paris. Five ways of being, crying, screaming and laughing, missing the bus, grinding teeth, enjoying, not enjoying, drinking too much, growing up, resisting, making a child or not, do not wanting to go home... Five ways to love. Five everyday heroines across Paris, from the start of the school year to the Christmas holidays.

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