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Kim Chapiron

Born July 4, 1980 · Paris, France (age 46)

Kim Chapiron (born 4 July 1980) is a French film director, screenwriter, and musician of Vietnamese descent. Of Vietnamese origin by his mother, Chapiron is the son of graphic designer Christian Chapiron, better known as Kiki Picasso, and the brother of singer and stylist Mai Lan. In 1995, he created the collective "Kourtrajmé" with the director Romain Gavras.

Known For

Dog PoundDog Pound · 2010
Dog Pound
7.22010
MovieDrama
Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
The World Is YoursThe World Is Yours · 2018
The World Is Yours
6.72018
MovieComedyCrime
To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.
SatanSatan · 2006
Satan
5.82006
MovieComedyHorror
A group of young people leave a disco and bump into a shepherd who is ready to spend his night worshipping Satan.
Smart AssSmart Ass · 2014
Smart Ass
6.02014
MovieComedyDrama
Kelly, Dan and Louis are students at a prestigious business school, destined to become tomorrow's elite. The industrious trio are determined to start putting their education into practise from the off in an attempt to make as much money as they can from their fellow students. Working on the theory that relationships between the sexes can be regulated by market principles, they begin to inflate the popularity of certain individuals artificially, by hiring beautiful and sexy off-campus women as their dates for exclusive and riotous college parties. However their perfect business model soon spirals out of control as their moneymaking scheme takes off in a big way across campus.
Our Day Will ComeOur Day Will Come · 2010
Our Day Will Come
6.22010
MovieDramaComedy
Redheaded teen Remy is bullied by his soccer teammates and drawn into fights with his younger sister and mother in their cramped apartment. After a flare-up of domestic violence, he flees home and is tracked down by a bitter guidance counselor, Patrick, also a redhead. Patrick looks upon Remy’s sullen insolence with both sympathy and disdain and decides to toughen him up...
Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2 · 2001
Tarubi, l'arabe strait 2
2001
Movie
La barbichetteLa barbichette · 2002
La barbichette
7.42002
MovieComedy
MercyMercy · 2023
Mercy
5.42023
MovieDrama
Ali is a 14-year-old teenager on the loose. To give him a proper education, his single mother sends him to a madrassa in Mali. When Ali comes back ten years later, he is a completely changed young man in his twenties. He has received a pious religious education and his deep knowledge of Islam makes him the perfect candidate to be the local Imam of his city, despite his young age and the doubts of his mother. His modern views and charisma quickly make him popular amongst his Muslim community, until his will to do good meets his new ambition.

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GuyaneGuyane · 2017
Guyane
6.32017
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
Vincent, a 20-year old geology student from Paris, goes to French Guyana to do an internship at a gold mining company. Taken under the wing of local gold lord Antoine Serra, Vincent quickly falls into the much more lucrative and dangerous world of gold trafficking. From Serra, who acts like a father to him, Vincent learns everything there is to know about the business. Newcomers aren't welcome - Louis, Serra's right hand, makes it clear that he does not trust him. Vincent and Serra start building a camp to explore a gold mine, but tensions rise to a full-fledged war between them and their Brazilian competitors. And things get even more complicated when Vincent discovers that the mythical Sarah Bernhard mine is not a legend. The Guyanese jungle is a world where businessmen, gangsters, geologists and soldiers collide, and men kill and are killed for a few grams of the precious metal.

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