Jo Prestia

Acting

Jo Prestia

Born June 5, 1960 · Porto Empedocle (AG), Sicilia, Italia (age 66)

Jo Prestia (born 5 June 1960 in Porto Empedocle) is an Italian born French kick boxer and actor. He appeared in more than seventy films since 1996 and is best known for his performance as Le Tenia in the controversial 2002 film, Irréversible. Source: Article "Jo Prestia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

IrreversibleIrreversible · 2002
Irreversible
★ 7.22002
MovieDramaThriller
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim of a rapist. Because some acts can’t be undone. Because man is an animal. Because the desire for vengeance is a natural impulse. Because most crimes remain unpunished.
36th Precinct36th Precinct · 2004
36th Precinct
★ 6.92004
MovieCrimeDrama
In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.
Femme FataleFemme Fatale · 2002
Femme Fatale
★ 6.22002
MovieMysteryCrime
A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.
Alibi.comAlibi.com · 2017
Alibi.com
★ 6.52017
MovieComedyFamily
Greg founded a company called Alibi.com that creates any type of alibi. With his associate, Augustin, and Medhi his new employee, they devise unstoppable stratagems and stagings to cover their clients. But meeting Flo, a pretty blonde who hates men who lie, will complicate Greg's life, which begins by hiding the true nature of his activity. During the presentation to parents, Greg understands that Gérard, the father of Flo, is also one of their clients.
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the ApocalypseCrimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse · 2004
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
★ 6.12004
MovieActionThriller
No one is safe when seemingly random killings emerge as a deadly pattern intended to usher in the end of the world. A murder victim with the same DNA as Christ. A serial killer mimicking the deaths of the 12 Apostles. Inspector Niemans and a young, rebellious detective team up with a beautiful expert in religion to crack the case before their elusive suspect completes the cycle of terror, paving the way to an even bigger bloody catastrophe.
The TakedownThe Takedown · 2022
The Takedown
★ 6.12022
MovieComedyAction
Ousmane Diakité and François Monge are two cops with very different styles, backgrounds and careers. The unlikely pair are reunited once again for a new investigation that takes them across France. What seemed to be a simple drug deal turns out to be a much bigger criminal case wrapped in danger and unexpected comedy.
AresAres · 2016
Ares
★ 6.02016
MovieScience FictionDrama
In a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of TV broadcast ultra brutal fights in which the players are legally doped and unscrupulous.
13 Tzameti13 Tzameti · 2006
13 Tzameti
★ 7.12006
MovieActionThriller
Sebastian, a young man, has decided to follow instructions intended for someone else, without knowing where they will take him. Something else he does not know is that Gerard Dorez, a cop on a knife-edge, is tailing him. When he reaches his destination, Sebastian falls into a degenerate, clandestine world of mental chaos behind closed doors in which men gamble on the lives of others men.

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The Blonde with Bare BreastsThe Blonde with Bare Breasts · 2010
The Blonde with Bare Breasts
★ 5.12010
MovieComedyDrama
Julian, 25, and Louis, 12, are two brothers who work and live on a barge in the centre of Paris. They transport gravel and resort to petty crime to make ends meet. They have grown up alone and now they are inseparable, wedded to a life on the river. A receiver of stolen goods offers them the opportunity of a lifetime, to steal a painting by Manet from the Musée d'Orsay. Louis takes charge of the theft and, against the odds, he succeeds in removing it from the gallery and taking it aboard his barge. Rosalie, a museum guard, follows Louis to his home and confronts him. After a fight, the two brothers secure Rosalie in the hold of their boat and make a quick getaway. Later, Rosalie emerges from her hidey hole and makes the brothers an unexpected offer...

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