Valérie Kaprisky

Acting

Valérie Kaprisky

Born August 19, 1962 · Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France (age 64)

Valérie Kaprisky (née Chérès; born 19 August 1962) is a French actress. She was born Valerie Chérès on 19 August 1962 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Kaprisky is her Polish mother's maiden name. She is of Greek-Ottoman and Argentine descent on her father's side. When she was eight years old, her family moved to Cannes, where she discovered the Cannes film festival and decided to become an actress. At 17, s…

Known For

The Public WomanThe Public Woman · 1984
The Public Woman
6.01984
MovieDrama
An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky's 'The Possessed'. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into commiting a political assassination.
The Last MercenaryThe Last Mercenary · 2021
The Last Mercenary
6.42021
MovieActionComedy
A legendary secret service agent comes out of hiding and returns to France to help the son he's never met get out of trouble.
BreathlessBreathless · 1983
Breathless
5.91983
MovieRomanceDrama
Jesse, a small-time criminal, high-tails it to Los Angeles to rendezvous with a French exchange student. Stealing a car and accidentally killing a highway patrolman, he becomes the most wanted fugitive in L.A.
My Friend the TraitorMy Friend the Traitor · 1988
My Friend the Traitor
6.41988
MovieDramaThriller
After the end of World War II, a collaborationist seeks redemption.
Year of the JellyfishYear of the Jellyfish · 1984
Year of the Jellyfish
5.81984
MovieThrillerDrama
Chris, a sexy teenager who appears mostly bare-breasted on the French Riviera, has a crush on Romain, her mother's lover. In reaction to her inability to attract his attention, she experiments with other risque affairs.
The GypsyThe Gypsy · 1986
The Gypsy
4.41986
MovieRomanceComedy
Hubert Durieux is a banker in a small French town who is struggling to keep up with the demands of all the women in his life. Just when things couldn’t get any worse, his precious white Citroën is stolen under his eyes by a beautiful gypsy girl, Mona.
Desire in MotionDesire in Motion · 1994
Desire in Motion
4.71994
MovieRomanceDrama
During the long train ride from Montreal to Vancouver, a man and woman find themselves increasingly attracted to each other.
MilenaMilena · 1991
Milena
4.31991
MovieDrama
Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.

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