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François Bégaudeau

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François Bégaudeau

Born April 27, 1971 · Luçon, Vendée, France (age 55)

François Bégaudeau (born 27 April 1971) is a French writer, journalist, and actor. He is best known for co-writing and starring in Entre les murs (2008), a film based on his 2006 novel of the same name. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. He was born in Luçon, Vendée, France and was a member …

Known For

Mektoub, My Love: Canto UnoMektoub, My Love: Canto Uno · 2018
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
★ 6.72018
MovieRomanceDrama
Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer, in Sète, South of France. It is a time of reconnecting with his family and his childhood friends. Together with his cousin Tony and his best friend Ophélie, he spends his time between the Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches frequented by girls on holiday.
Mektoub, My Love: IntermezzoMektoub, My Love: Intermezzo · 2019
Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo
★ 4.42019
MovieComedyDrama
Summer is coming to an end, Amin and his friends meet Marie, a young parisian student.
The ClassThe Class · 2008
The Class
★ 7.02008
MovieDrama
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Mektoub, My Love: Canto DueMektoub, My Love: Canto Due · 2025
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
★ 6.12025
MovieRomanceDrama
Amin returns to Sète after studying in Paris, still dreaming of cinema. By chance, an American producer on vacation takes an interest in his project and wants his wife, Jess, to play the lead role. But fate, whimsical as ever, has its own rules.
Visiting HoursVisiting Hours · 2024
Visiting Hours
★ 5.82024
MovieDrama
Alma, alone in her big townhouse, and Mina, a single mother from a housing project in another city, have organized their lives around the prison visits they make to their respective partners. When the two women meet in the room outside the visiting area, an unlikely friendship begins...
Un homme d'ÉtatUn homme d'État · 2016
Un homme d'État
★ 4.02016
MovieDrama
Just a few weeks before elections, the outgoing President of Republic, Jean François Vanier (Patrick Braoudé), is at the lowest in the polls, leader of the most powerful right wing party he is trying to find a mainstay.
Max & LennyMax & Lenny · 2015
Max & Lenny
★ 5.22015
MovieDrama
Max and Lenny is the story of a friendship between two girls fighting for survival in a northern area of Marseille.
Ne soyez pas vous-mêmeNe soyez pas vous-même · 2023
Ne soyez pas vous-même
2023
MovieDocumentary
A portrait of the Larrieu brothers at work shot during the post-production of their film Tralala.

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