Serge Moati

Acting

Serge Moati

Born August 17, 1946 · Tunis, Tunisia (age 79)

Serge Moati (born Henry Moati; 17 August 1946) is a French journalist, television presenter, film director and writer. He is the brother of Nine Moati, author of the novel Les Belles de Tunis. As is his sister, Serge Moati is a French citizen, with Tunisian-Jewish origins. He is the father of the actor Félix Moati. Moati was formerly a political consultant/public relations manager for François Mi…

Known For

The 400 BlowsThe 400 Blows · 1959
The 400 Blows
8.01959
MovieDrama
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
États d'âmeÉtats d'âme · 1986
États d'âme
7.01986
MovieComedyDrama
In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is a television broadcaster; the others are a teacher about to become an academic inspector, a tax man, the director of a cultural center, and a sociologist who is about to step into a ministerial position. Their interlocking lives are told in alternating vignettes over a four-year period, and the professions director Jacques Fansten has chosen for his main characters seem to be a comment on the media, education, budget or finance, the arts, and government bureaucracy under Socialist rule.
The PrincipalThe Principal · 2003
The Principal
6.32003
MovieComedyFamily
François, director of a primary school, teaches third graders. It's a demanding position, leaving him little time for his private life. But he is committed. At the beginning of the school year, his daughter has come to stay with him. Laura is 14 and has arrived from Tahiti with her mother for the first time after his separation, shaking up his calm existence. In the school courtyard, behind the playful games and laughter of the kids, their cries mask problems they struggle with on a day to day basis. Francois is more than a teacher, he's a friend and a protector.
Le Pen : Secrets, pardons et trahisonsLe Pen : Secrets, pardons et trahisons · 2019
Le Pen : Secrets, pardons et trahisons
6.02019
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Investigation into the Le Pen family, which has been a prominent presence on the political stage for three generations, with two of its members reaching the second round of the presidential election.
JésusJésus · 1999
Jésus
9.51999
MovieHistory
Evocation of the life of Jesus Christ.
Golden NightGolden Night · 1976
Golden Night
5.11976
MovieDramaThriller
After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel returns from the dead and sets about getting revenge on his family members. He sends each one a voodoo doll, warning of their fate. Wandering over the streets of Paris, Michel is the haunted and hunted, as he himself hunts his villainous kin.
Le Conseil Constitutionnel en temps de présidentielleLe Conseil Constitutionnel en temps de présidentielle · 2022
Le Conseil Constitutionnel en temps de présidentielle
2022
MovieDocumentary
The Constitutional Council, a prestigious institution, opens its doors to Serge Moati's cameras during the presidential election.
Capitaines des ténèbresCapitaines des ténèbres · 2006
Capitaines des ténèbres
10.02006
MovieDrama
In 1899, a French military column, led by Captains Julien Chanoine and Paul Voulet, set out to conquer Lake Chad in order to unite the French colonial empire. The two captains were violent and ruthless towards the local populations and their colonial soldiers. The Voulet-Chanoine mission sinks further and further into unknown Niger territory while the lack of food supplies is felt. Little by little, Voulet falls into a megalomaniac delirium.

Movies

The 400 BlowsThe 400 Blows · 1959
The 400 Blows
8.01959
MovieDrama
For young Parisian boy Antoine Doinel, life is one difficult situation after another. Surrounded by inconsiderate adults, including his neglectful parents, Antoine spends his days with his best friend, Rene, trying to plan for a better life. When one of their schemes goes awry, Antoine ends up in trouble with the law, leading to even more conflicts with unsympathetic authority figures.
États d'âmeÉtats d'âme · 1986
États d'âme
7.01986
MovieComedyDrama
In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is a television broadcaster; the others are a teacher about to become an academic inspector, a tax man, the director of a cultural center, and a sociologist who is about to step into a ministerial position. Their interlocking lives are told in alternating vignettes over a four-year period, and the professions director Jacques Fansten has chosen for his main characters seem to be a comment on the media, education, budget or finance, the arts, and government bureaucracy under Socialist rule.
The PrincipalThe Principal · 2003
The Principal
6.32003
MovieComedyFamily
François, director of a primary school, teaches third graders. It's a demanding position, leaving him little time for his private life. But he is committed. At the beginning of the school year, his daughter has come to stay with him. Laura is 14 and has arrived from Tahiti with her mother for the first time after his separation, shaking up his calm existence. In the school courtyard, behind the playful games and laughter of the kids, their cries mask problems they struggle with on a day to day basis. Francois is more than a teacher, he's a friend and a protector.
Le Pen : Secrets, pardons et trahisonsLe Pen : Secrets, pardons et trahisons · 2019
Le Pen : Secrets, pardons et trahisons
6.02019
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Investigation into the Le Pen family, which has been a prominent presence on the political stage for three generations, with two of its members reaching the second round of the presidential election.
JésusJésus · 1999
Jésus
9.51999
MovieHistory
Evocation of the life of Jesus Christ.
Golden NightGolden Night · 1976
Golden Night
5.11976
MovieDramaThriller
After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel returns from the dead and sets about getting revenge on his family members. He sends each one a voodoo doll, warning of their fate. Wandering over the streets of Paris, Michel is the haunted and hunted, as he himself hunts his villainous kin.
Le Conseil Constitutionnel en temps de présidentielleLe Conseil Constitutionnel en temps de présidentielle · 2022
Le Conseil Constitutionnel en temps de présidentielle
2022
MovieDocumentary
The Constitutional Council, a prestigious institution, opens its doors to Serge Moati's cameras during the presidential election.
Capitaines des ténèbresCapitaines des ténèbres · 2006
Capitaines des ténèbres
10.02006
MovieDrama
In 1899, a French military column, led by Captains Julien Chanoine and Paul Voulet, set out to conquer Lake Chad in order to unite the French colonial empire. The two captains were violent and ruthless towards the local populations and their colonial soldiers. The Voulet-Chanoine mission sinks further and further into unknown Niger territory while the lack of food supplies is felt. Little by little, Voulet falls into a megalomaniac delirium.
Edwige Feuillère en scèneEdwige Feuillère en scène · 1992
Edwige Feuillère en scène
7.01992
MovieComedy
On stage, the actress talks about her life in the 20th-century French theatre, the great authors she played and the famous stage directors of the time who directed her.
Crossed TracksCrossed Tracks · 2007
Crossed Tracks
6.72007
MovieDramaThriller
The successful novelist Judith Ralitzer is interrogated in the police station about the disappearance of her ghost-writer. A serial-killer escapes from a prison in Paris. A missing school teacher leaves his wife and children. In the road, the annoying and stressed hairdresser Hughette is left in a gas station by her fiancé Paul while driving to the poor farm of her family in the country. A mysterious man offers a ride to her and she invites him to assume the identity of Paul during 24 hours to not disappoint her mother. Who might be the unknown man and what is real and what is fiction?
One Day You'll UnderstandOne Day You'll Understand · 2008
One Day You'll Understand
5.82008
MovieDramaTV Movie
A man endeavors to collect memories of his grandparents who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
The Boy SoldierThe Boy Soldier · 1981
The Boy Soldier
7.41981
MovieDramaWar
In the 1930s a young fellow, Simon Chalumet, is sent to a military school by his overbearing father, an ex-soldier who has little sympathy for his son's more gentle temperament, or for his interest in films.
17 Girls17 Girls · 2011
17 Girls
5.52011
MovieDrama
When Camille accidentally becomes pregnant, she encourages her friends and fellow high school classmates to follow suit. It's only a matter of time, before seventeen girls in the high school are pregnant and the town is thrown into a world of chaos.
Rossel et la commune de ParisRossel et la commune de Paris · 1977
Rossel et la commune de Paris
1977
MovieDocumentary
The Nude VampireThe Nude Vampire · 1970
The Nude Vampire
4.91970
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A young man falls in love with a beautiful woman being chased by sinister masked figures at night. He tries to track her down, and learns she's being held captive by his father and colleagues who believe she's a vampire.
The summer of all sorrowsThe summer of all sorrows · 1989
The summer of all sorrows
1989
Movie
Algeria, summer 1961. François, 11, believes in the imminence of the end of the world. He tries to ward off fate with a prayer: “Make my parents come back. I am alone. I'm afraid"
Roses on CreditRoses on Credit · 2010
Roses on Credit
4.62010
MovieRomanceDrama
A young couple marry in France in the 1940s and the film follows the arc of their marriage over the next decade. As France recovers from the trauma of the war, the wife finds herself increasingly caught up in acquiring material possessions while the husband prefers a more traditional lifestyle.
Mon enfant, ma mèreMon enfant, ma mère · 1981
Mon enfant, ma mère
1981
MovieDramaTV Movie
Mitterrand à VichyMitterrand à Vichy · 2008
Mitterrand à Vichy
2008
MovieTV MovieDrama
The dark years, those of war. This film, which combines fiction and archives, tells the story of the unusual trajectory of a young man from the provinces. Prisoner of war, escaped at the age of 24, he found himself in Vichy, capital of the French state. A convinced Pétainist, he will become a leading resistance fighter.
Poorly Extinguished FiresPoorly Extinguished Fires · 1994
Poorly Extinguished Fires
8.01994
MovieDrama
A French army journalist bears witness to the atrocities of the Algerian war in 1962 in this gripping French war movie. It is based on the 1967 novel by Philippe Labro. The film begins in Paris as Jerome Carier, ready to embark to Algiers, is beaten and questioned about the politically sensitive photographs he has. The photos were sent to him by Francois, a friend stationed in Algiers. Francoise is trying to get the French and the Algerians to reconcile. Jerome arrives in the war-torn country and finds himself faced with unbelievable carnage. The French are behind most of it. Because he took the pictures, Francois life is in jeopardy. He is murdered and Jerome finds himself attracted to his girl friend, a radio station announcer. The film contains graphic pictures of the slaughter.
47,3 % - Coulisses d'une campagne47,3 % - Coulisses d'une campagne
47,3 % - Coulisses d'une campagne
MovieDocumentary
Une femme dans la tourmenteUne femme dans la tourmente · 1995
Une femme dans la tourmente
8.01995
MovieTV Movie
Michèle is the new French consul in a South American country. She quickly discovers that the government is, in fact, a dictatorship. Moreover, her seventeen-year-old daughter is involved in the revolution against the regime.
SaphoSapho · 1997
Sapho
10.01997
MovieDramaTV Movie
The tumultuous affair between a young man and a woman twenty-five years his senior.
Le SagouinLe Sagouin · 1972
Le Sagouin
8.51972
MovieDrama
In the 1930s, in a village in Gironde, Guillou, a young boy in need of affection, nicknamed the Sagouin, unhappy and in need of affection, leads a life of anguish and sadness in a sinister castle. He exasperates his mother who sees in him only the hated reflection of a husband she only married to become a baroness. Thanks to the kindness of the village teacher, Guillou glimpses for a moment the existence of another world, of gentleness and tenderness.

TV Shows

L'InvitéL'Invité · 2002
L'Invité
4.52002
Series
The show features an interview with a famous personality from the world of politics, economics or culture.
Les Rendez-vous du dimancheLes Rendez-vous du dimanche · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
6.01975
Series
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
InfrarougeInfrarouge · 2006
Infrarouge
6.02006
SeriesDocumentary
French current affair show
The World in FrontThe World in Front · 1987
The World in Front
9.71987
SeriesDocumentary
Weekly current affairs show
MafiosaMafiosa · 2006
Mafiosa
7.02006
SeriesDrama
By the will of her dead uncle who was murdered Sandra Paoli is propelled to the head of a powerful mafia clan. She becomes a respected, but also hated, woman in a world of men, murder and criminality.
The Unexpected GetawayThe Unexpected Getaway · 2012
The Unexpected Getaway
8.52012
Series
In each episode, 3 celebrities who have never met go on a 24-hour break in the countryside. A moment out of time to meet and talk about love, friendship, life with its obstacles and surprises.
Les Cent Livres des HommesLes Cent Livres des Hommes · 1970
Les Cent Livres des Hommes
10.01970
SeriesDocumentary
Les Cent Livres des Hommes (ORTF, 1969-1973) was a series of literary programs created by Claude Santelli and Françoise Verny, and produced notably by Santelli, Jean Archimbaud, and Serge Moati. Planned for one hundred episodes but completed at thirty-nine, the series aimed to introduce great literary works, 'chefs-d’œuvre', to a younger audience through a mix of dramatization, reading, and documentary techniques. It marked a transfer of cultural legitimacy from writers and critics to a generation of television producers, offering a new model of educational and creative literary broadcasting - 'télévision d’auteur'.
Le Pain noirLe Pain noir · 1974
Le Pain noir
7.51974
SeriesDrama
Regards d'enfanceRegards d'enfance · 1993
Regards d'enfance
10.01993
SeriesDrama
Face à face pour l'ÉlyséeFace à face pour l'Élysée · 2021
Face à face pour l'Élysée
9.02021
SeriesDocumentary
Élysée 2012, la vraie campagneÉlysée 2012, la vraie campagne · 2011
Élysée 2012, la vraie campagne
2011
Series