Denis Lavant
Acting
Biography
Denis Lavant (born June 17, 1961) is a French film actor known for his distinctive face and the physically demanding aspects of the roles he plays, which often involve slapstick, acrobatics or dance, as well as for his long-standing association with director Leos Carax. Lavant has played the lead role in all but one of Carax's films. Lavant is also known for his starring roles in Claire Denis' Beau Travail and Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely, which features Carax in a supporting role.
Born: June 17, 1961
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For
After Midnight
A fancy dress ball takes place in a strange palace. The host is unknown. The theme: "your idea of human representation”. During the course of this mysterious and rather frightening evening, each guest is transformed into his own character and the intrigue thickens.
The Boy Who Owns the World
Basilio lives in an abandoned villa in Sicily with his mysterious elderly mentor Casimir who is to help him find true poetry. In this villa, he tries to translate the symbols of his inner world into music. One day, Basilio meets equally strange Karla whose life already seems mysteriously intertwined with his. The symbolism of the world around them leads to an unexpected discovery.
Language Does Not Lie
Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a professor of literature in Dresden, was Jewish; through the efforts of his wife, he survived the war. From 1933 when Hitler came to power to the war's end, he kept a journal paying attention to the Nazis' use of words. This film takes the end of 1945 as its vantage point, with a narrator looking back as if Klemperer reads from his journal. He examines the use of simple words like "folk," "eternal," and "to live." Interspersed are personal photographs, newsreel footage of Reich leaders and of life in Germany then, and a few other narrative devices. Although he's dispassionate, Klemperer's fear and dread resonate
Two Night Owls in Paris
Near the oldest bridge in Paris, the Pont-Neuf, Camille, a second-hand bookseller, crosses paths with Paul, an Eiffel Tower trinket seller. Over the course of one night, these two young souls give in to the captivating rhythm of the City of Light.
Bacon-Freud, face à face
Tell Me Iggy
This new intimate documentary looks at the extraordinary journey of the 75-year-old American rocker, who has come back from everything, and especially from the worst, but with his capacity for wonder intact.
Silver Skates
1899, the Christmas-time St.Petersburg. Ice-covered rivers and canals of the capital seethe with festive activities. On the eve of the new century those who should not be destined to meet, come together. They are people from different worlds: Matvey, the son of a lamplighter, whose only treasure is his silver-plated skates; Alice is the daughter of a high-ranking official dreaming of science. Each of them has his own difficult life-story, but having accidentally met they rush forward together in pursuit of their dreams.
The Lovers on the Bridge
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.
A Very Long Engagement
Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.
The Little Murders of Agatha Christie
French adaptations of the stories by Agatha Christie.
Filmography
as Karl-Göran Persson
as Rob
as Salamano
as (Archive footage)
as Reda
as Voix-off
as The prisoner
as Jacques
as Le bouquiniste
as Monsieur Merde
as Kasimir
as Prophet
as Jules
as Père de Guillaume
as Narrator (French)
as Self
as Galoup
as Narrator (voice)
as Franco Fontane
as Self
as Le politicien
as Commandant de Royer
as Climby
as Maurice Sanders
as Silence
as Fourier
as Gérard
as Le Narrateur
as Psychiatrist
as Monsieur Loyal
as Kamal
as Barman
as Jack
as Alberto
as Maillard
as Scaramouche
as Marat
as Damien
as Doctor de Chomo
as Fisherman Poet
as Alfred
as Allen
as Self
as Chiron, le centaure
as Pierre Carnot
as Louis-Ferdinand Céline
as L'Inconnu
as André
as Koenig
as Karl-Ludwig
as Antoine
as Jacques Austerlitz
as Voice
as Pierre Schulmann
as Self (uncredited)
as Poddubny's Coach
as Dragon
as Self
as Otto Hoffmann
as The Theologist
as Self
as Marc
as Clochard
as Marcel Dassault
as Self
as Elliot
as Mr. Oscar / Banker / Beggar / Father / Accordionist / Killer
as Jean Kepler
as Self
as The ogre
as Ernst
as Count Korzybski
as Merde
as (voice)
as André Custe
as Merde' (segment "Merde")
as Capitaine Achab
as Charlie Chaplin
as Gerrard Ames
as Blaise
as Narrator (voice)
as Six-Soux
as Ryu
as reader
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Love
as The Driver
as Le joker
as Stephane
as Galoup
as Anton
as L'auto-stoppeur
as Yann Kerebel
as Pierrot
as Emil
as Denis
as Max
as Alex
as Pierre
as Berville
as Alex
as Simon Lerner's patient
as Alex
as Caviar delivery man
as (voice)
as Wanderer
as Un militaire
as Montparnasse
as Joe
as Waster
as (voice)