Jean-François Balmer
Acting
Biography
Jean-François Balmer (born 18 April 1946 in Valangin) is a Swiss actor. He has worked extensively in French cinema, television and stage productions since the early 1970s. Source: Article "Jean-François Balmer" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Born: April 18, 1946
Place of Birth: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Known For
The French Revolution
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
Les Poneys sauvages
The French Revolution
A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.
My Chinese Sister
In 1977, one year after Mao died, a French man ( played by Alain Bashung) comes back to China to work as a school teacher with his daughter. He quickly ignores the interdiction of getting in touch with Chinese people and finds himself drawn into mysterious meetings at the Red Pavilion. MY CHINESE SISTER is a movie about pretense and the mystification of reality.
Lou Didn’t Say No
Moments and aspects of the life of a contemporary married couple undergoing a metamorphosis.
In the House
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
The Night Caller
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.
It's Not Me
This free-form film is a self-portrait, which revisits more than 40 years of the author’s filmography and questions the major stations of his life, while capturing the political tremors of the time.
La Lumière des étoiles mortes
June 1940. The Wechrmacht appropriates the houses in which are living Pierre, his wife Magdeleine, their son Charles, their two servants Louise and Lea, and Mademoiselle, the beautiful jewish governess.
Spender
Jimmy Nail plays tough cop Spender, forced to return to his native Newcastle after a failed undercover operation in London. He uses tough and unconventional methods to tackle the criminal underworld, but he must also deal with the friends, enemies and family he left behind, and never expected to return to. Sammy Johnson played Spender's sidekick Stick, while Denise Welch played Spender's wife.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Comte Henri de Pourtalès
as Léon
as Mathieu Ory
as Amato
as Adi Lipp
as Narrator
as Jacques Marechal
as Monsieur Ventura
as Leon
as Jean Garcin
as Gerry
as Le proviseur
as Richard Wagner
as M. Chanteau
as Le directeur de la DST
as Georges Pompidou
as Monsieur le curé
as Pierre Hautefort
as Le gouverneur
as Don Rinaldo
as Lucifer
as Maître Voland (segment "Merde")
as Sacha Guitry
as Adolphe Thuillier
as Gaspacho
as Boldi
as Henri Rolland
as M. Charles
as Albert
as Treffle
as Bertrand Faussier
as Hector
as Racine
as Paul Gontier
as Le président du tribunal
as Uncle Adolphe
as commandant Philippe Rovère
as Self
as Monsieur K
as Reynaud
as Bruckmann
as Jean Denamur, le censeur
as Sartine
as (voice)
as John Billeter, aka JB
as Paul Bricou
as Pierre
as Inspector Calliere
as Père Siegler
as Albert
as AFP Employee
as Charles Bovary
as Inspector Calliere
as Louis XVI
as Estragon
as Louis XVI
as Abbot Bérenger Saunière, vicar of Rennes-le-Château
as M. Jean
as Miller
as Albert
as Captain Pierre Clément
as Paul Murneau
as Arnaud
as Jeff Garcia
as Eugène Tarpon
as Dr. Cottard
as Paul Planchet
as Barry Roots
as François-Albert
as Self
as Paul Belais
as Second inspector
as L'abbé Jouve
as Inspector Georges Massard
as Monestier
as André, le menuisier
as Work colleague of Georges
as Clavaroche
as Inspector Waldeck
as Big Boss
as Pottier
as Julien Dallas, student
as Self
as (uncredited)
as Vischenko
as Raymond Dax