Niels Arestrup
Acting
Biography
Niels Arestrup was a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His father was Danish and his mother was French. He has won two César Awards for Best Supporting Actor for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté and Un prophète, both films where he was directed by Jacques Audiard.
Born: February 8, 1949
Place of Birth: Montreuil, Seine [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France
Known For
Le Tourbillon des jours
Le Grand Échiquier
See You Up There
In November 1918, a few days before the Armistice, when Lieutenant Pradelle orders a senseless attack, he causes a useless disaster; but his outrageous act also binds the lives of two soldiers who have nothing more in common than the battlefield: Édouard saves Albert, although at a high cost. They become companions in misfortune who will attempt to survive in a changing world. Pradelle, in his own way, does the same.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
A Prophet
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who enforce their rule in the prison. As the 'missions' go by, he toughens himself and wins the confidence of the Corsican group.
Baron Noir
In a tale of epic scale, French politician Philippe Rickwaert thirsts for revenge against his political enemies. Philippe’s political career is in shambles after he is sacrificed by the presidential candidate from the Left, Francis Laugier, in order to save his election. Step by step, Philippe plots against him and forges an alliance with his closest advisor, Amélie Dorendeu.
War Horse
On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, Albert, unable to forget his equine friend, searches the battlefields of France to find Joey and bring him home.
Sarah's Key
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the history of France. She starts digging archives and through Sarah's file discovers a well kept secret about her own in-laws.
Divertimento
Zahia Ziouani, 17, dreams of becoming a conductor, while her twin sister Fettouma hopes to be a professional cellist. They want to make classical music accessible to everyone and create their own orchestra.
Diplomacy
On the night of August 24, 1944, the fate of Paris rests with General von Choltitz, who plans to destroy the city on Hitler's orders. As the general prepares to detonate explosives throughout the capital, Swedish consul Raoul Nordling uses diplomacy in a desperate bid to convince him to defy the orders and save Paris.
Filmography
as Sergiu Celibidache
as Albert Desiderio
as Luc Germon
as Self - Interviewee
as Madman
as Marcel Péricourt
as Walter
as Francis Laugier
as Michel
as Hervé Gerfaut
as Jacques
as Ruben
as Victor Kancel
as General Dietrich von Choltitz
as Claude Maupas
as André Pinget
as Grandfather
as Paul de Marseul
as Thomas Senn
as Bartholomé
as Jules Dufaure
as Vallier
as César Luciani
as Roussin
as Georges
as le professeur Lantier
as Robert Seyr
as Richard
as Le père de Rachel
as Jascha Steg
as Fernando Krapp
as Fabrice Rivail
as Mendizábal
as Claude
as Albert Savarus
as Oskar de Wilno
as Zoltan Szanto
as Danton
as Gastone
as Gregor Keuschnig
as Jean
as William
as Angelo
as Detaix
as Mike
as Nelson
as Mathieu
as Gordon
as Narrator
as Rastignac
as Lopakhine
as Self
as Stan Pilgrim
as Kurt
as Jean
as Dominique Allier, le photographe de la MJC
as André
as Germain
as Le commerçant / Oton
as Vincent
as Léon
as Henri Lanot
as Philippe
as Nano
as Truck Driver
as Rudolph, le secrétaire de Trotski
as Self