Patrick Chesnais

Patrick Chesnais

March 18, 1947 · 79 years old

Patrick Chesnais (born 18 March 1947) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen. In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance…

Known For

17 titles
1
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007 · 1h 52m · Movie

The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.

8.0
2
The Emperor of Paris

The Emperor of Paris

2018 · 2h 0m · Movie

Vidocq escapes captivity in 1805; years later he's a fabric merchant in Paris under an alias. He makes a deal of amnesty for catching criminals. He builds an efficient team of ex-cons to catch or kill them.

6.3
3
Le code a changé

Le code a changé

2009 · 1h 40m · Movie

So called friends at a dinner party end up acting like a dysfunctional family.

5.8
4
Bright Days Ahead

Bright Days Ahead

2013 · 1h 34m · Movie

Caroline has retired and realizes that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood's senior club - Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge.

6.3
5
The Reader

The Reader

1988 · 1h 38m · Movie

A multi-faceted film based on Raymond Jean's novel "La Lectrice". Constance (Miou-Miou) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover. Inspired by the story of Marie, a woman who advertises her services as a reader of literature, Cons...

7.0
6
You Will Be My Son

You Will Be My Son

2011 · 1h 42m · Movie

Paul has no faith in his son, Martin, to inherit his prestigious family wine estate. Paul dreams of a harder-working, successful son - a dream that one day seemingly materializes when he meets Philippe, the son of his dying estate...

6.9
7
In Gold We Trust

In Gold We Trust

2010 · 1h 40m · Movie

A group of adventurers make off with 600 kilograms of gold in French Guiana, but when their helicopter crashes in the jungle, gold fever takes over.

4.5
8
Kennedy et moi

Kennedy et moi

1999 · 1h 26m · Movie

In the midst of a midlife crisis, writer Simon Polaris no longer wants to write. One day, his psychoanalyst told him that he had the watch that John F Kennedy would have worn on the day of his death. This watch becomes a fixation ...

6.6
9
After Sex

After Sex

1997 · 1h 37m · Movie

The end of an affair from the woman's point of view.

5.7
10
The Maiden and the Wolves

The Maiden and the Wolves

2008 · 1h 50m · Movie

At the end of World War I, 20 year-old Angèle is determined to become the first woman veterinarian. Her life is an adventurous one and she becomes the object of ruthless rivalry between the man she is supposed to marry, a visionar...

6.1
11
Lui

Lui

2021 · 1h 28m · Movie

Lacking inspiration, a composer isolates himself at a desolate house, on a small island, in Brittany. There he finds an old piano and receives visits from people who won't let him rest.

5.1
12
Adopt a Daddy

Adopt a Daddy

2019 · 1h 39m · Movie

Damien is an educator in primary school. When a kid is about to be expelled out of the country with his mother, he decides to tell the authorities he's the father and convinces his lawyer sister and his best friend Rudy to join th...

5.5
13
The List of My Desires

The List of My Desires

2014 · 1h 34m · Movie

When Jocelyne, a seamstress in the northern French town of Arras, finds out she's won EUR18 million on the lottery and that she can now have anything she wants, she only has one fear: losing her modest way of life made up of simpl...

5.4
15
Les naufragés de l'île de la Tortue

Les naufragés de l'île de la Tortue

1976 · 2h 20m · Movie

Jean-Arthur has been working as a clerk in a travel agency. One day, he, along with his colleague comes to a brilliant idea: what if I offer tourists real extreme recreation? So the group of tourists land on a deserted island with...

6.5
16
Blanche and Marie

Blanche and Marie

1985 · 1h 32m · Movie

A little town in the north of France, 1941. Blanche has three children. She worries about her husband Victor, who often goes out at night. Actually, Victor belongs to the Resistance. Soon, Blanche will be a resistant too. In the n...

5.9
17
Premier voyage

Premier voyage

1980 · 1h 30m · Movie

Marie, a teenager, and her little brother Vincent, five years old, have just lost their mother. They decide to send a telegram to their father who has abandoned them for a long time, and go together to find him.

5.7