''Actors'' (original title: ''Les Acteurs'') is a 2000 French comedy film directed by

Bertrand Blier Bertrand Blier (; born 14 March 1939) is a French film director and writer. His 1978 film '' Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards. He is the son of famous French actor Bern ...

Plot

A collection of portraits of actors (exclusively men, with the exception of

Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice. Career One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...

interpreting

André Dussollier André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as fi ...

) who meet and tell their stories in a more or less structured manner. They describe their craft with a certain ironic distance.

Cast

Pierre Arditi Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is a French actor. He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi. Life and career Born in Paris, his father was the painter Georges Arditi, from Marseille of Jewish descent, and his mother Yvonne ...

as himself *

Claude Rich Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955. Personal life He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters, ...

as himself *

as André Dussollier 2 *

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

as himself *

François Berléand François Berléand (; born 22 April 1952) is a French actor. He plays Gilles Triquet, the officer manager and equivalent of David Brent in ''Le Bureau'', the French version of ''The Office'', produced by Canal+. He also appeared in the 2002 fil ...

as François Nègre *

Dominique Blanc Dominique Blanc (born 25 April 1956) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' May Fools'' (1990), '' Indochine'' (1992), '' La Reine Margot'' (1994), ''Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train'' (1998), and '' The Other One'' ...

as Geneviève *

Claude Brasseur Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. Life and career Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of E ...

as himself * Jean-Claude Brialy as himself * Alain Delon as himself * Gérard Depardieu as himself *

Albert Dupontel Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-u ...

as the cop *

Serge Riaboukine Serge Riaboukine (born 29 December 1957) is a French actor. Theatre Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riaboukine, Serge 1957 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors French pe ...

as the motorcycle cop *

as himself * Jacques François as himself * Sami Frey as himself * Michel Galabru as the killed actor * Ticky Holgado as the tramp * Michael Lonsdale as the man on the street * Jean-Pierre Marielle as himself * Patachou as the blind lady * Michel Piccoli as himself * Maria Schneider (actress), Maria Schneider as herself * Michel Serrault as himself * Jean Topart as the filmmaker * Jacques Villeret as himself * Jean Yanne as Dr. Belgoder *

as himself * Franck de la Personne as a client * François Morel (actor), François Morel as the autograph's man * Laurent Gamelon as the taxi driver * Michel Vuillermoz as the nurse * Marie-Christine Adam * Éric Prat

Release

The film was screened at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina in 2001.

References

External links

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''Actors''
at Le Film Guide 2000 films 2000 comedy films Films directed by Bertrand Blier French comedy films 2000s French-language films Films produced by Alain Sarde 2000s French films {{2000s-comedy-film-stub