Benoît Delépine (born 30 August 1958) is a French comedian and film director. He is known for his satirical activities on TV channel

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. Director of the TV program '' Guignols de l'info'' for many years, he currently writes TV programs about the fictional country of Groland. He also plays the cynical journalist-reporter Mickael Kael. In the cinema, Delépine has written and performed in two films. '' Mickael Kael contre la World News Company'', a chess commercial, reprising two elements of the fictional career of the director: his role as a reporter for Groland and the World Company, which he contributed to create for '' Les Guignols''. In 2004, ''

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'', which he wrote, directed, and starred in with

Gustave Kervern Gustave Kervern (born 27 August 1962), also known as Gustave de Kervern and Gustave K/Vern, is a French actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his collaboration with Benoît Delépine. Life and career In 2004 he wrote, directed, ...

enjoyed critical success. The two companions from the Groland adventure wrote and directed it as a ''road movie'' where two enemies travel the roads of northern

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and

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following an accident. With Kervern, he also directed and starred in ''

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'', which was awarded screened out of competition at the

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. His 2010 film '' Mammuth'' was nominated for the

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at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. His 2012 film '' Le grand soir'' competed in the

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section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize.

Filmography

As filmmaker

References

External links

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Entretien avec B. Delépine pour lœil électrique'', peu après la sortie du film ''Mickael Kael contre la World News Company'' (French)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delepine, Benoit 1958 births Living people French film directors French male film actors French comedians French male screenwriters French screenwriters French film producers People from Saint-Quentin, Aisne French humorists