Jean-Pierre Bacri (24 May 1951 – 18 January 2021) was a French actor and screenwriter. He frequently worked in collaboration with

Agnès Jaoui Agnès Jaoui (born 19 October 1964) is a French actress, screenwriter, film director and singer. She frequently worked in collaboration with her former partner Jean-Pierre Bacri. Life and career Jaoui was born in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, and is ...

Life and career

One of Bacri's earliest film appearances was ''

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''. He co-wrote with Jaoui ''

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'', and co-wrote and starred in '' Un air de famille'', ''

On connaît la chanson ''Same Old Song'' (french: On connaît la chanson) is a 1997 French comedy-drama film. It was directed by Alain Resnais, and written by Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri. Jaoui and Bacri also starred in the film with Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilso ...

'', for which he won a

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in 1998, ''

The Taste of Others ''The Taste of Others'' (french: Le Goût des autres ) is a 2000 French film. It was directed by Agnès Jaoui, and written by her and Jean-Pierre Bacri. It stars Jean-Pierre Bacri, Anne Alvaro, Alain Chabat, Agnès Jaoui, Gérard Lanvin and Ch ...

'' and '' Look at Me''. Together, he and Jaoui have won the

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four times, the

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Award at the

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and the

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, and the René Clair Award in 2001. He died of cancer in 2021 at the age of 69.

Filmography

As screenwriter

* 1977: ''

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'' * 1978: '' Le Timbre'' * 1979: '' Le Doux visage de l'amour'' (Prix de la fondation de la vocation) * 1992: '' Cuisine et dépendances'' * 1992: ''

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'' * 1996: '' Un air de famille'' * 1997: ''

'' (''Same Old Song'') * 2000: ''

(Le Goût des autres)'' * 2004: '' Comme une image'' (''Look at Me'') * 2008: ''

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'' (''Let's Talk about the Rain'')

As actor

* 1978: '' Le goût étrange de Juliette'' * 1979: '' L'éblouissement'' (TV) - ''Jean-Pierre'' * 1979: '' Le Toubib'' - ''L'anesthésiste'' * 1979: ''

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'' (TV) - ''Jean Monnier'' * 1980: '' Le fourbe de Séville'' (TV) - ''Octavio'' * 1980: ''

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'' (TV) - ''Alphonse'' * 1980: ''

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'' - ''Léonardo l'italien'' * 1980: '' L'Aéropostale, courrier du ciel'' (TV series) - ''Beauregard'' * 1981: '' Le cocu magnifique'' (TV) - ''Petrus'' * 1981: ''

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'' (TV) - ''Landolf'' * 1982: '' Le Grand Pardon'' directed by

Alexandre Arcady Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria. He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen. His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja. ...

- ''Jacky Azoulay'' * 1982: '' Au théâtre ce soir : Histoire de rire'' (TV) - ''Gérard'' * 1983: ''

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'' - ''Costa'' * 1983: ''

Édith et Marcel ''Édith et Marcel'' is a 1983 French film directed by Claude Lelouch. Plot In 1947, the singer Édith Piaf and the boxer Marcel Cerdan are both at the peak of their respective careers. Their encounter gives birth to a passionate love affair la ...

'' * 1984: ''

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'' - ''inspecteur Daniel Esperanza'' * 1984: '' Batailles'' (TV) * 1985: ''

'' directed by

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- ''inspecteur Batman'' * 1985: '' Escalier C'' - ''Bruno'' * 1985: '' On ne meurt que deux fois'' - ''barman'' * 1986: '' Chère canaille'' - ''Francis Lebovic'' * 1986: '' La galette du roi'' - ''L'élégant'' * 1986: '' Suivez mon regard'' - ''L'ami des singes'' * 1986: '' États d'âme'' - ''Romain'' * 1986: '' Mort un dimanche de pluie'' - ''David Briand'' * 1986: '' Rue du départ'' - ''homme à la BMW'' * 1987: '' Sale temps'' - (voix) * 1987: ''

L'été en pente douce ''L'été en pente douce'' (''Summer on a gentle slope'') is a French film, an adaptation of a novel by Pierre Pelot. It was directed by Gérard Krawczyk, and released in 1987. Synopsis Following the death of his mother, Stephane Leheurt, nickn ...

'' directed by

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- ''Stéphane Leheurt (Fane)'' * 1988: '' Les Saisons du plaisir'' directed by

Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky (6 July 1929 – 8 August 2019), pseudonym of Jean-Paul Adam Mokiejewski, was a French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Mocky was born in Nice, France to Polish immigrant parents, Jeanne Zylinska ...

- ''Jacques'' * 1988: '' Bonjour l'angoisse'' - ''Desfontaines'' * 1989: '' Mes meilleurs copains'' - ''Eric Guidolini (Guido)'' * 1990: '' La Baule-les-Pins (film)'' directed by

Diane Kurys Diane Kurys (; born 3 December 1948) is a French director, producer, filmmaker and actress. Several of her films as director are semi-autobiographical. Personal life Kurys was born in Lyon, Rhône, France, the younger of two daughters. She is ...

- ''Léon'' * 1991: ' - ''Roussel'' * 1992: ' - ''L'homme à la rayure'' * 1992: ''

L'homme de ma vie ''The Man in My Life'' (French: ''L' Homme de ma vie'', Italian: ''L'uomo della mia vita'') is a 1952 French-Italian drama film directed by Guy Lefranc and starring Madeleine Robinson, Jeanne Moreau and Jane Marken. It was made at the Cineci ...

'' - ''Malcolm'' * 1993: '' Cuisine et dépendances'' - ''Georges'' * 1994: '' Perle rare'' * 1994: '' Bazooka (film)'' * 1994: ''

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'' directed by

Alain Berbérian Alain Berbérian ( hy, Ալեն Բերբերյան; 2 July 1953 – 22 August 2017) was a French film director and writer of Armenian descent. Biography Born in Beirut to an Armenian father and a Greek mother, Berbérian spent his youth in Leb ...

- ''projectionniste #2'' * 1996: '' Un air de famille'' directed by

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- ''Henri'' * 1997: '' La méthode'' - ''Paul'' * 1997: '' Didier'' directed by

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- ''Jean-Pierre Costa'' * 1997: ''

'' directed by

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- ''Nicolas'' * 1998: '' Un dimanche matin à Marseille : Béranger'' - ''Béranger'' * 1998: ''

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'' directed by

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- ''Jean-Pierre'' * 1999: ''

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'' - ''le père'' * 1999: ''

Kennedy et moi ''Kennedy et moi'' is a French film directed by Sam Karmann released on 22 December 1999. It is a comedy drama about an apathetic writer whose only interest is in his psychiatrist's watch which may have belonged to John F. Kennedy at the time of ...

'' directed by Sam Karmann - ''Simon Polaris'' * 2000: ''

(Le Goût des autres)'' directed by

- ''Castella'' * 2002: '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' - (la voix du commentateur langouste) * 2002: '' Une femme de ménage'' directed by

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- ''Jacques'' * 2003: ''

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'' directed by Noémie Lvovsky - ''Jacques'' * 2004: '' Comme une image'' directed by

- ''Etienne Cassard'' * 2006: '' Selon Charlie'' directed by

* 2008: ''

'' (''Let's Talk about the rain'') * 2012: '' Looking for Hortense'' * 2013: ''

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'' * 2015: ''

The Very Private Life of Mister Sim ''The Very Private Life of Mister Sim'' (original title: ''La Vie très privée de Monsieur Sim''; also known as ''The Terrible Privacy of Mr. Sim'') is a 2015 French comedy-drama film directed by Michel Leclerc and starring Jean-Pierre Bacri. I ...

'' * 2016: ''

Tout de suite maintenant ''Tout de suite maintenant'' is a 2016 Franco-Luxembourgish drama film directed and co-written by Pascal Bonitzer. It stars Agathe Bonitzer, Vincent Lacoste, Lambert Wilson, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Bacri and Pascal Greggory. Plot A youn ...

'' * 2017: '' C'est la vie!'' * 2018: ''

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'' directed by Agnes Jaoui - ''Castro''

References

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