Pascal Cervo (born 16 July 1977) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.

Life and career

Pascal Cervo grew up in Soisy-sur-Seine,

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. He was discovered at the age of 16 while shopping in Paris by

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for her film ''Les Amoureux'' (with Nathalie Richard), where he played Marc, a teenager who began to realize his homosexuality. He then played in ''À toute vitesse'' (Full Speed), a film by young

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where he was Quentin, a writer that everyone falls in love with. Pascal Cervo pursues a career of strong loyalty, working with art filmmakers such as Gaël Morel, Laurent Achard,

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(of whom Cervo is one of his favorite and recurring actors), Pierre Léon, etc. He also worked with Jean-Claude Biette and

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and played in TV series and in theatre. He directed three short films, the first in 2008 ''Valérie n'est plus ici'' (Valérie is not here anymore), then ''Monsieur Lapin'' (Mister Rabbit) - a reflection on loneliness - in 2013 and ''Hugues'' in 2017 which won the short film prize of festival of Pantin. Pascal Cervo replies to

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in '' Le Cancre'' (2016). He was recently praised for his first role in ''Jours de France'' (Four Days in France) in 2017, where he interprets Pierre who after leaving his companion Paul (Arthur Igual) travels France randomly and meets unknown people using

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Filmography

As actor

*1994 : ''Les Amoureux'' by

: Marc *1995 : '' À toute vitesse'' (''Full Speed'') by

: Quentin *1997 : ''Plus qu'hier moins que demain'' by Laurent Achard - Bernard *1998 : ''Prague vu par...'' by Petr Václav *1999 : '' The Girl'' by Sande Zeig - the receptionist *1999 : '' Peau d'homme, cœur de bête'' by Hélène Angel - Alex *2002 : ''La Guerre à Paris'' (''The War in Paris'') by

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- Inspecteur Combes *2003 : ''Elle est des nôtres'' by Siegrid Alnoy *2003 : ''Saltimbank'' by Jean-Claude Biette - Félix *2006 : '' Le Dernier des fous'' ('' Demented'') by Laurent Achard - Didier *2008 : '' Lady Jane'' by

- lieutenant *2009 : ''L'Armée du crime'' (''

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'') by

- Bourlier *2011 : ''À moi seule'' ('' Coming Home'') by

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*2011 : ''En ville'' ('' Iris in Bloom'') by Valérie Mréjen and Bertrand Schefer - a friend *2011 : ''Dernière Séance'' ('' Last Screening'') by Laurent Achard - Sylvain *2013 : ''Biette'' by Pierre Léon *2013 : ''Faux Accords'' by

*2014 : ''Fever'' by Raphaël Neal - Sasha *2015 : ''Nuits blanches sur la jetée'' by

- Fédor (from a novel by Dostoievsky) *2015 : ''C'est l'amour'' by

- Daniel *2015 : ''Deux Rémi, deux'' by Pierre Léon - Rémi Pardon (from a novel by Dostoievsky) *2016 : '' Le Cancre'' by

- Laurent *2017 : '' Four Days in France'' by Jérôme Reybaud - Pierre Thomas *2017 : ''Drôles d'oiseaux'' (''Strange Birds'') by Élise Girard - Roman *2018 : ''Love Blooms'' by Michaël Dacheux - Jérôme *2022 : ''Le Lycéen'' ('' Winter Boy'') by

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- Father Benoît

As actor in short films

* 1998 : ''Coup de lune'' by Emmanuel Hamon * 1999 : ''Apesanteurs'' by Valérie Gaudissart * 2001 : ''Verte'' by Christophe Monier * 2006 : ''Histoire naturelle'' by Ysé Tran * 2008 : '' Prendre l'air'' by Nicolas Leclère (issued in 2014) * 2008 : ''Sans Howard'' by Ricardo Munoz - François * 2009 : ''Regarder Oana'' by Sébastien Laudenbach * 2009 : ''French Courvoisier'' by Valérie Mréjen * 2013 : ''Malfaisant'' by Alexia Walther and Maxime Matray * 2013 : ''Le Tableau'' by Laurent Achard - Loïc * 2014 : ''Just Married'' by

* 2014 : ''La Cérémonie'' by

* 2016 : ''Enfant chéri'' by Valérie Mréjen and Bertrand Schefer - Axel * 2017 : ''Dernières nouvelles du monde'' by François Prodromidès - the messenger

As filmmaker

* 2009 : ''Valérie n'est plus ici'' - short film * 2013 : ''Monsieur Lapin'' - short film * 2017: ''Hugues'' - short film Storyline
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References

External links

Pascal Cervo Internet Movie Database
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