Michel Hazanavicius

Michel Hazanavicius

Michel Haznavicius (born 29 March 1967) is a French film director, producer and screenwriter best known for his spy movie parodies OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio, both of which star Jean Dujardin. His 2011 film The Artist competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival but lost to The Tree of Life. Dujardin though won the best actor prize at Cannes for his role in The Artist. Hazanavicius was born in Paris. His family is Jewish, and originally from Lithuania. His grandparents were from both Poland and Lithuania and settled in France in the 1920s. Before directing films, Hazanavicius worked in television, beginning with the Canal+ channel, where he started as a director in 1988. He began directing commercials for companies such as Reebok and Bouygues Telecom, and then, in 1993, he made his first feature-length film, La Classe américaine, for television. The film, co-directed with Dominique Mézerette, consisted entirely of footage taken from various films produced by the Warner Bros. studio, re-edited and dubbed into French. In 1997, Hazanavicius directed his first short film, Echec au capital, and followed it up with his first theatrically released feature, Mes amis, which starred his brother, actor Serge Hazanavicius. Seven years later, Hazanavicius wrote and directed his second feature, OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, a parody of 1960s spy movies and specifically of OSS 117, a popular character created by Jean Bruce in 1949. The $17.5 million film was a modest box office success, with $23 million worldwide receipts. A sequel, OSS 117: Lost in Rio, followed in 2009. Both films were later distributed in the United States by Music Box Films. The Artist, a black and white film without dialogue which takes place in Hollywood on the eve of sound film, screened in competition at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival. The Artist was later released to universal acclaim. On 24 January 2012 Hazanavicius received nominations for three Oscars: the Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Hazanavicius said winning an Oscar would be "like dreaming of going to the moon – you don't really believe it could ever happen." Hazanavicius won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Artist, at the 84th Academy Awards. He was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in June 2012 along with 175 other individuals. He contributed a section to the omnibus film The Players (Les Infidèles) starring Jean Dujardin. He then announced that his next feature film would be a remake of the 1948 Fred Zinnemann film The Search. The film stars Berenice Bejo in the Montgomery Clift role as an NGO worker helping a little boy find his family in modern-day Chechnya and was produced by Thomas Langmann. Golden Globe Award actress winner Annette Bening also stars in the film. Hazanavicius was in a relationship with film director Virginia Lovisone, and they have two daughters together, Simone and Fantine. He is married to Bérénice Bejo, who acted in his films OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies, The Artist and The Search. Hazanavicius and Bejo have two children together: Lucien and Gloria.

  • Title: Michel Hazanavicius
  • Popularity: 3.712
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1967-03-29
  • Place of Birth: Paris, France
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  • Also Known As: Мишель Хазанавичус
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Michel Hazanavicius Movies

  • 1994
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    Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

    Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

    7.498 1994 HD

    A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow,...

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  • 2018
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    La mangeuse d’hommes

    La mangeuse d’hommes

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Extraordinary Voyage

    The Extraordinary Voyage

    7.8 2011 HD

    An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his...

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  • 2014
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    Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

    Jacky in the Kingdom of Women

    5.6 2014 HD

    In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true.

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  • 2022
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    Incredible but True

    Incredible but True

    6 2022 HD

    Alain and Marie moved to the suburb house of their dreams. But the real estate agent warned them: what is in the basement may well change their lives...

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  • 1997
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    Didier

    Didier

    6.099 1997 HD

    Jean-Pierre Costa is a football manager upon whom fate appears not to be smiling. First, a friend, Annabelle, dumps a pet Labrador named Didier on...

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  • 1996
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    Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0

    Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0

    5.6 1996 HD

    C'est une histoire d'amour banale présentée comme un match de foot ordinaire. Ce sont donc Thierry Roland et Jean-Michel Larqué...

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  • 1970
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    Baise-en-ville

    Baise-en-ville

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2018
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    Keep an Eye Out

    Keep an Eye Out

    6.655 2018 HD

    Louis just found the corpse of a man in front of his apartment building. Taken in for custody by Captain Buron, he finds himself on the wrong end of...

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  • 2017
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    Godard Mon Amour

    Godard Mon Amour

    6.6 2017 HD

    In 1967, during the making of “La Chinoise,” film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and...

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  • 2018
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    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

    7.3 2018 HD

    The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first...

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  • 2012
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    The Artist: The Making of an American Romance

    The Artist: The Making of an American Romance

    6 2012 HD

    Documentary that delves into the film's production in good fashion

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  • 2012
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    Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist

    Hollywood as Character: The Locations of The Artist

    1 2012 HD

    This documentary details the L.A.-area filming locations used throughout the film.

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  • 1993
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    La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

    7.7 1993 HD

    George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning...

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  • 2020
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    Michel Hazanavicius raconte la grande histoire de « La Classe américaine »

    Michel Hazanavicius raconte la grande histoire de « La Classe américaine »

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2012
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    La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

    5.8 2012 HD

    The story of the successful publicity campaign that made it possible for the French film The Artist (2011) to win five Academy Awards: an intimate...

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  • 2001
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    My Wife Is an Actress

    My Wife Is an Actress

    6.2 2001 HD

    A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems...

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  • 2020
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    Belmondo l'influenceur

    Belmondo l'influenceur

    8.4 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Still Not...Breathless

    Still Not...Breathless

    1 2020 HD

    Documentary about the ongoing influence of 'Breathless' after 60 years

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  • 2015
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    Reality

    Reality

    7.1 2015 HD

    A wanna-be director is given 48 hours by a producer to find the best groan of pain, worthy of an Oscar, as the only condition to back his film.

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  • 2024
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    40

    40

    1 2024 HD

    Primetime special to celebrate 40 years of CANAL+.

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  • 2024
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    Le maillon faible

    Le maillon faible

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2019
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    La télé des Nuls

    La télé des Nuls

    1 2019 HD

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  • 2004
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    Lucky Luke and the Daltons

    Lucky Luke and the Daltons

    3.662 2004 HD

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  • 2006
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    OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

    OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

    7.263 2006 HD

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  • 2006
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    OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

    OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

    7.263 2006 HD

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  • 1993
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    La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

    7.7 1993 HD

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  • 2009
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    OSS 117: Lost in Rio

    OSS 117: Lost in Rio

    7.124 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    OSS 117: Lost in Rio

    OSS 117: Lost in Rio

    7.124 2009 HD

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  • 1999
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    Sitcom, A Movie

    Sitcom, A Movie

    4.5 1999 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Artist

    The Artist

    7.459 2011 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Artist

    The Artist

    7.459 2011 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Artist

    The Artist

    7.459 2011 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Players

    The Players

    4.729 2012 HD

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  • 1992
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    Ça détourne

    Ça détourne

    7.2 1992 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Most Precious of Cargoes

    The Most Precious of Cargoes

    7.8 2024 HD

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  • 2021
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    Shake Your Cares Away

    Shake Your Cares Away

    6.3 2021 HD

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  • 1992
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    Derrick contre Superman

    Derrick contre Superman

    6.8 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Derrick contre Superman

    Derrick contre Superman

    6.8 1992 HD

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  • 2022
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    Final Cut

    Final Cut

    6.838 2022 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Most Precious of Cargoes

    The Most Precious of Cargoes

    7.8 2024 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Search

    The Search

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Search

    The Search

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Most Precious of Cargoes

    The Most Precious of Cargoes

    7.8 2024 HD

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  • 2022
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    Final Cut

    Final Cut

    6.838 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    Final Cut

    Final Cut

    6.838 2022 HD

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  • 2023
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    En attendant que mes larmes viennent

    En attendant que mes larmes viennent

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Search

    The Search

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Search

    The Search

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2017
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    Godard Mon Amour

    Godard Mon Amour

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Godard Mon Amour

    Godard Mon Amour

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Godard Mon Amour

    Godard Mon Amour

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Godard Mon Amour

    Godard Mon Amour

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 2023
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    Killing Blues

    Killing Blues

    5.57 2023 HD

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  • 1992
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    Derrick contre Superman

    Derrick contre Superman

    6.8 1992 HD

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  • 1992
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    Ça détourne

    Ça détourne

    7.2 1992 HD

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  • 1996
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    Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0

    Delphine : 1, Yvan : 0

    5.6 1996 HD

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  • 2005
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    Éric ké Ramzy - Nouveau spectacle

    Éric ké Ramzy - Nouveau spectacle

    6 2005 HD

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  • 2022
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    Final Cut

    Final Cut

    6.838 2022 HD

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  • 1997
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    Echec au capital

    Echec au capital

    1 1997 HD

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  • 1999
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    Sitcom, A Movie

    Sitcom, A Movie

    4.5 1999 HD

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  • 1970
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    Bob: The Musical

    Bob: The Musical

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Lost Prince

    The Lost Prince

    5.7 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Lost Prince

    The Lost Prince

    5.7 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Lost Prince

    The Lost Prince

    5.7 2020 HD

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  • 1993
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    La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

    7.7 1993 HD

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  • 2012
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    La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

    5.8 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    La Classe américaine

    La Classe américaine

    5.8 2012 HD

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  • 1998
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    Le Clone

    Le Clone

    2.6 1998 HD

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  • 2022
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    Quelle époque !

    Quelle époque !

    5 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    Cannes Festival

    Cannes Festival

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2001
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    Burger Quiz

    Burger Quiz

    7.6 2001 HD

    A French humorous game show taking place in a burger restaurant which is managed by the TV host.

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  • 2004
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    Kulturplatz

    Kulturplatz

    6 2004 HD

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  • 2021
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    C ce soir, le débat

    C ce soir, le débat

    2 2021 HD

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  • 2023
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    Têtàtête(s)

    Têtàtête(s)

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    Beau geste

    Beau geste

    1 2023 HD

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