Alex Descas

Filmography

Alex Descas - filmography

The Limits of Control on DVD (2009)
Starring: Isaach De Bankole, Alex Descas, Jean-Francois Stevenin
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
A mysterious loner attempts to successfully complete his criminal mission while operating outside of the law in contemporary Spain. His objectives shrouded in secrecy, the untrusting lone wolf (Isaach de Bankolé) sets out on his latest assignment knowing that the law is never too far behind. Bill ..read more »

52% from 1,803 member

Rapt on DVD (2009)
Starring: Yvan Attal, Anne Consigny, André Marcon
Director: Lucas Belvaux
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A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the company of which he is director negotiate about the ransom of 50 million euro.

65% from 585 members

35 Shots of Rum on DVD (2008)
Starring: Grégoire Colin, Alex Descas, Mati Diop
Director: Claire Denis
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twenty-something daughter Josephine (Mati Diop). Lionel and ..read more »

59% from 2,309 members

Trouble Every Day (2002)
Starring: Vincent Gallo, Beatrice Dalle, Tricia Vessey
Director: Claire Denis
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Claire Denis' TROUBLE EVERY DAY is a spine-tingling chiller. When the young couple Shane (Vincent Gallo) and June Brown (Tricia Vessey) embark on their honeymoon, they share a champagne toast in plush first class seats as they soar over the Atlantic on their way to Paris. Shane pays an extended ..read more »

47% from 1,100 member
Not currently released

Lumumba (2000)
Starring: Eriq Ebouaney, Alex Descas
Director: Raoul Peck
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Haitian-born director Raoul Peck exorcises the demons of his adopted Congolese homeland in his erudite retelling of the tragically ended life of Patrice Lumumba, the Congo's first and last popularly elected prime minister. Spinning off from his 1992 documentary LUMUMBA: DEATH OF A PROPHET, Peck, ..read more »

48% from 22 members
Currently unavailable

Harem Suare (1999)
Starring: Marie Gillain, Alex Descas, Lucia Bose
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
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As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the Sultan's harem distracted. The story is about Safiye, who first becomes the Sultan's favorite concubine, and later the official wife. As she gains power and influence, she engages in a tryst with Nadir, the ..read more »

56% from 20 members
Currently unavailable

The Limits of Control - 2.5 stars
Rapt - 3.5 stars
35 Shots of Rum - 3.0 stars
Trouble Every Day - 2.5 stars
Lumumba - 2.5 stars

Rapt - 3.5 stars
35 Shots of Rum - 3.0 stars
The Limits of Control - 2.5 stars
Trouble Every Day - 2.5 stars
Harem Suare - 3.0 stars

Lumumba - 2.5 stars
Harem Suare - 3.0 stars
Trouble Every Day - 2.5 stars
The Limits of Control - 2.5 stars
35 Shots of Rum - 3.0 stars

Eriq Ebouaney - 3 times - show films
Bill Murry - 2 times - show films
John Hurt - 2 times - show films
Gregoire Colin - 2 times - show films
Luis Tosar - 2 times - show films

Claire Denis - 3 times - show films
Jim Jarmusch - 2 times - show films
Raoul Peck - 1 times - show films
Ferzan Ozpetek - 1 times - show films
Lucas Belvaux - 1 times - show films