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Denis Lavant - what members say

Beau Travail review by A customer from London

Masterful, beautifully shot elegy for the warrior ethos 15 September 2004
... is the rhythm of the night...' as you are left with the unforgettable image of Denis Lavant dancing crazily, alone on the dance floor. Where do I begin? Denis Lavant is su... Read customer review

Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf review by from Dorset

A masterpiece of French cinema 5 February 2004
...or the location of this harrowing story. A flame thrower cum petty thief Alex (Denis Lavant) forms a bond with Michèle (Juliette Binoche) a painter with a serious eye comp... Read customer review

Deep In The Woods review by robertconnor from London, England

It's The Wulluff, It's The Wulluff (that's who it is...) 5 September 2004
...urf up at a scary chateau. Spooky and unpleasant things happen. Who cares? Denis Lavant? Shame on you!... Read customer review

Denis Lavant - filmography

The Temptation of St. Tony (2009)
Starring: Taavi Eelmaa, Ravshana Kurkova, Tiina Tauraite
Director: Veiko Õunpuu
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Tony, a middle-aged, midlevel manager, leads a quiet life. But one day, he starts to question the value of being good. In a series of bizarre encounters in which he fires his employees, witnesses his wife’s infidelity, and meets a soon-to-be kidnapped girl (never mind the severed hands and mystery ..read more »

63% from 3 members
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Tokyo! on DVD (2008)
Starring: Nao Omori, Yû Aoi, YosiYosi Arakawa
Director: Bong Joon-ho, Bong Joon-ho, Leos Carax
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A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories.

62% from 815 members

Mister Lonely on DVD (2007)
Starring: Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant
Director: Harmony Korine, Harmony Korine
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In Paris, a young American (Luna) who works as a Michael Jackson lookalike meets Marilyn Monroe (Morton), who invites him to her commune in Scotland, where she lives with Charlie Chaplin (Lavant) and her daughter, Shirley Temple.

49% from 836 members

Camping Sauvage on DVD (2006)
Starring: Denis Lavant, Isild Le Besco
Director: Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri
Certificate:
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17 year old Camille is on a camping holiday with her parents and boyfriend Fred who doesn't seem nearly as appealing as Blaise the new sailing instructor. Blaise is twice her age, married and has a child but how far will the flirtation go?

44% from 272 members

Tuvalu (2001)
Starring: Denis Lavant, Chulpan Khamatova, Philippe Clay
Director: Veit Helmer
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A small town indoor pool and the limitless mind of one of the pool employees make the setting for this stunning comedic fantasy. The pool is where local residents go to escape the daily grind and enter a fantastical dream world. Adrift in these daydreams, Anton (Denis Lavant) finds Eva (Chulpan ..read more »

65% from 13 members
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Deep In The Woods on DVD (2000)
Starring: Clotilde Courau, Clement Sibony, Maud Buquet
Director: Lionel Delplanque
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In this French horror film, which many critics compared to both Scream and The Blair Witch Project, a group of young actors have been hired to stage a production of Little Red Riding Hood at a mansion far away from the city. When they arrive, the players learn that they're all alone at the estate ..read more »

44% from 452 members

The Leos Carax Collection - Pola X on DVD (1999)
Starring: Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli
Director: Leos Carax
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Based on Herman Melville's 1852 novel Pierre: or the Ambiguities, filmmaker Leos Carax presents an ambitious tale of one man's search for the truth in a vague world. A young, successful author (Depardieu) is haunted by a recurring dream of a woman obscured in darkness. After discovering the ..read more »

54% from 186 members

Beau Travail on DVD (1998)
Starring: Denis Lavant, Gregoire Colin, Michel Subor
Director: Claire Denis
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In loosely adapting Herman Melville's BILLY BUDD, Claire Denis has constructed a dreamy, detached visual poem that is at once somber and gorgeous. Denis transfers the tale's original location from the sea to the sparse landscape of East Africa's Djibouti. The film is narrated by Sergeant Galoup (..read more »

60% from 1,899 member

Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf on DVD (1991)
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Edith Scob
Director: Leos Carax
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In building a replica of the famed Parisian Pont-Neuf bridge, Carax's film became the most expensive French film ever produced, up to that point. This budget controversy threatened to overshadow the film itself, which has slowly begun to garner the proper recognition it deserves (thanks to Martin ..read more »

60% from 3,634 members

Mauvais Sang (1986)
Starring: Michel Piccoli, Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant
Director: Leos Carax
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The story follows a young card trickster who joins a group of crooks and falls in love with the leader's girlfriend.

66% from 45 members
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The Leos Carax Collection - Boy Meets Girl on DVD (1984)
Starring: Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli
Director: Leos Carax
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Leos Carax's brilliant feature debut follows the relationship of an aspiring filmmaker (Denis Lavant), who has just been left by his lover and a suicidal young woman (Mireille Perrier), who is also reeling from a failed romance. He becomes obsessed with her from the first time he hears her voice ..read more »

51% from 152 members

The Leos Carax Collection (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli
Director: Leos Carax
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Three modern classics from French filmmaker Leo Carax.Boy Meets Girl: Leos Carax's brilliant feature debut follows the relationship of an aspiring filmmaker (Denis Lavant), who has just been left by his lover and a suicidal young woman (Mireille Perrier), who is also reeling from a failed romance. ..read more »

52% from 241 members

The Leos Carax Collection - The Night Is... on DVD
Starring: Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Michel Piccoli
Director: Leos Carax
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Leos Carax's second film confirmed his status as one of the most talented young French filmmakers of his generation. Set a few years before the 21st century, Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood) tells the story of Alex (Dennis Lavant), the teen-age son of a murdered criminal who is enlisted by two former ..read more »

58% from 134 members

Denis Lavant facts

5 most recent films

The Temptation of St. Tony - 3.0 stars
Tokyo! - 3.0 stars
Mister Lonely - 2.5 stars
Camping Sauvage - 2.0 stars
Tuvalu - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Tokyo! - 3.0 stars
Les Amants Du Pont-Neuf - 3.0 stars
Beau Travail - 3.0 stars
The Leos Carax Collection - The Night Is Young - 3.0 stars
The Leos Carax Collection - Pola X - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Temptation of St. Tony - 3.0 stars
Tuvalu - 3.5 stars
Mauvais Sang - 3.5 stars
Camping Sauvage - 2.0 stars
Deep In The Woods - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Juliette Binoche - 6 times - show films
Michel Piccoli - 5 times - show films
Julie Delpy - 4 times - show films
Catherine Deneuve - 4 times - show films
Guillaume Depardieu - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Leos Carax - 8 times - show films
Harmony Korine - 3 times - show films
Christophe Ali - 2 times - show films
Harmony Korine - 2 times - show films
Nicolas Bonilauri - 2 times - show films