Michel Israël

Michel Israël, is a Belgian actor and producer born on March 16, 1949 in Luluabourg in the Belgian Congo. He is a graduate of INSAS (Brussels). At the theater, he has appeared in numerous plays in Belgium and France, directed by Pierre Mondy, Albert-André Lheureux, Bernard De Coster, Adrian Brine, etc. He received the Eve of the Theater in 1992 and was a member of the Belgian Improvisation League between 1988 and 1993. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Krapatchouk (1993)

Two young men have left their obscure Balkan country to earn some money as "guest workers" in western Europe. On their way back home, they attempt to change trains in Paris but encounter surprising difficulties from the ticket authorities there. It seems that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enrique Gabriel
CAST:  Guy Pion  •  Pyotr Zaychenko  •  Ángela Molina  •  Didier Flamand

Two young men have left their obscure Balkan country to earn some money as "guest workers" in western Europe. On their way back home, they attempt to change trains in Paris but encounter surprising difficulties from the ticket authorities there. It seems that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enrique Gabriel
CAST:  Guy Pion  •  Pyotr Zaychenko  •  Ángela Molina  •  Didier Flamand

Les Barons (2009)

Les Barons ont une devise : "glander plus pour vivre plus". Chaque être humain naît avec un crédit de pas. Chaque pas effectué te rapproche de la mort. Nous, les Barons, on le sait dès le départ.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nabil Ben Yadir
CAST:  Nader Boussandel  •  Mourade Zeguendi  •  Monir Aït Hamou  •  Amelle Chahbi

Les Barons ont une devise : "glander plus pour vivre plus". Chaque être humain naît avec un crédit de pas. Chaque pas effectué te rapproche de la mort. Nous, les Barons, on le sait dès le départ.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nabil Ben Yadir
CAST:  Nader Boussandel  •  Mourade Zeguendi  •  Monir Aït Hamou  •  Amelle Chahbi

The Last Diamond (2014)

Simon, a burglar on probation, agreed to go on the biggest shot of his life: The flight of the "Florentine", a mythical diamond set auction by its owners. To succeed, he must approach Julia, expert diamond for sale which is a considerable personal and family issue. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Barbier
CAST:  Bérénice Bejo  •  Yvan Attal  •  Annie Cordy  •  Jean-François Stévenin

Simon, a burglar on probation, agreed to go on the biggest shot of his life: The flight of the "Florentine", a mythical diamond set auction by its owners. To succeed, he must approach Julia, expert diamond for sale which is a considerable personal and family issue. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Barbier
CAST:  Bérénice Bejo  •  Yvan Attal  •  Annie Cordy  •  Jean-François Stévenin

The King of Ads (1991)

A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese  •  David Lynch  •  Ridley Scott  •  Sergio Leone  •  Roman Polanski  •  Andrei Konchalovsky  •  Federico Fellini  •  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Dick Lundy  •  Carlos Saura  •  Patrice Leconte  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Franco Zeffirelli  •  Giuseppe Tornatore  •  Claude Chabrol  •  Dario Argento  •  Jean-Jacques Annaud  •  Claude Lelouch  •  Tony Scott  •  Michel Israël  •  Paul J. Smith  •  Étienne Chatiliez  •  Walter Lantz  •  Gérard Pirès  •  Bob Giraldi  •  Hugh Hudson  •  David Bailey  •  Joe Pytka  •  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Bruce Weber  •  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Just Jaeckin  •  Don Patterson  •  Jean-Baptiste Mondino  •  Helmut Newton  •  Jean-Paul Goude  •  Jean-Marie Boursicot  •  Alain Franchet  •  Robert Delpire  •  Ricardo Albiñana  •  Atsuta  •  Julian Cottrell  •  Eric De La Hosseray  •  Jaime De La Pena  •  Theo Delaney  •  Martin Lobo  •  Håkan Sjödin  •  Richard Slogett  •  J. Taylor
CAST:  Grace Jones  •  Vanessa Paradis  •  Emmanuelle Seigner

A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Scorsese  •  David Lynch  •  Ridley Scott  •  Sergio Leone  •  Roman Polanski  •  Andrei Konchalovsky  •  Federico Fellini  •  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Dick Lundy  •  Carlos Saura  •  Patrice Leconte  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Franco Zeffirelli  •  Giuseppe Tornatore  •  Claude Chabrol  •  Dario Argento  •  Jean-Jacques Annaud  •  Claude Lelouch  •  Tony Scott  •  Michel Israël  •  Paul J. Smith  •  Étienne Chatiliez  •  Walter Lantz  •  Gérard Pirès  •  Bob Giraldi  •  Hugh Hudson  •  David Bailey  •  Joe Pytka  •  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Bruce Weber  •  Jean-Pierre Mocky  •  Just Jaeckin  •  Don Patterson  •  Jean-Baptiste Mondino  •  Helmut Newton  •  Jean-Paul Goude  •  Jean-Marie Boursicot  •  Alain Franchet  •  Robert Delpire  •  Ricardo Albiñana  •  Atsuta  •  Julian Cottrell  •  Eric De La Hosseray  •  Jaime De La Pena  •  Theo Delaney  •  Martin Lobo  •  Håkan Sjödin  •  Richard Slogett  •  J. Taylor
CAST:  Grace Jones  •  Vanessa Paradis  •  Emmanuelle Seigner

The Over the Hill Band (2009)

Upon the death of her husband, Claire (70) decides to reconnect with her estranged son, down and out R&B musician Sid. She asks him to help her restart the old girl group she used to sing in with two of her friends from the old days. The rebel son is hesitant at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geoffrey Enthoven
CAST:  Barbara Sarafian  •  Greg Timmermans  •  Robrecht Vanden Thoren  •  Lucas Van den Eynde

Upon the death of her husband, Claire (70) decides to reconnect with her estranged son, down and out R&B musician Sid. She asks him to help her restart the old girl group she used to sing in with two of her friends from the old days. The rebel son is hesitant at ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geoffrey Enthoven
CAST:  Barbara Sarafian  •  Greg Timmermans  •  Robrecht Vanden Thoren  •  Lucas Van den Eynde

Family Pack (2001)

A young woman tries to ease herself out of the closet without terrifying her parents in the process in this comedy-drama. The year is 1969, and Sacha (Marie Bunel) is a young Belgian woman living in Canada. Sacha's family sent her to Canada to attend medical school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Vander Stappen
CAST:  Marie Bunel  •  Hélène Vincent  •  Tsilla Chelton  •  Mimie Mathy

A young woman tries to ease herself out of the closet without terrifying her parents in the process in this comedy-drama. The year is 1969, and Sacha (Marie Bunel) is a young Belgian woman living in Canada. Sacha's family sent her to Canada to attend medical school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Vander Stappen
CAST:  Marie Bunel  •  Hélène Vincent  •  Tsilla Chelton  •  Mimie Mathy

Mama Dracula (1980)

A female vampire must bathe in the blood of virgins in order to stay alive. The trouble is that virgins are in short supply nowadays, and she is running into major problems in finding one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Szulzinger
CAST:  Louise Fletcher  •  Maria Schneider  •  Marc-Henri Wajnberg  •  Alexander Wajnberg

A female vampire must bathe in the blood of virgins in order to stay alive. The trouble is that virgins are in short supply nowadays, and she is running into major problems in finding one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Szulzinger
CAST:  Louise Fletcher  •  Maria Schneider  •  Marc-Henri Wajnberg  •  Alexander Wajnberg

Train of Life (1998)

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Mihăileanu
CAST:  Lionel Abelanski  •  Rufus  •  Clément Harari  •  Agathe de La Fontaine

In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Mihăileanu
CAST:  Lionel Abelanski  •  Rufus  •  Clément Harari  •  Agathe de La Fontaine

Meurtres A Domicile (1982)

A murder is committed in the building where Aurélia Maudru, inspector of the judicial police in charge of the investigation, lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Lobet
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Anny Duperey  •  Charles Berling  •  Daniel Emilfork

A murder is committed in the building where Aurélia Maudru, inspector of the judicial police in charge of the investigation, lives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Lobet
CAST:  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Anny Duperey  •  Charles Berling  •  Daniel Emilfork

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DIRECTION:  Christian Paureilhe
CAST:  Pierre Mondy  •  Sylvie Coste  •  Micheline Presle  •  Francis Lemaire

Rabbit's Paw (2021)

In Petersburg during perestroika there are two people, Alya and Nika. She is a little funny Petersburg intellectual; he is a French architect. They cannot live without each other, but they cannot together, either in the ancient Lyon castle, or in her communal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nana Dzhordzhadze
CAST:  Svetlana Schedrina  •  Nicolas Duvauchelle  •  Pierre Richard  •  Evgeniy Tkachuk

In Petersburg during perestroika there are two people, Alya and Nika. She is a little funny Petersburg intellectual; he is a French architect. They cannot live without each other, but they cannot together, either in the ancient Lyon castle, or in her communal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nana Dzhordzhadze
CAST:  Svetlana Schedrina  •  Nicolas Duvauchelle  •  Pierre Richard  •  Evgeniy Tkachuk

Nadia Coupeau, dite Nana (2001)

Victim of a rape, Nadia Coupeau decides to keep the child despite her precarious personal situation. But her child is soon taken away from her and placed in public care. Desperate, but ready to do anything to get him back, she decides to join her friend Zoé in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Édouard Molinaro
CAST:  Lou Doillon  •  Bernard Le Coq  •  Assumpta Serna  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

Victim of a rape, Nadia Coupeau decides to keep the child despite her precarious personal situation. But her child is soon taken away from her and placed in public care. Desperate, but ready to do anything to get him back, she decides to join her friend Zoé in the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Édouard Molinaro
CAST:  Lou Doillon  •  Bernard Le Coq  •  Assumpta Serna  •  Jean-Claude Brialy

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DIRECTION:  David McNeil
CAST:  Viviane Collet  •  Michel Israël  •  Daniel Penie  •  Eric Arnold

Jean-Gina B. (1984)

This film is based on the true story of Jean Bella, who served as an officer in the Belgian Marine while being convinced, from an early age, that he was in fact a woman. Director Jean-Pol Ferbus follows Jean Bella and makes him talk about his life, psychological ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre De Clercq  •  Jean-Pol Ferbus
CAST:  Jean Bella  •  Béatrice Camurat  •  Jean-Pol Ferbus  •  Michel Israël

This film is based on the true story of Jean Bella, who served as an officer in the Belgian Marine while being convinced, from an early age, that he was in fact a woman. Director Jean-Pol Ferbus follows Jean Bella and makes him talk about his life, psychological ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre De Clercq  •  Jean-Pol Ferbus
CAST:  Jean Bella  •  Béatrice Camurat  •  Jean-Pol Ferbus  •  Michel Israël