Jean-Philippe Ricci

Jean-Philippe Ricci is a French actor. After studying acting in Marseille, Jean-Philippe Ricci is directed by Philippe Harel and Jacques Audiard. He played the role of Vetturi in A Prophet in 2009 with Niels Arestrup and Tahar Rahim. On television, he was the commissaire Damiani in Mafiosa (TV series) and Yvan Colonna in Pierre Schoeller's Les Anonymes about the assassination of Claude Érignac. Source: Article "Jean-Philippe Ricci" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

A Prophet (2009)

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Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Audiard
CAST:  Tahar Rahim  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Adel Bencherif  •  Hichem Yacoubi

Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of a group of Corsicans who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Audiard
CAST:  Tahar Rahim  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Adel Bencherif  •  Hichem Yacoubi

Among Friends (2015)

Three longtime friends set off on a boat trip with their romantic partners, but inclement weather, jealousy and confessions, will put to test their friendships.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Baroux
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  François Berléand  •  Zabou Breitman

Three longtime friends set off on a boat trip with their romantic partners, but inclement weather, jealousy and confessions, will put to test their friendships.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Baroux
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  François Berléand  •  Zabou Breitman

The Anonymous (2013)

A counterterrorism task force investigates the 1998 Ajaccio assassination of Claude Érignac, the prefect of Corsica. Based on true events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Schoeller
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Patrick Azam  •  Jean-Philippe Ricci

A counterterrorism task force investigates the 1998 Ajaccio assassination of Claude Érignac, the prefect of Corsica. Based on true events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Schoeller
CAST:  Mathieu Amalric  •  Olivier Gourmet  •  Patrick Azam  •  Jean-Philippe Ricci

Murder in Bastia (2017)

The body of a shady businessman is found on the jetty in the port of Toga, in Bastia. The investigation, Commander Gabrielle Monti's first since returning to the country, begins on a tightrope between the past and the present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphanie Murat
CAST:  Amira Casar  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Philippe Corticchiato  •  Jean-Emmanuel Pagni

The body of a shady businessman is found on the jetty in the port of Toga, in Bastia. The investigation, Commander Gabrielle Monti's first since returning to the country, begins on a tightrope between the past and the present.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stéphanie Murat
CAST:  Amira Casar  •  Richard Bohringer  •  Philippe Corticchiato  •  Jean-Emmanuel Pagni

A Very Bad Friend (2019)

Mika, a little crook, took a quick tour of the prison, where he got to know "Putin", a crazy and unpredictable detainee. As soon as his sentence has been served, he decides to start from scratch and start his life over again. As he prepares to marry the daughter of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Varante Soudjian
CAST:  Ahmed Sylla  •  Alban Ivanov  •  Judith El Zein  •  Ornella Fleury

Mika, a little crook, took a quick tour of the prison, where he got to know "Putin", a crazy and unpredictable detainee. As soon as his sentence has been served, he decides to start from scratch and start his life over again. As he prepares to marry the daughter of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Varante Soudjian
CAST:  Ahmed Sylla  •  Alban Ivanov  •  Judith El Zein  •  Ornella Fleury

The Morning After (2020)

Fed up with her cheating husband, Louise, 45, takes off for a weekend in Corsica. But after a wild night of unbridled passion with a man who winds up dead, Louise is unwittingly mistaken for his secret, longtime girlfriend by his Corsican fearsome but loving mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Méliane Marcaggi
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  Alexandra Lamy  •  Jonathan Zaccaï  •  Patrick Mille

Fed up with her cheating husband, Louise, 45, takes off for a weekend in Corsica. But after a wild night of unbridled passion with a man who winds up dead, Louise is unwittingly mistaken for his secret, longtime girlfriend by his Corsican fearsome but loving mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Méliane Marcaggi
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  Alexandra Lamy  •  Jonathan Zaccaï  •  Patrick Mille

Fires in the Dark (2020)

Seventeenth century. Set in a small village, nestled between the sea and the mountain, the father of Alan, a young fifteen-year-old boy, has sold himself for two years to indentured service. Alan is forced to take the place of his father and struggles to support ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominique Lienhard
CAST:  Ana Girardot  •  Igor van Dessel  •  Jérémie Elkaïm  •  Ophélie Bau

Seventeenth century. Set in a small village, nestled between the sea and the mountain, the father of Alan, a young fifteen-year-old boy, has sold himself for two years to indentured service. Alan is forced to take the place of his father and struggles to support ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominique Lienhard
CAST:  Ana Girardot  •  Igor van Dessel  •  Jérémie Elkaïm  •  Ophélie Bau

Béatrice (2018)

Vannina, a young filmmaker, starts writing a screenplay about the life of Beatrice Virga, an Italian actress and cinema icon who died at the beginning of the 1960s when she was thirty-four years old. To be closer to her subject, Vannina goes to Corsica to write, in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rinatu Frassati
CAST:  Eugénie Derouand  •  Jean-Philippe Ricci  •  Giorgia Sinicorni  •  Jérémy Alberti

Vannina, a young filmmaker, starts writing a screenplay about the life of Beatrice Virga, an Italian actress and cinema icon who died at the beginning of the 1960s when she was thirty-four years old. To be closer to her subject, Vannina goes to Corsica to write, in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rinatu Frassati
CAST:  Eugénie Derouand  •  Jean-Philippe Ricci  •  Giorgia Sinicorni  •  Jérémy Alberti

Brûle le sang

Set in that environment that Popkhadze knows like the back of his hand, the action in “Blood Burn” kicks off when a pillar of the local Georgian community is murdered. His son Tristan, who aspires to become an orthodox priest, finds himself alone with his grieving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akaki Popkhadze
CAST:  Denis Lavant  •  Jean-Philippe Ricci  •  Nicolas Duvauchelle  •  Finnegan Oldfield

Set in that environment that Popkhadze knows like the back of his hand, the action in “Blood Burn” kicks off when a pillar of the local Georgian community is murdered. His son Tristan, who aspires to become an orthodox priest, finds himself alone with his grieving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akaki Popkhadze
CAST:  Denis Lavant  •  Jean-Philippe Ricci  •  Nicolas Duvauchelle  •  Finnegan Oldfield

The Mighty Kingdom (2022)

In the isolated mountains, Petru raises his two twins alone. Every Sunday in winter, they go boar hunting. As they approach adulthood, their bond has given way to a relationship of confrontation and competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Meynet
CAST:  Jean-Philippe Ricci  •  Geremia Morosi  •  Marlon Morosi  •  Michel Ferracci

In the isolated mountains, Petru raises his two twins alone. Every Sunday in winter, they go boar hunting. As they approach adulthood, their bond has given way to a relationship of confrontation and competition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Meynet
CAST:  Jean-Philippe Ricci  •  Geremia Morosi  •  Marlon Morosi  •  Michel Ferracci