Franck Gastambide

Franck Gastambide (born 31 October 1978) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He became famous in 2009 after creating the first web series from Canal+, Kaïra Shopping, which was later shown on television and adapted to the film in 2012. Also between 2009 and 2011, Gastambide made commercials for the Pepsi brand. He played the main role of a policeman in the movie Taxi 5. At the age of 13, he became interested in Molossian dogs and took up their training. After receiving a guard's certificate, he worked as a seller in the Leroy Merlin chain, continuing to train the dogs. At the age of 20, he became a recognized expert on dogs of the so-called "dangerous breeds". At age 22, he was involved in filming the film The Crimson Rivers as a trainer of Rottweilers and Pit Bull Terriers. In 2004, participated in the shooting of the movie The Magnificent Four. On the shooting of the picture The Crimson Rivers Franck became friends with the actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz. With his help, Gastambide met with young directors Kim Chapiron and Romain Gavras, with whom he took his first steps in acting career, taking part in several short films and hip-hop music videos (DJ Mehdi, Mafia K-1 Fry). In parallel, Gastambide participates in the filming of several dozen films, television films and television shows as a dog trainer. Also Franck, as a cinematographer, helped journalist Mouloud Achour make reports for MTV. In 2009, he made a mini-series Kaïra ...

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Porn in the Hood (2012)

3 childhood friends who have never left their hometown in the suburb try to get into porn as a way earning easy money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Gastambide
CAST:  Ramzy Bedia  •  Medi Sadoun  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Jib Pocthier

3 childhood friends who have never left their hometown in the suburb try to get into porn as a way earning easy money.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Gastambide
CAST:  Ramzy Bedia  •  Medi Sadoun  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Jib Pocthier

On the Sly (2018)

Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Régin
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Alice Isaaz  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Moussa Mansaly

Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christophe Régin
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Alice Isaaz  •  Hippolyte Girardot  •  Moussa Mansaly

Les Gazelles (2014)

Marie and Eric, a couple in their thirties who have been together since college, buy their first apartment when Marie is suddenly overcome by doubt. Her encounter with a handsome, dark-haired man forces her to make a decision...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mona Achache
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Audrey Fleurot  •  Anne Brochet  •  Joséphine de Meaux

Marie and Eric, a couple in their thirties who have been together since college, buy their first apartment when Marie is suddenly overcome by doubt. Her encounter with a handsome, dark-haired man forces her to make a decision...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mona Achache
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Audrey Fleurot  •  Anne Brochet  •  Joséphine de Meaux

Owl You Need Is Love (2016)

Rocky is a discreet man. He is happy but exists in anyone's eyes. One evening in returning home, he discovered an owl "Grand Duke "on his couch that fixed intently. He understands that he must act. The next day arrived his office, he takes an owl costume without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramzy Bedia
CAST:  Ramzy Bedia  •  Élodie Bouchez  •  Lucie Laurier  •  Joëlle Morin

Rocky is a discreet man. He is happy but exists in anyone's eyes. One evening in returning home, he discovered an owl "Grand Duke "on his couch that fixed intently. He understands that he must act. The next day arrived his office, he takes an owl costume without ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ramzy Bedia
CAST:  Ramzy Bedia  •  Élodie Bouchez  •  Lucie Laurier  •  Joëlle Morin

Good Luck Sam (2016)

Samir has given much of his time and money developing ski equipments for a Swedish Olympic athlete. When the contract fails, his business partner and closest friend plans to save their company by sending Samir to represent Algeria at the Winter Olympics! Already ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farid Bentoumi
CAST:  Sami Bouajila  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Chiara Mastroianni  •  Hélène Vincent

Samir has given much of his time and money developing ski equipments for a Swedish Olympic athlete. When the contract fails, his business partner and closest friend plans to save their company by sending Samir to represent Algeria at the Winter Olympics! Already ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Farid Bentoumi
CAST:  Sami Bouajila  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Chiara Mastroianni  •  Hélène Vincent

Good Guys Go to Heaven, Bad Guys Go to Pattaya (2016)

Franky and Krimo dream of leaving the grey grime of their neighborhood behind and of traveling to the famous and diabolical Thai beach resort of Pattaya. To get there cheaply, the two friends have the crazy idea of registering, unbeknownst to him, the local little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Gastambide
CAST:  Ramzy Bedia  •  Malik Bentalha  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Gad Elmaleh

Franky and Krimo dream of leaving the grey grime of their neighborhood behind and of traveling to the famous and diabolical Thai beach resort of Pattaya. To get there cheaply, the two friends have the crazy idea of registering, unbeknownst to him, the local little ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Gastambide
CAST:  Ramzy Bedia  •  Malik Bentalha  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Gad Elmaleh

Made in France (2015)

Sam, a freelance journalist, decides to investigate the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young people who have been tasked with the creation of a jihadist cell and whose mission is to destabilise the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Boukhrief
CAST:  Malik Zidi  •  Dimitri Storoge  •  François Civil  •  Nassim Lyes

Sam, a freelance journalist, decides to investigate the growing phenomenon of disaffected youth joining extremist groups. He infiltrates a group of four young people who have been tasked with the creation of a jihadist cell and whose mission is to destabilise the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Boukhrief
CAST:  Malik Zidi  •  Dimitri Storoge  •  François Civil  •  Nassim Lyes

Rabid Dogs (2015)

After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Éric Hannezo
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Guillaume Gouix  •  Franck Gastambide  •  François Arnaud

After a bank job goes badly wrong, three desperate criminals take a young woman and a father and child hostage - it's the beginning of a frantic and violent road trip that not all of them will survive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Éric Hannezo
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Guillaume Gouix  •  Franck Gastambide  •  François Arnaud

I Kissed a Girl (2015)

Jérémie, 34, wakes up in an apartment he doesn't know, next to a woman he doesn't know. She is Adna, a stunning Swedish woman who is as funny as she is sweet. Is this the beginning of a fairy tale? Not quite, since Jérémie is about to get married—to Antoine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noémie Saglio  •  Maxime Govare
CAST:  Pio Marmaï  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Lannick Gautry  •  Camille Cottin

Jérémie, 34, wakes up in an apartment he doesn't know, next to a woman he doesn't know. She is Adna, a stunning Swedish woman who is as funny as she is sweet. Is this the beginning of a fairy tale? Not quite, since Jérémie is about to get married—to Antoine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noémie Saglio  •  Maxime Govare
CAST:  Pio Marmaï  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Lannick Gautry  •  Camille Cottin

Vive la France (2013)

Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of publicity terrorism ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michaël Youn
CAST:  Michaël Youn  •  José Garcia  •  Isabelle Funaro  •  Ary Abittan

Muzafar and Feruz are two easy going shepherds from Taboulistan, a tiny country in Asia that is unknown to the rest of the world. To alert the world to his country’s existence, the son of Taboulistan’s president decides to instigate a program of publicity terrorism ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michaël Youn
CAST:  Michaël Youn  •  José Garcia  •  Isabelle Funaro  •  Ary Abittan

Le Débarquement (2013)

Inspired by the American program Saturday Night Live from NBC, around thirty actors take part in various humorous sketches.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Guillaume Canet  •  Manu Payet  •  Gilles Lellouche

Inspired by the American program Saturday Night Live from NBC, around thirty actors take part in various humorous sketches.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Jean Dujardin  •  Guillaume Canet  •  Manu Payet  •  Gilles Lellouche

Wok the Kasbah (2011)

A funny comedy about the war suddenly started between two restaurant owners families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Benamou
CAST:  Nader Boussandel  •  Vincent Lacoste  •  Tien Shué  •  Alice Belaïdi

A funny comedy about the war suddenly started between two restaurant owners families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Benamou
CAST:  Nader Boussandel  •  Vincent Lacoste  •  Tien Shué  •  Alice Belaïdi

Sahara (2017)

A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Coré
CAST:  Omar Sy  •  Louane Emera  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Vincent Lacoste

A young cobra and his scorpion best friend go on a journey across the Sahara desert to save a new-found love.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Coré
CAST:  Omar Sy  •  Louane Emera  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Vincent Lacoste

The Fabulous Patars (2016)

Denis struggles to raise his boisterous daughters Janine and Mercredi on his own while holding down two jobs. Everything goes sour when Denis forgets Mercredi one too many times at the school gates. Séverine, a cheerful social worker, is appointed to scrutinize ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophie Reine
CAST:  Gustave Kervern  •  Camille Cottin  •  Fanie Zanini  •  Héloïse Dugas

Denis struggles to raise his boisterous daughters Janine and Mercredi on his own while holding down two jobs. Everything goes sour when Denis forgets Mercredi one too many times at the school gates. Séverine, a cheerful social worker, is appointed to scrutinize ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophie Reine
CAST:  Gustave Kervern  •  Camille Cottin  •  Fanie Zanini  •  Héloïse Dugas

Taxi 5 (2018)

A police officer who's transfered in the police of Marseille gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerfull Ferrari's with the older niece of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Gastambide
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Malik Bentalha  •  Bernard Farcy  •  Ramzy Bedia

A police officer who's transfered in the police of Marseille gets assigned to take down a group of Italian robbers who drive the powerfull Ferrari's with the older niece of Daniel, a terrible driver who gets the legendary white taxi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franck Gastambide
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Malik Bentalha  •  Bernard Farcy  •  Ramzy Bedia

Belleville Cop (2018)

When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baaba moves to Miami and teams up with a local officer to bring down the criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rachid Bouchareb
CAST:  Omar Sy  •  Luis Guzmán  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Julie Ferrier

When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baaba moves to Miami and teams up with a local officer to bring down the criminals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rachid Bouchareb
CAST:  Omar Sy  •  Luis Guzmán  •  Franck Gastambide  •  Julie Ferrier

Adopt a Daddy (2019)

Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young students, Bahzad, and his mother from imminent expulsion from the land, Damien reconnects with his parents' militant past and convinces his sister Mélanie, who has become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier De Choudens
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Camille Lellouche  •  Gringe  •  Youssef Hajdi

Damien is a pawn in a primary school, and leads a quiet life. To rescue one of his young students, Bahzad, and his mother from imminent expulsion from the land, Damien reconnects with his parents' militant past and convinces his sister Mélanie, who has become a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier De Choudens
CAST:  Franck Gastambide  •  Camille Lellouche  •  Gringe  •  Youssef Hajdi

A Good Doctor (2019)

On Christmas eve, Serge is the only on-call emergency doctor available. Struck by a crippling back-ache, he gets help from a pizza delivery boy who will need to step in the doctor's shoes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tristan Séguéla
CAST:  Michel Blanc  •  Hakim Jemili  •  Chantal Lauby  •  Franck Gastambide

On Christmas eve, Serge is the only on-call emergency doctor available. Struck by a crippling back-ache, he gets help from a pizza delivery boy who will need to step in the doctor's shoes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tristan Séguéla
CAST:  Michel Blanc  •  Hakim Jemili  •  Chantal Lauby  •  Franck Gastambide

Canal+ Replay (2021)

Mr. Replay hosts a TV special where more than 30 French comedians "replay" iconic Canal+ original programmings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Lavaine  •  Nicolas Charlet  •  Kyan Khojandi  •  Jérôme Niel  •  Tom Dingler  •  Noémie Saglio  •  Eloïse Lang  •  Sylvain Fusée  •  Théodore Bonnet  •  Félix Guimard  •  Bruno Muschio  •  Anna Apter  •  Axel Maliverney
CAST:  Antoine de Caunes  •  Eric Judor  •  Fred Testot  •  Doria Tillier

Mr. Replay hosts a TV special where more than 30 French comedians "replay" iconic Canal+ original programmings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Lavaine  •  Nicolas Charlet  •  Kyan Khojandi  •  Jérôme Niel  •  Tom Dingler  •  Noémie Saglio  •  Eloïse Lang  •  Sylvain Fusée  •  Théodore Bonnet  •  Félix Guimard  •  Bruno Muschio  •  Anna Apter  •  Axel Maliverney
CAST:  Antoine de Caunes  •  Eric Judor  •  Fred Testot  •  Doria Tillier
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