Niels Arestrup

Niels Arestrup is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His father was Danish and his mother was French. He has won two César Awards for Best Supporting Actor for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté and Un prophète, both films where he was directed by Jacques Audiard.

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DIRECTION:  Sophie Marceau
CAST:  Niels Arestrup  •  Judith Godrèche  •  Anne Le Ny  •  Laurence Fevrier

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Audiard
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Jonathan Zaccaï  •  Gilles Cohen

Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Audiard
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Jonathan Zaccaï  •  Gilles Cohen

Stavisky... (1974)

Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  François Périer  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Roberto Bisacco

Irresistible charm and talent helps Serge Alexandre alias Stavisky, small-time swindler, to make friends with even most influential members of French industrial and political elite during the early 30s. But nothing lasts forever and when his great scam involving ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Resnais
CAST:  Jean-Paul Belmondo  •  François Périer  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Roberto Bisacco

The French Minister (2013)

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Raphaël Personnaz  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Anaïs Demoustier

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Raphaël Personnaz  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Anaïs Demoustier

The Dune (2014)

Through the course of several accidents and chance encounters, Hanoch and Ruben will meet and each of them will have to face a page of his personal history, a page that they both need to turn for good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yossi Aviram
CAST:  Niels Arestrup  •  Lior Ashkenazi  •  Guy Marchand  •  Emma de Caunes

Through the course of several accidents and chance encounters, Hanoch and Ruben will meet and each of them will have to face a page of his personal history, a page that they both need to turn for good.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yossi Aviram
CAST:  Niels Arestrup  •  Lior Ashkenazi  •  Guy Marchand  •  Emma de Caunes

Our Children (2012)

Young and full of life, Murielle has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls head over heels for Mounir. A wedding soon follows, and the happy couple quickly set about preparing to make a family. However, with family come ties, and none come as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joachim Lafosse
CAST:  Tahar Rahim  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Émilie Dequenne  •  Stéphane Bissot

Young and full of life, Murielle has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls head over heels for Mounir. A wedding soon follows, and the happy couple quickly set about preparing to make a family. However, with family come ties, and none come as ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joachim Lafosse
CAST:  Tahar Rahim  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Émilie Dequenne  •  Stéphane Bissot

Diplomacy (2014)

The night of August 24, 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who is preparing, on Hitler’s orders, to blow up the French capital. The descendent of a long line of Prussian military men, the general has never had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volker Schlöndorff
CAST:  Niels Arestrup  •  André Dussollier  •  Robert Stadlober  •  Burghart Klaußner

The night of August 24, 1944. The fate of Paris is in the hands of General von Choltitz, governor of Grand Paris, who is preparing, on Hitler’s orders, to blow up the French capital. The descendent of a long line of Prussian military men, the general has never had ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Volker Schlöndorff
CAST:  Niels Arestrup  •  André Dussollier  •  Robert Stadlober  •  Burghart Klaußner

You Will Be My Son (2011)

Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Legrand
CAST:  Lorànt Deutsch  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Patrick Chesnais  •  Anne Marivin

Paul de Marseul, a prestigious wine-maker and owner of a renowned chateau and vineyard in Saint-Emilion, is disheartened by the notion of his son Martin taking over the family business. Martin does not seem to have inherited the qualities that Paul esteems in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Legrand
CAST:  Lorànt Deutsch  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Patrick Chesnais  •  Anne Marivin

Sarah's Key (2010)

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Paquet-Brenner
CAST:  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Frédéric Pierrot  •  Michel Duchaussoy

On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Paquet-Brenner
CAST:  Kristin Scott Thomas  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Frédéric Pierrot  •  Michel Duchaussoy

Délit mineur (1994)

A teenager named Guillaume admits to being guilty of his father's murder in order to protect his dear mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Girod
CAST:  Caroline Cellier  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Christopher Thompson

A teenager named Guillaume admits to being guilty of his father's murder in order to protect his dear mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Girod
CAST:  Caroline Cellier  •  Claude Brasseur  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Christopher Thompson

The Big Picture (2010)

Paul Exben is a success story – partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary, big house, glamorous wife and two sons straight out of a Gap catalog. But when he finds out that Sarah, his wife, is cheating on him with Greg Kremer, a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lartigau
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Marina Foïs  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Niels Arestrup

Paul Exben is a success story – partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary, big house, glamorous wife and two sons straight out of a Gap catalog. But when he finds out that Sarah, his wife, is cheating on him with Greg Kremer, a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lartigau
CAST:  Romain Duris  •  Marina Foïs  •  Catherine Deneuve  •  Niels Arestrup

Rewind (1998)

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DIRECTION:  Sergio Gobbi
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Maruschka Detmers  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Cécile Pallas

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DIRECTION:  Sergio Gobbi
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Maruschka Detmers  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Cécile Pallas

War Horse (2011)

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On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Tom Hiddleston  •  Benedict Cumberbatch  •  Toby Kebbell  •  Emily Watson

On the brink of the First World War, Albert's beloved horse Joey is sold to the Cavalry by his father. Against the backdrop of the Great War, Joey begins an odyssey full of danger, joy, and sorrow, and he transforms everyone he meets along the way. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steven Spielberg
CAST:  Tom Hiddleston  •  Benedict Cumberbatch  •  Toby Kebbell  •  Emily Watson

The Future Is Woman (1984)

In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three is strange, at the very least.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Ferreri
CAST:  Ornella Muti  •  Hanna Schygulla  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Maurizio Donadoni

In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three is strange, at the very least.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Ferreri
CAST:  Ornella Muti  •  Hanna Schygulla  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Maurizio Donadoni

Sincerely Charlotte (1985)

In a most unusual, near menage a trois, Charlotte is a terrified young singer who is forced to hide out at the home of her ex-boyfriend -- her current male companion has been murdered in his apartment, and she fears the worst. The trouble is that Mathieu, her ex, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Huppert
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Christine Pascal  •  Josine Comellas

In a most unusual, near menage a trois, Charlotte is a terrified young singer who is forced to hide out at the home of her ex-boyfriend -- her current male companion has been murdered in his apartment, and she fears the worst. The trouble is that Mathieu, her ex, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Huppert
CAST:  Isabelle Huppert  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Christine Pascal  •  Josine Comellas

Lumière (1976)

Sarah, an actress nearing her forties, has invited 3 friends to join her for a holiday in Provence. This is the prologue to what happened a year ago in Paris with a man that Sarah had long considered a platonic friend. She had just finished a film, had also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanne Moreau
CAST:  Jeanne Moreau  •  Keith Carradine  •  Bruno Ganz  •  Niels Arestrup

Sarah, an actress nearing her forties, has invited 3 friends to join her for a holiday in Provence. This is the prologue to what happened a year ago in Paris with a man that Sarah had long considered a platonic friend. She had just finished a film, had also ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanne Moreau
CAST:  Jeanne Moreau  •  Keith Carradine  •  Bruno Ganz  •  Niels Arestrup

Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  Maria Schneider  •  Daniel Duval  •  Niels Arestrup

Marie is nineteen and bored in her little suburban life with no future. In a café, she meets the charismatic and beautiful Gerard. Blinded by adoration, Mary decides to leave her parents and her clerk job to live with the man she considers as the love of her life. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Duval
CAST:  Miou-Miou  •  Maria Schneider  •  Daniel Duval  •  Niels Arestrup

Je, tu, il, elle (1976)

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A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the wake of a devastating breakup.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chantal Akerman
CAST:  Chantal Akerman  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Claire Wauthion

A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the wake of a devastating breakup.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chantal Akerman
CAST:  Chantal Akerman  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Claire Wauthion

A Second Chance (1976)

Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunited with the boy, Simon, who has remained in an orphanage the entire time. She is accompanied by toothsome prison ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Charles Denner  •  Francis Huster

Imprisoned as an accessory to murder, Catherine gives birth to a son she conceived in prison. Eighteen years later, her sentence served, she is reunited with the boy, Simon, who has remained in an orphanage the entire time. She is accompanied by toothsome prison ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Lelouch
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Anouk Aimée  •  Charles Denner  •  Francis Huster
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