Florence Foresti

Florence Foresti (born 8 November 1973 in Vénissieux) is a French comedian and actress. Following her high school studies in literature, theatre and dramatic expression at Saint-Just de Lyon, Florence Foresti entered a school for cinematography at Lyon. After her studies, she appeared in the French television show Thalassa. At 20, Florence enrolled in a course in classical theatre at Lyon, which she quit after just two days. She had a few other jobs, including working for EDF in Lyon, before finally becoming a computer graphics artist. But she didn't give up on her artistic ambitions, and in 1998 made her début at the café-théâtre Le nOmbril du mOnde ("The navel of the world"), as part of an all woman trio Les Taupes Models (a pun between French "Model Moles" and English "Top Models") with Céline Ianucci and Cécile Giroud, while simultaneously working as a computer graphics artist. The trio was noticed while touring and Anne Roumanoff proposed to make the act the first part of her show. Florence Foresti's career was launched. In 2001 her first one-woman show, Manquerait plus qu'elle soit drôle ("The only thing missing is that she be funny") won the Jury prize at the Antibes festival. Her style bears comparison with that of Muriel Robin and Sylvie Joly, as well as with some of the 'attitude' and voices of Dieudonné M'bala M'bala and Élie Semoun. She appeared in the Stéphane Bern programme 20h 10 pétantes, and then on Laurent Ruquier's On a tout essayé, playing zany ...

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King Guillaume (2009)

Magali plays in a brass band. Guillaume drives a small tourist train. Both spin a perfect love, they share modest dreams and their baby is about to come. But an unexpected news upsets their routine: a man appears and announces that he is Guillaume's estranged ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-François Martin-Laval
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Pierre-François Martin-Laval  •  Pierre Richard  •  Raymond Bouchard

Magali plays in a brass band. Guillaume drives a small tourist train. Both spin a perfect love, they share modest dreams and their baby is about to come. But an unexpected news upsets their routine: a man appears and announces that he is Guillaume's estranged ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-François Martin-Laval
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Pierre-François Martin-Laval  •  Pierre Richard  •  Raymond Bouchard

Hollywoo (2011)

Sometimes, when you think you have it all, everything falls apart. That is exactly the story of Jeanne .Just when she is offered the chance to dub famous American actress Jennifer Marshall in a successful American TV Show and her salary is about to triple, Marshall ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Berthe  •  Pascal Serieis
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Jamel Debbouze  •  Nikki DeLoach  •  Muriel Robin

Sometimes, when you think you have it all, everything falls apart. That is exactly the story of Jeanne .Just when she is offered the chance to dub famous American actress Jennifer Marshall in a successful American TV Show and her salary is about to triple, Marshall ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frédéric Berthe  •  Pascal Serieis
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Jamel Debbouze  •  Nikki DeLoach  •  Muriel Robin

Mes amis, mes amours (2008)

Two divorced fathers Mathias and Antoine, decide to raise their children together in London. Their lives consist of Sophie the pretty florist secretly in love with Antoine, Yvonne who runs the 'bistrot français' and has a very maternal outlook on life and Mac Enzie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorraine Lévy
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Pascal Elbé  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Florence Foresti

Two divorced fathers Mathias and Antoine, decide to raise their children together in London. Their lives consist of Sophie the pretty florist secretly in love with Antoine, Yvonne who runs the 'bistrot français' and has a very maternal outlook on life and Mac Enzie ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorraine Lévy
CAST:  Vincent Lindon  •  Pascal Elbé  •  Virginie Ledoyen  •  Florence Foresti

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (2018)

Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Astier  •  Louis Clichy
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Daniel Mesguich  •  Alex Lutz  •  Alexandre Astier

Following a fall during mistletoe picking, Druid Getafix decides that it is time to secure the future of the village. Accompanied by Asterix and Obelix, he undertakes to travel the Gallic world in search of a talented young druid to transmit the Secret of the Magic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Astier  •  Louis Clichy
CAST:  Christian Clavier  •  Daniel Mesguich  •  Alex Lutz  •  Alexandre Astier

Game of Four (2007)

When a man & woman discover their spouses are having an affair with each other, they secretly plot to break them up and win them back  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Dega
CAST:  François Cluzet  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Roschdy Zem  •  Alice Taglioni

When a man & woman discover their spouses are having an affair with each other, they secretly plot to break them up and win them back  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Dega
CAST:  François Cluzet  •  Mathilde Seigner  •  Roschdy Zem  •  Alice Taglioni

Dikkenek (2006)

Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fairer sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that he may need some help in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Van Hoofstadt
CAST:  Jean-Luc Couchard  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Marion Cotillard

Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fairer sex if he could work up the ambition to wake up in the morning. Stef has decided that he may need some help in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Van Hoofstadt
CAST:  Jean-Luc Couchard  •  Mélanie Laurent  •  Dominique Pinon  •  Marion Cotillard

Barbecue (2014)

On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lavaine
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Franck Dubosc  •  Florence Foresti  •  Guillaume de Tonquédec

On his 50th birthday, a man who's been watching his weight, health and temper all his life suffers a heart attack. He's been doing everything he was told he should do and it still didn't help. He decides to turn the page and let loose.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eric Lavaine
CAST:  Lambert Wilson  •  Franck Dubosc  •  Florence Foresti  •  Guillaume de Tonquédec

Max & Leon (2016)

In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of “La Grande Vadrouille” – our two heroes, Max and Léon, two lazy and partier pals, will try by all possible means to avoid going in the battle zone… This will lead the duo to demented and wild adventures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Barré
CAST:  Grégoire Ludig  •  David Marsais  •  Bernard Farcy  •  Dominique Pinon

In this WW2 epic comedy – in the vein of “La Grande Vadrouille” – our two heroes, Max and Léon, two lazy and partier pals, will try by all possible means to avoid going in the battle zone… This will lead the duo to demented and wild adventures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Barré
CAST:  Grégoire Ludig  •  David Marsais  •  Bernard Farcy  •  Dominique Pinon

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DIRECTION:  Jonathan Barré  •  Mathieu Jouffre
CAST:  Grégoire Ludig  •  David Marsais  •  Florence Foresti  •  Élie Semoun

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)

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In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Astier  •  Louis Clichy
CAST:  Roger Carel  •  Alexandre Astier  •  Lionnel Astier  •  Serge Papagalli

In order to wipe out the Gaulish village by any means necessary, Caesar plans to absorb the villagers into Roman culture by having an estate built next to the village to start a new Roman colony.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexandre Astier  •  Louis Clichy
CAST:  Roger Carel  •  Alexandre Astier  •  Lionnel Astier  •  Serge Papagalli

Foresti Party (2012)

Comedian Florence Foresti supersizes her act in an arena show packed with sketches, celebrity impressions, epic dance routines and special guests.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josée Fortier  •  Didier Oustrie
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Kyan Khojandi  •  Sonia Lacen  •  Alice Belaïdi

Comedian Florence Foresti supersizes her act in an arena show packed with sketches, celebrity impressions, epic dance routines and special guests.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josée Fortier  •  Didier Oustrie
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Kyan Khojandi  •  Sonia Lacen  •  Alice Belaïdi

Made in Jamel (2010)

Pour cette nouvelle aventure, Jamel a invité des artistes, à participer à plus d’une douzaine de courts-métrages originaux créés par lui-même et son équipe. Au programme des parodies désopilantes (Low School Musical, Les Experts Ouarzazate, Les Smashin’ Pump ...  (more)

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CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Jamel Debbouze  •  Gad Elmaleh  •  Didier Bourdon

Pour cette nouvelle aventure, Jamel a invité des artistes, à participer à plus d’une douzaine de courts-métrages originaux créés par lui-même et son équipe. Au programme des parodies désopilantes (Low School Musical, Les Experts Ouarzazate, Les Smashin’ Pump ...  (more)

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CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Jamel Debbouze  •  Gad Elmaleh  •  Didier Bourdon

Florence Foresti : Mother Fucker (2010)

France's darling comedian came back in force on the boards in the fall of 2009 with this hour and a half show, inspired by her experience of motherhood and her daily life as a young mother .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Benamou
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Arnaud Ducret  •  Juliette Grizard  •  Serge Onteniente

France's darling comedian came back in force on the boards in the fall of 2009 with this hour and a half show, inspired by her experience of motherhood and her daily life as a young mother .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicolas Benamou
CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Arnaud Ducret  •  Juliette Grizard  •  Serge Onteniente

Franck Dubosc et Stéphane Rousseau - Permission accordée (2010)

Franck Dubosc and Stéphane Rousseau, after triumphing in Montreal and Nantes, throw the ropes at the Zenith in Paris for an exceptional show extended many unpublished sketches and their best TV drama. Accompanied many artists including Florence Foresti, Patrick ...  (more)

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CAST:  Franck Dubosc  •  Stéphane Rousseau  •  Anthony Kavanagh  •  Elisabeth Buffet

Franck Dubosc and Stéphane Rousseau, after triumphing in Montreal and Nantes, throw the ropes at the Zenith in Paris for an exceptional show extended many unpublished sketches and their best TV drama. Accompanied many artists including Florence Foresti, Patrick ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Franck Dubosc  •  Stéphane Rousseau  •  Anthony Kavanagh  •  Elisabeth Buffet

L'Abribus (2008)

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CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Philippe Elno

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CAST:  Florence Foresti  •  Philippe Elno

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DIRECTION:  Serge Khalfon
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DIRECTION:  Mireille Dumas
CAST:  Mireille Dumas  •  Florence Foresti  •  Gad Elmaleh  •  Jamel Debbouze
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