Pierre-Loup Rajot

Pierre-Loup Rajot (born 9 February 1958) is a French stage, television and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is a 1985 César Award recipient for Most Promising Actor for his performance in the 1984 comedy film Souvenirs, Souvenirs. Born in Ambert, Pierre-Loup Rajot later studied environmental science and technology at university. Following his graduation from university, he was a pupil of Francis Huster at the Cours Florent and attended Patrice Chéreau's theater courses at the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers in Nanterre where Chéreau directed him in roles of four Shakespeare's plays (Love's Labours Lost; As You Like It; Much Ado About Nothing; Twelfth Night). He made his screen debut in the 1982 Maurice Pialat directed film À Nos Amours. In 1985 Rajot won the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the 10th César Awards for his performance in the 1984 comedy film Souvenirs, Souvenirs, directed by Ariel Zeitoun. He has appeared in films opposite Yves Montand in Garçon! (1983), Jeanne Moreau in La nuit de l'océan (1987), Michel Aumont in Le petit Marguery (1995) and Audrey Tautou in Voyous voyelles (2000). Rajot has also appeared in a number of French television films and serials. He is possibly best known for his leading role as Hugo Chalonges on the TF1 crime-drama series R.I.S, police scientifique from 2005 to 2010. He also appeared as the character Fiaux in the television mini-series The Blue Bicycle alongside Laetitia Casta (2000) and again with Casta, ...

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A Nos Amours (1983)

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Pialat
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Evelyne Ker  •  Maurice Pialat  •  Dominique Besnehard

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurice Pialat
CAST:  Sandrine Bonnaire  •  Evelyne Ker  •  Maurice Pialat  •  Dominique Besnehard

The New Eve (1999)

Camille is an emancipated 30-something woman who has no desire to settle down and have a family, preferring to coast along on a succession of ephemeral relationships and one-night stands. However, her lifestyle fails to satisfy her fully, and in a moment of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Corsini
CAST:  Karin Viard  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Catherine Frot  •  Sergi López

Camille is an emancipated 30-something woman who has no desire to settle down and have a family, preferring to coast along on a succession of ephemeral relationships and one-night stands. However, her lifestyle fails to satisfy her fully, and in a moment of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Corsini
CAST:  Karin Viard  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Catherine Frot  •  Sergi López

La nuit de l'océan (1992)

After the disappearance at sea of a young fisherman, his childhood friend and his mother begin an ambiguous relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Perset
CAST:  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Assumpta Serna  •  Laura del Sol

After the disappearance at sea of a young fisherman, his childhood friend and his mother begin an ambiguous relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Antoine Perset
CAST:  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Jeanne Moreau  •  Assumpta Serna  •  Laura del Sol

Family Tree (2010)

When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, Frédérick's reasons and the painful secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Guy Marchand  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Sabrina Seyvecou  •  Yannick Renier

When Frédérick, the patriarch of the Alsatian Muller family, is conspicuously absent from his son Charles' funeral, Frédérick's surviving son and his granddaughter, raw from their loss, await an explanation. Once revealed, Frédérick's reasons and the painful secret ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Guy Marchand  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Sabrina Seyvecou  •  Yannick Renier

Cheb (1991)

After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a foreign country of which he knows neither the language nor the customs, he finds himself stripped of his belongings and on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rachid Bouchareb
CAST:  Mourad Bounaas  •  Nozha Khouadra  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Yahia Benmabrouk

After a conviction for theft, Merwan was expelled from France, where he had lived since the age of one, to Algeria, his country of birth. In a foreign country of which he knows neither the language nor the customs, he finds himself stripped of his belongings and on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rachid Bouchareb
CAST:  Mourad Bounaas  •  Nozha Khouadra  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Yahia Benmabrouk

Open Bodies (1998)

Born to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi works part-time in an Arab grocery store while studying management and commerce. He responds to a school ad seeking subjects for a film, and Marc, who placed the ad, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sébastien Lifshitz
CAST:  Yasmine Belmadi  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Margot Abascal  •  Mohamed Damraoui

Born to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi works part-time in an Arab grocery store while studying management and commerce. He responds to a school ad seeking subjects for a film, and Marc, who placed the ad, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sébastien Lifshitz
CAST:  Yasmine Belmadi  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Margot Abascal  •  Mohamed Damraoui

Next Summer (1985)

Edouard is patriarch of a large family: his second wife, Jeanne, has just had a baby and finally had enough of his philandering. As the marriage between them unravels, Edouard's daughters experience their own emotional shock waves. Dina, in a relationship with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadine Trintignant
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant

Edouard is patriarch of a large family: his second wife, Jeanne, has just had a baby and finally had enough of his philandering. As the marriage between them unravels, Edouard's daughters experience their own emotional shock waves. Dina, in a relationship with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nadine Trintignant
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Claudia Cardinale  •  Fanny Ardant  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant

Exes (2006)

Virginie, a very famous writer, is caught up in her past. A serial killer with inhuman cruelty, Exes, the hero of his first novel, wants to take revenge on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Cognito
CAST:  Grégoire Colin  •  Annie Lam  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Tom Novembre

Virginie, a very famous writer, is caught up in her past. A serial killer with inhuman cruelty, Exes, the hero of his first novel, wants to take revenge on her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Cognito
CAST:  Grégoire Colin  •  Annie Lam  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Tom Novembre

Conférence de Berlin 1885 - La ruée sur l'Afrique (2011)

A docudrama depicting the Berlin Conference in which the Western powers decided the partition of Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joël Calmettes
CAST:  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Jacques Spiesser

A docudrama depicting the Berlin Conference in which the Western powers decided the partition of Africa.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joël Calmettes
CAST:  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Jacques Spiesser

All Girls Cry (2010)

Romantic drama in which a young woman must learn to live with her past in order to finally move forward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Judith Godrèche
CAST:  Judith Godrèche  •  Eric Elmosnino  •  Maurice Barthélemy  •  Patrick Chesnais

Romantic drama in which a young woman must learn to live with her past in order to finally move forward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Judith Godrèche
CAST:  Judith Godrèche  •  Eric Elmosnino  •  Maurice Barthélemy  •  Patrick Chesnais

La Galette du roi (1986)

In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris is marrying Maria-Helena, a princess who comes with a dowry that is made up of one half of her island kingdom. Her father, the cowardly King Arnold III ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Michel Ribes
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Eddy Mitchell

In this conventional, broadly comic farce of greed and royal matrimony, nearly bankrupt businessman Victor Harris is marrying Maria-Helena, a princess who comes with a dowry that is made up of one half of her island kingdom. Her father, the cowardly King Arnold III ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Michel Ribes
CAST:  Roger Hanin  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Eddy Mitchell

Souvenirs souvenirs (1984)

A former singer, who was drafted and fought in the Algeria war, is demobilized and wants to make a come back, which is not easy when you've been gone for twenty-seven months; meanwhile, his kid brother falls in love with his music teacher and is involved in very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Zeitoun
CAST:  Christophe Malavoy  •  Gabrielle Lazure  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Philippe Noiret

A former singer, who was drafted and fought in the Algeria war, is demobilized and wants to make a come back, which is not easy when you've been gone for twenty-seven months; meanwhile, his kid brother falls in love with his music teacher and is involved in very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ariel Zeitoun
CAST:  Christophe Malavoy  •  Gabrielle Lazure  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Philippe Noiret

Replay (2001)

Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend. Jealous of the male friends she has she breaks up the friendship, followed by a suicide attempt. Later, Louise marries, but finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Corsini
CAST:  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Pascale Bussières  •  Dani Levy  •  Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Nathalie and Louise are friends from childhood. While studying drama at University Louise becomes hopelessly obsessed with her friend. Jealous of the male friends she has she breaks up the friendship, followed by a suicide attempt. Later, Louise marries, but finds ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Catherine Corsini
CAST:  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Pascale Bussières  •  Dani Levy  •  Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Born in 68 (2008)

Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up house in an abandoned farm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Laetitia Casta  •  Yannick Renier  •  Yann Trégouët  •  Christine Citti

Paris, 1968. Catherine, Yves and Hervé are twenty years old. They're students and they love each other. The May student uprisings radically change their lives. Overtaken by communal utopia, they leave the city with a few friends to set up house in an abandoned farm ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Laetitia Casta  •  Yannick Renier  •  Yann Trégouët  •  Christine Citti

Pretty Devils (2000)

Three very different adolescent girls team up to take revenge on men until one day it is no longer a game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Meynard
CAST:  Olivia Bonamy  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Axelle Ade-Pasdeloup  •  Didier Bezace

Three very different adolescent girls team up to take revenge on men until one day it is no longer a game.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Meynard
CAST:  Olivia Bonamy  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Axelle Ade-Pasdeloup  •  Didier Bezace

Waiter! (1983)

After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Nicole Garcia  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Rosy Varte

After a life of emotional and professional upsets, Alex finds himself headwaiter in a chic Parisian restaurant. Well into middle age, divorced but still very much a ladies’ man, he has one great ambition: to open an amusement park by the sea. One day, an old flame, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Sautet
CAST:  Yves Montand  •  Nicole Garcia  •  Jacques Villeret  •  Rosy Varte

Adventures of Félix (2000)

A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix decides to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Sami Bouajila  •  Patachou  •  Ariane Ascaride  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot

A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix decides to find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Olivier Ducastel  •  Jacques Martineau
CAST:  Sami Bouajila  •  Patachou  •  Ariane Ascaride  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot

Les guérisseurs (1988)

Unable to resist the allure of the quick fix, a young West African executive falls for the mirage of financial success, too spectacular to be honest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidiki Bakaba
CAST:  Georges Benson  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Nayanka Bell  •  Sidiki Bakaba

Unable to resist the allure of the quick fix, a young West African executive falls for the mirage of financial success, too spectacular to be honest.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidiki Bakaba
CAST:  Georges Benson  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot  •  Nayanka Bell  •  Sidiki Bakaba

French Affairs (2011)

She lives her own little world. Will it explode and disappear forever?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre-Loup Rajot
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She lives her own little world. Will it explode and disappear forever?  (more)

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Moi et mon blanc (2003)

An African student stranded in Paris after losing his government grant discovers a bag of drugs and money while working as a parking garage attendant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Pierre Yameogo
CAST:  Serge Bayala  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot

An African student stranded in Paris after losing his government grant discovers a bag of drugs and money while working as a parking garage attendant.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Pierre Yameogo
CAST:  Serge Bayala  •  Pierre-Loup Rajot
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