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Patrick Chesnais is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter French born on 18 march 1947 at La Garenne-Colombes (France)

Patrick Chesnais

Patrick Chesnais
Patrick Chesnais participated to 101 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 6 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Actor

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 1h52
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny, Max von Sydow, Patrick Chesnais
Roles Dr. Lepage
Rating79% 3.997663.997663.997663.997663.99766
The first third of the film is told from the main character's, Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric), or Jean-Do as his friends call him, first person perspective. The film opens as Bauby wakes from his three-week coma in a hospital in Berck-sur-Mer, France. After an initial rather over-optimistic analysis from one doctor, a neurologist explains that he has locked-in syndrome, an extremely rare condition in which the patient is almost completely physically paralyzed, but remains mentally normal. At first, the viewer primarily hears Bauby's "thoughts" (he thinks he is speaking but no one hears him), which are inaccessible to the other characters (who are seen through his one functioning eye).
Bright Days Ahead, 1h33
Directed by Marion Vernoux
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Fanny Ardant, Laurent Lafitte, Patrick Chesnais, Jean-François Stévenin, Fanny Cottençon, Catherine Lachens
Roles Philippe
Rating62% 3.143363.143363.143363.143363.14336
The retired dentist Caroline attends a class for computer users. Although she is married, she falls in love with her significantly younger lecturer. It turns out he used to visit her surgery primarily to enjoy looking at her. Her husband finds out about her affair with this admirer.
You Will Be My Son, 1h42
Directed by Gilles Legrand
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Niels Arestrup, Lorànt Deutsch, Patrick Chesnais, Nicolas Bridet, Anne Marivin, Valérie Mairesse
Roles François Amelot
Rating68% 3.434543.434543.434543.434543.43454
Arestrup plays Paul de Marseul, a passionate and demanding winemaker unsatisfied with the prospect of his son, Martin (Lorànt Deutsch) taking over his vineyard. He dreams of a more talented one, and finds him in the shape of Phillipe (Nicolas Bridet), the son of his steward, François (Patrick Chesnais). de Marseul lavishes attention and praise on Phillipe, all the time degrading Martin's achievements, eventually inviting Phillipe rather than his own son to attend his investiture in the Legion d'honneur.
There Were Days... and Moons, 1h57
Directed by Claude Lelouch, Paul Gueu
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Gérard Lanvin, Patrick Chesnais, Marie-Sophie L., Annie Girardot, Vincent Lindon, Philippe Léotard
Roles Le docteur
Rating60% 3.0063753.0063753.0063753.0063753.006375
De l'influence de la Lune sur quelques personnages... Lors de la pleine lune, la vie de plusieurs hommes et femmes se croise et s'entrecroise. Certains vivent bien cette influence, mais par contre cette période est néfaste pour d'autres, d'autant plus que beaucoup sont perturbés par le changement d'heure qui a eu lieu la même nuit.
Promotion canapé, 1h45
Directed by Didier Kaminka
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Grace de Capitani, Thierry Lhermitte, Margot Abascal, Claude Rich, Patrick Chesnais, Michel Sardou
Roles André
Rating44% 2.2434652.2434652.2434652.2434652.243465
Deux jeunes femmes montées à Paris pour travailler aux PTT se rendent compte qu'il est plus facile de progresser en couchant avec leurs supérieurs.
The Price to Pay, 1h35
Directed by Alexandra Leclère
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Actors Christian Clavier, Gérard Lanvin, Géraldine Pailhas, Patrick Chesnais, Anaïs Demoustier, Maud Buquet
Roles Grégoire
Rating55% 2.7899952.7899952.7899952.7899952.789995
Cette histoire est inspirée de la vie de Nicolas Bove. Quinquagénaire ayant réussi dans les affaires, Jean-Pierre Ménard jouit d'une existence confortable aux côtés d'une épouse belle et élégante, Odile, qu'il aime de tout son cœur. Son bonheur serait parfait si toutefois, Odile, par ennui et lassitude, ne refusait pas d'accomplir son devoir conjugal. Jean-Pierre, qui a des besoins très masculins et qui éprouve encore du désir pour sa femme, souffre de cette situation. Il en fait part à Richard, son chauffeur, qui rencontre précisément les mêmes problèmes avec Caroline, sa compagne. Constatant pragmatiquement que les deux femmes vivent à leurs crochets, Richard suggère d'exercer un chantage en leur coupant les vivres. Ce que Jean-Pierre traduit laconiquement par la formule « pas de cul, pas de fric » qu’il s’empresse de mettre en pratique.