Denis Ménochet
| Born | September 18, 1976 |
| Hometown | Enghien-les-Bains, France |
| Height | 6'0" (1.84m) |
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‘Rumours’ Review: Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander Play Clueless World Leaders in Guy Maddin’s Very Funny, Truly Silly Dark Comedy
- Canadian directors Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson satirize the ineffectual meagerness of global summits and draft resolutions in their Cannes-premiering romp.
AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | César Award | Best Actor | Peter von Kant | Nominated |
| 2023 | Los Premios Goya | Best Leading Actor | The Beasts (2022 film) | Winner |
| 2020 | César Award | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | By the Grace of God (film) | Nominated |
| 2019 | César Award | Best Actor | Custody (2017 film) | Nominated |
| 2010 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Inglourious Basterds | Winner |
More Stories
- EntertainmentThe Daily Beast
‘The Beasts’: Small-Town Life Has Never Been This Intense
Courtesy of Cannes Film FestivalOne of the year’s tensest movie scenes occurs midway through The Beasts and it boasts no (physical) violence, no (overt) threats, and no (satisfactory) resolution. Rather, it features two men at a bar sharing a bottle of liquor while discussing their ongoing feud, which is driven by financial and cultural grievances and has already turned their tranquil hamlet into a bitter battleground between the old and new, the uneducated and the enlightened, the provincial an
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
‘The Beasts’ Review: Spanish Director Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Searing Small-Town Thriller
French actors Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs star as a couple desperately trying to keep their organic farm afloat in a hostile foreign land.
- CelebrityThe Hollywood Reporter
Cannes: Festival First-Timer Brie Larson Looks Like She Had a Blast Dancing on Red Carpet at Opening Ceremony
At Tuesday’s press conference in Cannes featuring this year’s competition jury, Oscar winner Brie Larson was asked to recall her reaction upon receiving the call to serve. “I care so much about this medium and so to be in the company of these people I admire so much is a huge honor,” she answered. Larson […]
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
Cannes: Brie Larson, Paul Dano, Julia Ducournau on Competition Jury, Pixar’s ‘Elemental’ to Close Festival
The Batman and The Fabelmans star Paul Dano, Titane-directing Palme d’Or winner Julia Ducournau, I Am Not a Witch breakout filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, and Captain Marvel herself, Brie Larson will help make up the superstar competition jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Together with French actor Denis Ménochet, of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and […]
- EntertainmentVariety
Cannes Jury Unveiled: Paul Dano, Brie Larson, Maryam Touzani Join President Ruben Ostlund
The Cannes jury class of 2023 has finally been unveiled. The festival has rounded out its jury — led this year by “Triangle of Sadness” director and 2022 Palme d’Or winner Ruben Östlund — with a star-studded roster of actors and directors. Jury members include: actors Paul Dano and Brie Larson, Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, […]
- EntertainmentDeadline
Brie Larson, Paul Dano & Julia Ducournau Join Cannes Film Festival 2023 Jury
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the eight members of the main Competition jury, who will join its previously announced president Ruben Östlund at the 76th edition, running May 16-27. They comprise Moroccan director Maryam Touzani, French actor Denis Ménochet, British-Zambian screenwriter and director Rungano Nyoni, American actress, director and producer Brie Larson, American Actor […]
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
César Awards: ‘The Night of the 12th’ Named Best Picture
The 46th César Awards, France’s top film honors, have been handed out in Paris, with Dominik Moll’s crime thriller The Night of the 12th winning the best picture trophy. Moll’s The Night of the 12th, which premiered in Cannes last year, scored 10 César noms coming into the awards show, just behind Louis Garrel’s The Innocent, […]
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Peter von Kant, review: gender-flipped remake of a 70s classic falls short
The ever-busy French auteur François Ozon owes a thing or 12 to the great German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a titan of cinema whose work still blazes with cruel fire. One of Ozon’s first features was Water Drops On Burning Rocks (2000), a cheekily sinister adaptation of an obscure Fassbinder play.
- EntertainmentIndiewire
‘Peter von Kant’ Trailer: François Ozon Reimagines Fassbinder’s ‘Bitter Tears’ as Gender-Flipped Biopic
Exclusive: Celebrating the 50th anniversay of "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant," the Berlin hit is set to premiere at Frameline this weekend.
- EntertainmentThe Hollywood Reporter
Berlin: 3 Questions With ‘Peter von Kant’ Star Denis Ménochet
Everyone who has watched Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009) remembers the opening scene: Christoph Waltz as ice-cold Nazi Col. Hans Landa interrogating a French dairy farmer suspected of hiding Jews. Waltz’s sinister charm is more than matched by French actor Denis Ménochet as the farmer, a restrained performance where haunted silences say more than any […]
