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Alexandre Arcady
Director 79 years old

Alexandre Arcady

Alger, Algeria

Alexandre Arcady (born 17 March 1947) is a French actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Alexandre Arcady was born in Algiers, Algeria. He emigrated to France at the age of fifteen. His son is filmmaker Alexandre Aja. Source: Article "Alexandre Arcady" from... Read full bio →

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7 titles
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

Ce que le jour doit à la nuit

Alexandre Arcady 2012 2h 42m

Algeria in the 1930s. Nine-year-old Jonas was placed in the care of his uncle in Oran. He befriends the youth of Rio Salado. Emily is loved by all. The love that grows between Jonas and Emily is influenced by the country's conflicts.

K

K

Alexandre Arcady 1997 2h 15m

In this French crime film, set during the time of the Gulf War, an elderly German tourist is murdered in Paris by junk dealer Joseph Katz (Pinkas Braun), a friend of Paris detective Sam Bellamy (singer Patrick Bruel). Romantically involved with the victim's daughter Emma Guter (Isabella Ferrari), Bellamy covers up the crime he witnessed.

Le grand pardon II

Le grand pardon II

Alexandre Arcady 1992 2h 7m

The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he falls into a trap and a war begins in which Raymond will fight a last battle to try to save his son and what remains of his family.

L'union sacrée

L'union sacrée

Alexandre Arcady 1989 2h 2m 3.0

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, whose mission he was not aware of. The two men pursue the narc investigation, which will lead them to confront middle eastern terrorists together.

Hold-Up

Hold-Up

Alexandre Arcady 1985 1h 54m 6.0

Dressed as a clown, the clever rascal Grimm holds up the most secure bank of Montreal and takes 30 hostages. While confusing and ridiculing the police with his strange behavior, he calmly manages to rid the bank of a fortune. But then an unsatisfied companion arouses trouble...

Le grand pardon

Le grand pardon

Alexandre Arcady 1982 2h 10m 3.7

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime.

Le coup de sirocco

Le coup de sirocco

Alexandre Arcady 1979 1h 42m

A shady Parisian tries to take advantage of a family of French-descended Algerians forced to move to France.

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