Age: 61
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Benoît Poelvoorde is a Belgian actor, comedian, and filmmaker, born on September 22, 1964, in Namur, Belgium. He first gained recognition with the cult film C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992), a darkly comedic mockumentary where he played a serial killer with unsettling charm. This film launched his career and established his unique blend of humor and intensity. Throughout the late 1990s and 2000s, Poelvoorde became a staple of Franco-Belgian cinema, starring in comedies like Les Randonneurs (1997), Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert (2001), and Podium (2004), where he portrayed an obsessive Claude François impersonator—a role that earned him a César nomination. His versatility allowed him to transition into more dramatic roles, such as Entre ses mains (2005) and Coco avant Chanel (2009), where he starred alongside Audrey Tautou. In recent years, Poelvoorde has continued to balance absurdist comedy (Au poste !, Fumer fait tousser) with auteur-driven projects (Le Tout Nouveau Testament, Saint-Amour). His ability to oscillate between slapstick humor and introspective performances makes him one of the most distinctive actors in European cinema
Benoît Poelvoorde
Henri Taboureau
for Henri Taboureau in Riviera Rendezvous
Suggested by jakubduda
The French Riviera sparkled under a golden sun as Jack Callahan arrived in Nice hoping for a quiet getaway. Across the Côte d’Azur, Milo “Sugar” Romano, a sharp-witted former con artist, was plotting a daring heist: a legendary jewel called The Sapphire of Saint-Tropez, displayed at a glamorous Riviera gala. To pull it off, he enlisted Vince Russo and Leo “Lucky” Moretti, master gamblers and drivers. Henri Taboureau, a lovable, absent-minded French mechanic, restores a vintage yacht. Fate or pure chaos swept him into the unfolding schemes, his bungled repairs inadvertently thwarting and aiding the would-be thieves alike. In the midst of it all, Forrest King, a legendary Riviera thief in golden years, prepared to charm his way through the gala for a final heist, oblivious to the competition closing in from every direction. Rico Blaze, a flamboyant celebrity host, broadcast the gala live, his antics unintentionally complicating the thieves’ plans. Jack found himself falling for Clara Bellemont, a sophisticated heiress with secrets of her own, while Henri’s clumsy antics triggered a series of misunderstandings, flirtations, and accidental heroics. Near arrests, mistaken identities, and comical mishaps unfolded on the Riviera’s sun-drenched streets. Late at night in Monte Carlo, all schemes collided. In a dazzling scenes of clever escapes, speedboat chases, and last-minute improvisations, Jack and Clara finally slipped away aboard a restored vintage speedboat, the jewel safe.
