Alexis Manenti

Alexis Manenti

1982-02-12 Bagnolet, Seine-Saint-Denis, France 51 Credits

Biography

Alexis Manenti (born 12 February 1982) is a French actor and screenwriter, most noted for the 2019 film Les Misérables. He was the winner of the César Award for Most Promising Actor at the 45th César Awards, and the Lumières Award for Best Male Revelation at the 25th Lumières Awards, for his performance. With co-writers Ladj Ly and Giordano Gederlini, he won the Lumières Award for Best Screenplay, and was nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay and the European Film Award for...

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Banger

Banger

2025

as Molotov

4.7
Acting

When cops recruit a has-been DJ to bust a quirky criminal gang with ties to his rival, he spots a chance to mix his way back to the top with a banger.

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

2025

as Commander

6.3
Acting

1993. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, ...

The Mohican

The Mohican

2025

as Joseph

6.7
Acting

Joseph is one of the last coastal shepherds in Corsica. His land is coveted by the underworld for a real estate project but he chooses not to give in....

Maldoror

Maldoror

2025

as Luis Catano

6.6
Acting

When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a ...

Ad Vitam

Ad Vitam

2025

as Nico

6.3
Acting

When he and his pregnant wife are attacked in their home, a former elite agent becomes trapped in a deadly manhunt tied to his own painful past.

Wild Diamond

Wild Diamond

2024

as Nathan

6.5
Acting

Liane, 19 years old, daring and fiery, lives with her mother and little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus in the South of France. Obsessed with bea...

In His Own Image

In His Own Image

2024

as Dragan

6.2
Acting

Fragments of the life of Antonia, a young photographer for a local newspaper in Corsica. Her commitment, her friends, and her loves intertwine with th...

Karmapolice

Karmapolice

2024

6.5
Acting

After a tragedy, Angelo, an idealistic cop throws himself into the troubled life of his new neighborhood of Château Rouge, Paris. But one case, for wh...

Guardians of the Formula

Guardians of the Formula

2024

as Doctor Mate

7.0
Acting

In 1958, during the Cold War, two scientists, two worlds, and two ideologies faced a race for survival at the Vinca Scientific Institute near Belgrade...

Hood Witch

Hood Witch

2024

as Father Sebastian, the exorcist

5.9
Acting

A woman earns a living by smuggling exotic animals and illegal goods, developing a mobile app that links users with mystical marabout healers, but one...

Les Indésirables

Les Indésirables

2023

as Pierre Forges

6.2
Acting

A local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.

The Rapture

The Rapture

2023

as Milos

6.8
Acting

Lydia, a midwife very invested in her work, is in the middle of a breakup. At the same time, her best friend, Salomé, announces to her that she is pre...

Love According to Dalva

Love According to Dalva

2023

as Jayden Dorkel

7.0
Acting

One evening, Dalva is suddenly taken away from her father’s house. Dumbfounded and outraged at first, she later meets Jayden, a social worker, and Sam...

Derive

2023

as Florian

Acting

A discarded toilet seat is thrown into the river, drifting through La Seine from paris to le havre, two bin collectors, a couple in crisis and three c...

Athena

Athena

2022

as Sébastien

6.6
Acting

Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.

Brick Head

Brick Head

2022

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

In an Eastern town, a young gang leader is terrorizing his neighbourhood. He forces everyone to carry a brick as a sign of submission. One day, an ado...

Undercover

Undercover

2022

as Alexis Novinard

4.9
Acting

October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past...

Fake News

Fake News

2021

as Alex

4.0
Acting

After stealing a gaming console from migrants, Sébastien tries to sell it to Patrick, a good guy. So far, nothing too serious. But when a rapper strai...

Third Grade

Third Grade

2021

10.0
Acting

After being constantly bullied at school by her classmate Kevin, 8-year-old Claire discovers that the boy who is giving her hard time is also sufferin...

Zanaar

Zanaar

2021

Director, Writer

Directing Writing
Mab an Tarz : fils de l’écume

Mab an Tarz : fils de l’écume

2021

as Thomas

Acting
Sororité

Sororité

2020

Acting

Djéné is a 45-year-old chambermaid employed by a subcontracting agency, working in a large Parisian hotel with deplorable working conditions. One even...

Fishlove

Fishlove

2020

as Éric

6.1
Acting

Daniel, a biologist studying the disappearance of fish, is haunted by paternity. It is by looking for a woman who could be the mother of his children ...

Lady Dallas

Lady Dallas

2020

Acting

Lucas lives in a farm in southwest France. For his 17th birthday, his uncle Nico offers him a special surprise : a trip to Lady Dallas.

A Rising Star

A Rising Star

2019

as Cédric

Acting
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2019

as Chris

7.6
Acting

Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserabl...

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2019

Writer

7.6
Writing

Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserabl...

Nogochi

Nogochi

2019

Acting

NOGOCHI is the story of three protagonists who share an extraordinary past. SIBIRI is a young emancipated slave who fails on the African coastline aft...

The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady

The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady

2019

as Jean-Jacques (voice)

4.0
Acting

Tired of being a banal architectural ornamental, a sculpture runs from the Louvre to confront real life on the streets of Paris.

The Truk

The Truk

2018

as David

6.0
Acting

Fresh out of jail, Ulysse has only one idea in mind: making money. Confronted by his depressed mother, Gabrielle, the bills that never stop piling up ...

The World Is Yours

The World Is Yours

2018

as Uber Driver

6.7
Acting

To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother...

The Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin

The Glorious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin

2018

as Nicolas Chauvin

7.0
Acting

During his acceptance speech for a lifetime achievement award, Nicolas Chauvin – a farmer-soldier, a veteran of the Revolutionary Army and the Napoleo...

Just a Breath Away

Just a Breath Away

2018

as Drunk Policeman

6.3
Acting

When a deadly mist engulfs Paris, people find refuge in the upper floors of the buildings. With no information, no electricity and hardly any supplies...

9 Fingers

9 Fingers

2018

as Springer

6.9
Acting

In the middle of the night, Magloire is smoking a cigarette in an abandoned train station when the police shows up for an ID check. He starts running ...

Waiting for Jupiter

Waiting for Jupiter

2018

as Le petit ami

4.0
Acting

Twenty-one-year-old Liane has just learnt that she has been accepted to participate in a reality TV program. Convinced that her real life is about to ...

Marry Me, Dude

Marry Me, Dude

2017

as Chris

6.2
Acting

Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...

Orphan

Orphan

2017

5.4
Acting

A young woman moves to Paris and has a brush with disaster. Grown-up at last, an accomplished woman thought she was safe from her own past. Gradually,...

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2017

as Chris

7.1
Acting

With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops sp...

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

2017

Scenario Writer

7.1
Writing

With a gun at his belt and a truncheon in his hand, Pento has just joined the Seine-Saint-Denis anti-crime brigade. With his teammates, he develops sp...

Stalin's Couch

Stalin's Couch

2016

as Tchirikov

4.0
Acting

Set in the 1950s Soviet Union, centers on a young artist who is commissioned to create Stalin's monument and must go through KGB scrutiny.

The Stopover

The Stopover

2016

as Jonathan

5.4
Acting

At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their u...

Vicky

Vicky

2016

as Christophe régisseur théâtre

3.6
Acting

A 30-year-old woman, Victoire, the youngest member of the famous Bonhomme family and the tribe's well-behaved child, finally decides to emancipate her...

Violence en réunion

2015

as Policier 1

5.7
Acting

Every night, a mysterious woman wearing a burka taunts police officers patrolling the projects. Meanwhile, Vince, a former street legend, must face hi...

Ghettotube

Ghettotube

2015

Acting

Sofiane, a high school student from the projects who is mad about movies, decides to create an internet site where he posts fake news videos in order ...

Mea Culpa

Mea Culpa

2014

as Slobodan

6.4
Acting

Franck and Simon are both good cops. They work as partners. But their lives take a tailspin when Simon, driving drunk, causes a tragic car wreck. A fe...

Easy Pizza Riderz

Easy Pizza Riderz

2002

7.8
Acting

In Easy Pizza Riders, an urban spoof western where people would kill for a pair of silver Reebok, the beloved French youth culture of the time is on f...

Si je tombe, tu tombes

N/A

Acting

Les Cigognes

N/A

Acting

Du fioul dans les artères

N/A

as Étienne

Acting

Pieces of a Foreign Life

N/A

Acting

Woman flees war-torn Syria, leaving family behind. Seeking asylum in Bordeaux, she meets French lawyer who helps her rebuild life. Unexpected relation...

Le faux soir

N/A

Acting